Hadn't the Occam's Razor explanation of this object been that it was part of a
tub grinder ejected during operations while grinding up some dead trees several
hundred yards away? They showed one of these babies in operation on the
Discovery Channel several weeks ago, and I could easily believe one of the
chipper blades broke loose and flew on the appropriate trajectory (it looks
like the Sarlacc from Star Wars, with layers of rotating teeth). It seems to
me part of "research" should be asking the guys who were using the tub grinder
"Hey, did you lose any of the blades out of this thing on such-and-such a date?
If so, do you know where the piece went?" Also, checking to see if the
composition of the "meteorite" was comparable with a tub grinder blade.Tracy
LatimerTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 12 May 2007 06:26:42
-0400Subject: [meteorite-list] "SNEAKY LITTLE DEVILS" NJO CONFIRMED
METEORWRONGIt has finally been determined by experts that the NJO is not a
meteorite. In Friday's AP story, Rutgers University geologist Jerry Delaney
was quoted as saying,"I was wrong. Sneaky little devil."The second sentiment is
not even remotely accurate. As I mentioned to the list in January, there was
absolutely nothing about the NJO which resembled a new meteorite. I advised the
Newark Star Ledger, The New York Times and AP in writing that the NJO was not a
meteorite. I contacted the museum at Rutgers prior to their exhibition of the
object---which generated the largest attendance on a single day---that this was
not a meteorite. The only "sneaky little devils" are the folks at Rutgers
University. Stories are released on Friday nights so the story will miss the
news cycle. It's for stories that would cause embarrassment; it's for those
moments where you hope the story disappears.This is just so deplorable---and
it's not an isolated instance of how an institution with something to
gain---and the media---work. But for scientists to be so sloppy in THEIR work
is just so....disappointing. As I wrote to the list several months ago: "While
[this] may ultimately be among the most unusual freshly fallen meteorites known
to exist, such an assessment cannot and should not ever have been made by
simply passing it around for a casual analysis and singing kumbaya."Here is the
latest story....in case you missed it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_sc/fallen_object Depth of Field
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