Who's going to pay for gas and food and give up time from friends and family to
find something
they can't keep, only to get a pat on the back??
Even if someone would do all that and actually found material from the fall
they would most likely be hassled to make sure they didn't keep any.
Koo Koo
[Erik]
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:09 +0100
From: i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Gauteng: State declares ownership before meteorite
is found
One really wonders if this approach offers sufficcient incentive to initiate
recovery efforts:
Eyewittness News:
Meteor belongs to the state
Gia Nicolaides The Astronomical Society of South Africa said on Wednesday a
meteor had no monetary value and belonged to the state where it landed.
Dozens of people claimed the meteor spotted over Gauteng at the weekend landed
on their property.
The astronomical society's Tim Cooper said even if it landed on someone's
property, they did not own it.
By law in this country any meteorite which hits the ground belongs to the
state. So it will be given over to the universities to study its origins and
its
characteristics, after that it will become property of the state so somebody
who
finds this object will not be able top keep it, said Cooper.
The fireball lit up the skies and was seen travelling from Johannesburg to the
north of Pretoria at about 11pm on Saturday.
As yet no one has found the rock.
Source: http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=27202
Best regards
Svend
drtanuki hat am 25. November 2009 um 00:21 geschrieben:
Dear List,
I have just posted two videos from the Gauteng 21Nov09 Fireball in South
Africa.
South Africa Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng Meteor 21NOV09 Videos 24NOV09:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/south-africa-meteormeteorite-news.html
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Meteor/Meteorite News- 24NOV09
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-24nov09.html
More Eyewitness accounts of the meteor
Jacaranda 94.2
Botswana- These Meteorite created a complete daylight effect as far as I
could
see, except it was like a quartz halogen pure white light, which gradually
faded to a ...
Probe underway into Gauteng meteor sighting
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday requested detailed
information about the meteor that passed over Gauteng at the weekend. ...
Meteor lights up night sky
Citizen
JOHANNESBURG - Amateur astronomers are star-struck with the possibility that
a
meteorite might have crashed to earth somewhere in South Africa on Saturday
...
Gauteng abuzz after meteor sighting
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News has also received reports of the meteor being spotted as far
as Botswana. There was a very bright explosion, where the sky lit up as if
it
...
Search on for alleged meteorite
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Amateur astronomists across Gauteng said on Monday they were focussing their
search for an alleged meteorite, which allegedly plummeted to earth on
Saturday ...
Meteor/Meteorite News- 23NOV09:
Meteorite lights up Gauteng sky
Times LIVE
Amazed Johannesburg and Pretoria residents could hardly believe their eyes
when a five-second lightning flash, thought to be a meteorite, lit up the
night ...
--
Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng, South Africa 21NOV09 Meteor 22NOV09:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-22nov09.html
Meteor lights up Gauteng
Times LIVE
It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on
Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. The Leonid meteor shower in
Thailand ...
Meteor believed to be spotted in Gauteng
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have come forward, claiming they spotted
a
meteor in the skies on Saturday night. People in Gauteng saw the bright light
...
Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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