Hello List,
Why would someone from JPL be interviewed about meteorites? I respect Ron
Baalke, who I believe is a software engineer and probably knows more about
meteorites then anyone , but JPL has nothing to do with meteorites. They
are tasked with the responsibility of planning and administering solar
system exploration via robotic missions.
Or so I thought.
As an aside,at my undergraduate school, I had a professor of Astronomy who
once worked at the Jet "Propeller" Laboratory, according to information from
the school.
What a hoot! I used to kid him about that.
Maybe I am wrong. Is there a group at JPL/Caltech who studies meteorites?
Ron?
-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Utas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite-list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Experts Skeptical of Peruvian Meteorite Impact
Hello All,
This particular bit really makes me wonder about those fellows up at
JPL...
It's not impossible that the crater was left by a meteorite, Yeomans
said, but if so, then the impact object most likely was small, based
on the size of the crater. It would also probably have been a metal
meteorite, because those are the only kind of small meteorites that
don't burn up as they plummet through Earth's atmosphere, he added.
Small stony meteorites rarely make it to the surface.
...Does anyone else find his statement...completely wrong? I mean -
I'm used to such stuff coming out of reporters from god-knows-where,
but from a JPL employee...
Jason
On 9/20/07, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Scientists Doubt Meteorite Sickened Peruvians by
By Andrea Thompson, Space.com, September 19, 2007
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070919_peru_meteorite.html
Experts: 'Meteor' Gases Likely Caused by Geyser,
Fox News September 19, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297369,00.html
The only saving grace about this story is the last line,
which reads:
"Peruvian geologists are on their way to examine the crater,
according to news reports."
Hopefully, this means someone will get down to the bottom
of this mess and determine what really happened.
These stories have been followed by:
Peruvian Geophysicist Confirms Claim of Meteorite Crash
By Monte Hayes, Associated Press, September. 19, 2007
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070919_ap_meteorite_peru.html
It stated:
"Jose
Mechare, a scientist with Peru's Geological, Mining
and Metallurgical
Institute, said a geologist had confirmed
that it was a "rocky
meteorite,'' based on the fragments
analyzed."
The sickness was explained by this line in the article:
"He said
fear may have provoked psychosomatic ailments."
They article finally statesd:
"She said that after the meteorite struck, small rocks
rained
down on the roof of her house for several minutes and she
feared the
house was going to collapse."
Best Regards,
Paul
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