I'd argue that a meteoroid becomes a meteor as soon as becomes incandescent and it becomes a meteorite at instant incandescence ends.
-- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 4/13/10, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Yinan Wang <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock, not > meteorite' > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 2:29 PM > "Then, on the bounce, it touches the > Earth and becomes the Property of > The State." > > So if a meteoroid embeds itself into your car, or you catch > it before > it hits the ground (ya, improbable as it seems), or if > bounces off a > cow and you catch it, does it belong to you now since it > did not > become a meteorite? > > - YvW > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Sterling K. Webb > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Any lawyer could argue his way out of this > > dilema with one simple slip. The "meteorite," > > while falling, is a meteoroid, not a meteorite, > > hence it is under God's jurisdiction. > > > > You, your car, your house, your dead dog > > (or cow) are not the Earth. The meteorite only > > becomes a meteorite when it touches the > > Earth, after killing you, perforating your > > car, smashing your house, or killing your > > dog. Then, on the bounce, it touches the > > Earth and becomes the Property of The State. > > > > No harm, no fault. Hand it over, please. > > > > > > Sterling K. Webb > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]>; > "Martin Altmann" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Museum investigation: > 'Probably a rock, not > > meteorite' > > > > > >> Interesting thought Martin... > >> > >> I wonder what their position would be regarding a > meteorite (that belonged > >> to the state) hitting and injuring/killing > somebody? > >> > >> Graham, UK > >> > >> ---- Martin Altmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> "A lot of people find slag out of glass > furnaces and think they are > >>> meteorites as well, they kind of look the > same." > >>> > >>> Because those people finding real meteorites, > lunars and Martians aren't > >>> coming to Australia. :-( > >>> > >>> Why? > >>> > >>> Because: "if it was > >>> a meteor it belongs to the WA Government". > >>> > >>> > >>> Other question, would WA Government have paid > the fixing of the roof, if > >>> it > >>> would have been a meteorite? > >>> I mean, then the damage would have caused by a > property of the state, > >>> wouldn't it? > >>> > >>> Martin > >>> > >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >>> Von: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] > Im Auftrag von Jeff > >>> Kuyken > >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. April 2010 16:35 > >>> An: meteorite list > >>> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Museum > investigation: 'Probably a rock,not > >>> meteorite' > >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/museum-investigates-meteori > >>> te-claims/story-e6frg1ac-1225837470139 > >>> > >>> Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock, not > meteorite' > >>> > >>> > >>> SCIENTISTS investigating claims a meteor > fragment the size of a cricket > >>> ball > >>> > >>> collided into a WA house have confirmed it was > almost certainly a rock. > >>> The > >>> object hit the roof of the home about 4pm on > Thursday in the > >>> north-eastern > >>> Perth suburb of Beechboro. > >>> > >>> A female occupant thought it was a meteor. > >>> > >>> The WA Museum today said the object may have > fallen from a plane lowering > >>> its landing gear. > >>> > >>> The museum's head of Earth and Planetary > Sciences, Dr Alex Bevan, > >>> yesterday > >>> inspected the object, which he did not suspect > was from outer space. > >>> > >>> "Alex did have a look at some photos of the > object, but when he did look > >>> at > >>> it in person, he did not think it was from a > meteorite," a museum > >>> spokesperson said. > >>> > >>> "Sometimes rocks get caught in the wheels of > planes and as they are > >>> lowering > >>> > >>> their gear they may fall, we just don't > know." > >>> > >>> Perth Observatory said it had received a > "couple of reports" on Thursday > >>> night from people phoning to say they had seen > a light in the sky. > >>> > >>> "At this stage no one seems to be able to put > it all together, but if it > >>> was > >>> > >>> a meteor it belongs to the WA Government, > observatory astronomer Ralph > >>> Martyn said. > >>> > >>> "The reports at this stage are very sketchy." > >>> > >>> He said the observatory was waiting to inspect > a photograph of the > >>> object. > >>> > >>> "A lot of people find slag out of glass > furnaces and think they are > >>> meteorites as well, they kind of look the > same." > >>> > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> Visit the Archives at > >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >>> > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> Visit the Archives at > >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >>> Meteorite-list mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Visit the Archives at > >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
