Steve, This St. louis Meteorite is interesting. What if the car had been driving on private land? As discussed previously on this list, this should be referred to in the Lorton Court Case. As that meteorite also never did hit actual Earth. It hit legally rented space and was found in much the same way as a car that hits a telephone pole. Do you say the "pole found the car"? I think not! Yes, Lorton was found but was much more than that. It was a "Fall". Silly?
http://www.meteorman.org/St_Louis_Meteorite.htm -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax ---- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 4/13/2010 4:29:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > "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 > *************** > > Veomega, > > As I understand, the St. Louis meteorite hit a car and stayed in it while > it was being driven down a city street. On an aside, I don't think the > City of St. Louis asserted any claim that it was their property. > > Steve Arnold > of Meteorite Men > > ______________________________________________ > 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
