> > Hi All, > > I'm happy to announce that last week the International Astronomical Union's > Committee on Small Bodies Nomenclature approved my asteroid citation > honoring > Jim Kriegh: > > 149244 Kriegh > > Discovered 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at > Palomar. > > "James D. Kriegh (1928-2007) was a civil engineering professor at the > University > of Arizona and the founding father of Oro Valley, Arizona. A discoverer of > many > meteorites, he is best known for his discovery of the 15,000-year-old Gold > Basin > meteorite strewn field in northwest Arizona." >
That was a nice gesture, Rob. Ron B. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
