EXCELLENT IDEA! I am in for whatever type of help I can lend, be it writing a letter, a donation to cover costs of naming the meteorite, any help you may need. I think that it is a great gesture. And IF none of that comes to pass I would like a small slice for my collection with the understanding that I would never try to profit from it.
If I can help in any way let me know. Mark M. Phoenix AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Matson, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite > Hi All, > > As I reported earlier, seeing Columbia reenter this past Saturday > was not my primary reason for being in the Mojave Desert -- I was > actually heading up there to do some meteorite field recovery work > for the day. I did find one new meteorite of just over 100 grams, > and have scanned in some images of it at the time it was found: > > http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1a.jpg > http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1b.jpg > http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1c.jpg > > And so a thought has occurred to me: what are the chances of bending > the Meteoritical Society rules and giving this meteorite the name > "Columbia" or "Columbia 7"? I checked the Catalogue, and surprisingly > there is no meteorite called Columbia. I would be happy to donate the > meteorite to NASA, or alternatively arrange to have it cut into 7 > pieces to give to each of the families of the astronauts. It's an > ordinary chondrite, probably an H5 or H6 with some black shock veins > running through it, so it's not particularly rare or interesting to > researchers. It's only claim to uniqueness was that it was found > on February 1st at 11:44am PST, less than 6 hours after I watched > Columbia fly by. > > Best, > Rob > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
