Congratulations to Jeff Grossman, who was recently honored by having an asteroid named after him. The asteroid was discovered by Robert Matson. Below is the citation.
Ron Baalke ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (99905) Jeffgrossman = 2002 QX50 Discovered 2002 Aug. 27 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at Palomar. Jeffrey N. Grossman (b. 1955), a chemist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia, conducts research in meteoritics and geochemistry. He is best known for his work on the origin of chondrules and chondrites and for studies of metamorphic processes on minor planets in the early solar system. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
