Yep Rob, A good time was had by all last night. A lot of fun and yes, I was shocked by receiving a Harvey as well. Mine is the "In my Own Orbit". Ha! No doubt! Congrats too on your Harvey.
You beat me to the naming. I just checked recently for the name Notkin and saw that he had a rock named for him already. Congrats Geoff! Well earned! -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 2/5/11, Rob Matson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rob Matson <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday, Meteorite Men! > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 2:38 PM > Hi All, > > First off, happy birthday greetings to Geoff and Steve -- I > hope > you both had a fabulous time at your Birthday Bash last > night at > the Sky Bar, and that your bar tabs were covered by > everyone > else. ;-) I really wish I could have made it to > Tucson again > this year, but it's been crunch-time at work getting our > ground > software operational for our satellite launch in less than > six > months. I owe you both a belated birthday cocktail the next > time > our paths cross (hopefully in some farflung strewn field!) > > I got an e-mail from Bob Verish this morning, informing me > that > I won a Harvey Award last night!! I am honored and humbled > and > (as I wrote Geoff privately a little while ago) > simultaneously > a bit horrified that I couldn't be there in person last > night > to accept it. It would have been a special treat to share > the > stage with NEO-hunter-extraordinaire, Richard Kowalski, who > I > understand also won a Harvey. > > As long as I'm on the subject of asteroids, I'd like to > share > with the List a little early birthday gift that I > presented > Geoff late last year, but decided to wait until his > birthday > to announce publically: > > MPC 72991 citation: > > (132904) Notkin = 2002 RB237 > Geoffrey Notkin (b. 1961) is > co-host of the popular Science Channel > series Meteorite Men and author of over 100 articles on > meteoritics, > paleontology and the arts. A discoverer of meteorites > on four continents, > he has also made documentaries for Discovery, National > Geographic, PBS, the > BBC and the History Channel. > > - - - - - > > Minor planet dynamical group: Hilda > Semi-major axis: 3.9982764 a.u. > Inclination: 3.55428 degrees > Eccentricity: 0.1440889 > Perihelion distance: 3.422169 a.u. > Aphelion distance: 4.574384 a.u. > Absolute magnitude: 14.4 > > Astrometry from 89 observations at 6 oppositions spanning > 1995-2010 > Last observed: 10/9/2010 by station G96 > Discovery date : 2002 09 12 > Discovery site : Palomar > Discoverer : Matson, R. > > The Hildas are interesting in that they are in a 2:3 > orbital resonance > with Jupiter: they complete three orbits for every two > Jovian orbits. > The first Hilda asteroid was discovered in 1875. Currently > there are > only ~1100 Hildas known, which is less than 1/4 of a > percent of all > known asteroids. They are very dark objects, with a mean > albedo of > only 0.044 -- similar to cometary nuclei. Based on this > albedo and > an absolute magnitude of 14.4, (132904) has an approximate > size of > 8.4 km. That's a cross-sectional area very close to the > size of > Manhattan, with which Geoff should be quite familiar. :-) > Assuming > a bulk density of 1.5 g/cm^3, that corresponds to a mass of > around > 4.6 x 10^11 metric tons -- around a half trillion metric > tons! > > Congratulations, Geoff, and welcome to the minor planet > club! > > Best wishes, > Rob > > ______________________________________________ > 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
