-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Davidson <[email protected]>
>Sent: Jul 30, 2013 3:54 AM
>To: "'Bernd V. Pauli'" <[email protected]>,
>"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the
>Sky with "Hilda" :-)
>
>Lieber Bernd
>
>Many congratulations. Now when people call you a star, you truly are! OK, so
>it is not a star but a dwarf planet, but you are a giant of the meteorite
>community.
>
>Mit besten Wünschen aus Schottland
>
>Peter Davidson
>Curator of Minerals
>
>National Museums Collection Centre
>242 West Granton Road
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernd V.
>Pauli
>Sent: 29 July 2013 19:21
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky
>with "Hilda" :-)
>
>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
>
>
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Well stated!
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