Congrats, Bernd! Outstanding. Orbital characteristics for inquiring minds: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=247553&orb=1
Michael in so. Cal. IMCA #3963 On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Bernd V. Pauli <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello List, > > Can you imagine my surprise when Rob Matson emailed me and told me > that I would be honored with something very special for my birthday last > May 12. He had done a bit of pre-planning regarding the wording of the > citation and had got the help from a few people notably Dorothy Norton, > John Kashuba, Bob and Moni Verish – all of whom (including Rob Matson > himself, of course!) I want to thank very, very much. > > I am truly honored to be wandering among the stars while still roaming > terrestrial fields! I am deeply touched to orbit the Sun together with > such > celebrities as our late O.R. Norton [(163800) Richardnorton], his wife > Dorothy Norton [(149243) Dorothynorton = 2002 RL239], my late friend > Jim Kriegh [149244 Kriegh], alongside our esteemed Geoff Notkin [(132904) > Notkin = 2002 RB237], just to name a few. > > The minor planet (247553) 2002 RV234 is a member of the Hilda family. > Hildas are in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter, i.e. they complete 3 > orbits for every two Jovian orbits. They have dark surfaces, are rich in > organics and contain water. CI and CM meteorites are believed to originate > in these types of asteroids. > > My little asteroid is about 6.5 km in diameter, and, assuming an average > density of 2.1 g/cm^3 for CI/CM chondrites, this would amount to a mass > of about 3 x 10^11 metric tons (300 billion metric tons). > Most of this detailed info was provided by Rob Matson! > > Here is the PDF-link to the Minor Planet Circular: > > http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2013/MPC_20130722.pdf > > Just enter my family name and you’ll find me at the top > of the second column of page 231 of that Circular. > > Thank you very much for this > honor bestowed on me, > > Bernd > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
