Re: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
is there a Richardnorton?? That would be cool too! On Fri Dec 3rd, 2010 5:48 PM EST Greg Catterton wrote: AWESOME. I could not think of a nicer person to get an honor such as this, congrats Dorothy! Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com wrote: From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 5:17 PM Hi All, A little good news to share with the list on a Friday afternoon: The following citation is from MPC 71351 (149243) Dorothynorton = 2002 RL239 Dorothy S. Norton (b. 1945) is a scientific illustrator specializing in astronomy, geology and paleontology. Her illustrations have appeared in the National Geographic magazine, the popular meteorite book Rocks from Space and Ice Age Mammals of North America. - - - - - I thought I sent a message about Dorothy's namesake to the List a few months ago when her citation became official, but it apparently never appeared. As I wrote Dorothy back in July, it is a member of Main Belt I, and has a size somewhere between 1.2 and 2.2 km (the uncertainty driven by the range of possible reflectivities). If the asteroid were spherical (which of course, it isn't), it would have a volume in the range of 0.9-5.5 billion cubic meters. For fun, if you assume an ordinary chondrite bulk density of ~3.1 g/cm^3, that's a mass somewhere in the range of 2.8 to 17 billion metric tons. (That's quite a lot of meteorites!) To see what the orbit of Dorothy's asteroid looks like in 3D, use the following link: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=149243;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb (It takes a little while for the Java script to load.) The next close approach to earth will be in late January 2011, at a distance of about 1.08 a.u., which will be its closest approach since 2004. Cheers! Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
#163800 = Richardnorton Chris Spratt (MP #4789 = Sprattia) (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
(163800) Richardnorton = 2003 QS69 Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton What a well-deserved honor for one of my favorite people. Not only is Dorothy one of the nicest people on THIS planet, but she's a fab illustrator and cartoonist, and did an enormous amount of behind- the-scenes work on Richard's three legendary meteorite books. I know at least one person who can't get to sleep without a copy of Rocks from Space under his pillow : ) Sincere congrats to Dorothy! Geoff N. www.aerolite.org www.meteoritemen.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
Hi All, A little good news to share with the list on a Friday afternoon: The following citation is from MPC 71351 (149243) Dorothynorton = 2002 RL239 Dorothy S. Norton (b. 1945) is a scientific illustrator specializing in astronomy, geology and paleontology. Her illustrations have appeared in the National Geographic magazine, the popular meteorite book Rocks from Space and Ice Age Mammals of North America. - - - - - I thought I sent a message about Dorothy's namesake to the List a few months ago when her citation became official, but it apparently never appeared. As I wrote Dorothy back in July, it is a member of Main Belt I, and has a size somewhere between 1.2 and 2.2 km (the uncertainty driven by the range of possible reflectivities). If the asteroid were spherical (which of course, it isn't), it would have a volume in the range of 0.9-5.5 billion cubic meters. For fun, if you assume an ordinary chondrite bulk density of ~3.1 g/cm^3, that's a mass somewhere in the range of 2.8 to 17 billion metric tons. (That's quite a lot of meteorites!) To see what the orbit of Dorothy's asteroid looks like in 3D, use the following link: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=149243;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb (It takes a little while for the Java script to load.) The next close approach to earth will be in late January 2011, at a distance of about 1.08 a.u., which will be its closest approach since 2004. Cheers! Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
Welcome to the club. Chris (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
AWESOME. I could not think of a nicer person to get an honor such as this, congrats Dorothy! Sincere congratulations, Dorothy! An honor well deserved!!! -- (163800) Richardnorton = 2003 QS69 Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton -- Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton
Rob: Thanks for sharing the news and congratulations to Dorothy Norton. Greg S. Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:17:10 -0800 From: robert.d.mat...@saic.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Minor planet (149243) Dorothynorton Hi All, A little good news to share with the list on a Friday afternoon: The following citation is from MPC 71351 (149243) Dorothynorton = 2002 RL239 Dorothy S. Norton (b. 1945) is a scientific illustrator specializing in astronomy, geology and paleontology. Her illustrations have appeared in the National Geographic magazine, the popular meteorite book Rocks from Space and Ice Age Mammals of North America. - - - - - I thought I sent a message about Dorothy's namesake to the List a few months ago when her citation became official, but it apparently never appeared. As I wrote Dorothy back in July, it is a member of Main Belt I, and has a size somewhere between 1.2 and 2.2 km (the uncertainty driven by the range of possible reflectivities). If the asteroid were spherical (which of course, it isn't), it would have a volume in the range of 0.9-5.5 billion cubic meters. For fun, if you assume an ordinary chondrite bulk density of ~3.1 g/cm^3, that's a mass somewhere in the range of 2.8 to 17 billion metric tons. (That's quite a lot of meteorites!) To see what the orbit of Dorothy's asteroid looks like in 3D, use the following link: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=149243;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb (It takes a little while for the Java script to load.) The next close approach to earth will be in late January 2011, at a distance of about 1.08 a.u., which will be its closest approach since 2004. Cheers! Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
