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"What were Nininger's comments on "Allende"...I am
surprised it didn't make his book?"
Doug,
I don't have my copy of "Catch a
Falling Star" with me (it's on my nightstand at the house), but I am almost sure
that it was published before Allende happened. I sure other's can give
exact dates'
Fly Hill
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Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:15
PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Nininger Moment
(Nininger questions)
Last night I visited a friend who had ... to my surprise
... found an original of the FIND A FALLING STAR book on his shelf. He
gladly lent it to me on request, and last night rather than sleeping much I
had a Nininger Moment.
Has anyone ever recovered meteorites from the
November 9, 1923 fall ?
Where is the "crowbar" from the blacksmith from
the Toluca fall presently?
What is a ballpark worth of the collection
he described as US $530,000 today?
What happened to the American
Meteorite Laboratory and its equipment?
How many of "recognized"
recoveries in the 20th century (1901-2000, or 1900-1999, take your pick) were
credited to Nininger? An estimate is OK if the tally of the total isn't
yet known!
Where can we see, online, cowboy Charlie Brown's famous
fireball photo?
Is the semantics of the word meteorite worked out
yet? Is a rock in space a meteorite (Nininger calls it that, and makes
no use of the term meteoroid)?
Inspired:
Do all oriented
meteorites tend to a predictable "nose cone" shape? What is known about
the resulting ablated shapes (hemisphere, hemi-ellipse, sum of them,
other)?
Are individual chondrules thought to be still floating around in
space, and/or a significant part of the "dust" meteors observed outside of
meteor showers (to remove the cometary particles)?
What were Nininger's
comments on "Allende"...I am surprised it didn't make his book?
Is an
Aerolite not an OK term in English for an iron? In
French?
Theoretically, how big of a piece of ice (perfect sphere) would
be needed at a common entry velocity and angle and average atmospheric temp.,
hypothetically, if it didn't fracture, to not melt/vaporize and touch
ground. For a rough idea...
Related for fun:
Should a
meteorite impacting a satellite and subsequently recovered be called a
meteorite? How about if it is an intentional probe (Stardust
mission)? Are materials from the falls on Mars correctly called
meteorites, or must they be Martian meteorites, Lunar,
etc.
Saludos
Doug Dawn
Mexico
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