Shawn: Is Yamato 691 the very first ever found in Antartica? It was 1969. Greg S
---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 16:46:05 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ Fridays Answer > > Kirk, Carl2, Chris, and who ever else :) > > As for the question it wasn't a trick. I can see from many sources that they > both say ALH76001 was found in Dec 76 and also Mount Baldr in Dec 76. Chris > also had provided a link to a site which stated that the Mount Baldr was > found in Dec 76 a month before ALH76001 but it also says ALH67001 was found > in Dec76 as well. If you guys already know this the first two numbers with > the Antarctica meteorites corresponds to the year found and the last three > numbers is the order of which it was looked at by scientist, which this > doesn't mean that it was the first one found in that area from that year just > means it was looked at in that order. > > A few weeks ago I had emailed members from MetSoc with a question and a > professor from Berkley had told to me the ALH76001 was the first meteorite > found by the ANSMET team, so I thought that would make a good pop quiz > question. And now here we are with the question which one was found first..... > > In the mean time I have contacted a few people that worked with the ANSMET > team and also emailed people that were around when the team was first made > back in the 70's. So lets see what happens because I am also interested in > knowing what was the first meteorite found by the team on the ice because > this program is very important to meteoritical science and be nice to know > for sure. > > > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > eBaystore > http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html > > > > > > > > > > > [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ Fridays Answer > Becky and Kirk bandk at chorus.net > Mon May 9 16:55:42 EDT 2011 > > Previous message: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ Fridays Answer > Next message: [meteorite-list] Mohs hardness and meteorites > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I also sent in Mount Baldr?? > > Kirk.....:-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl 's" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 3:17 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ Fridays Answer > > > > > > > > Hi Shawn, Chris and all, > > > > > > Buried beneath this recent Mifflin mess was Shawn's latest Pop Quiz and > > > question from Chris S.concerning the first ANSMET meteorite. I, also, > > > thought Mount Baldr was the first. Was this a trick question? Seems there > > > were more than one who said ALH 76001, so I'm a bit confused. > > > > > > Thanks to Shawn for the time he makes for these fun quizzes.:) > > > > > > Carl2 > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Spratt wrote: > > > ...Thought Mount Baldr was the first. See: > > > http://geology.cwru.edu/~amlamp/DryValleys/MBR/MBR96text. > > > > > > Shawn wrote: > > > Question > > > What is the first ANSMET meteorite to be collected? > > > Answer > > > Allan Hills 76001 (ALHA 76001)found in 1976 or 1978 by the ANSMET team. > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Visit the Archives at > > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Previous message: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ Fridays Answer > Next message: [meteorite-list] Mohs hardness and meteorites > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > More information about the Meteorite-list mailing 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
