There is a deep divide between meteorite hunters, hobbyists, etc and
the scientists. It wasn't always that way - the Meteoritical Society
was originally formed by a group of scientists, hobbyists, and in
general a gaggle of folks with widely varying backgrounds who shared
an interest in meteorites. I think it would benefit everyone if the
Society were able to regain that shared body of knowledge. I think
this episode with the Novato meteorite/wrong/riteagain illustrates the
need for a truly inclusive Society. Or perhaps for an entirely new
society that values acceptance of people with a range of interests and
experience levels, to include the general public.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Gary Fujihara wrote:
Well Michael,
I work at an astronomical research institute and I know that most
astronomers here could not find and identify extended objects or
stars in the night sky with their unaided eyes. Of course, they can
differentiate their spectra and other data that they acquire through
large telescopes quite adeptly.
In much the same way, most meteoriticists can identify mineralogy,
chemistry and petrology of a sectioned meteorite, as well as
interpret data acquired through ion/electron microprobes, SEM and
other instrumentation quite well. But identifying a meteorite in the
field is quite a different story, and requires skill and patience to
accurately find and identify these rocky interlopers from space.
Cut the scientists some slack and give due credit to those hunters
who have honed their skills at finding and identifying meteorites
from hard working experience in the field.
gary
On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:31 AM, Michael Mulgrew <[email protected]>
wrote:
Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has problems identifying a
meteorite? Is anyone else concerned by that?
Michael in So. Cal.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]
> wrote:
Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all
I am seeing is news reports now calling it a meteor wrong. What a
cluster#+~>.
Michael Farmer
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