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Doug, Kevin and all,
Allende fell February 8,1969 and Nininger's
book "Find a Falling Star" was published in 1972. I find no reference to
Allende in the index. The book may have been finished by the time of the
fall or at a stage with the publisher that precluded any changes.
Dan Wray
COMETS
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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:33
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nininger
Moment (Nininger questions)
"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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