Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi! Darren Garrison wrote: I'm still wondering over this line: Bush said it is common to see meteorites, pieces of a meteor, hitting the Moon's surface, however, but it was a rare occurrence to catch a meteor strike. Both statements are ridiculous, of course. It would be an

Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-24 Thread Chris Peterson
Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news Tom Knudson wrote: about the article and Joseph Bush who the article is about said: When I sent him my photos

Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-24 Thread Tom Knudson
-list] Crackpot in the news Tom Knudson wrote: about the article and Joseph Bush who the article is about said: When I sent him my photos, they actually turned the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to check it out, he said. Having been down to the Hubble Space Telescope launch and talked

[meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-23 Thread Darren Garrison
Sadly, the article writer seems to be too poorly educated to see that this guy is, indeed, a lunatic. http://www.pall-times.com/articles/2005/04/23/news/news2.txt MINETTO MAN'S SKYGAZING PASSION IS 'LUNAR-CY' By DEBRA LUPIEN ROBILLARD, Features Editor MINETTO - Amateur astonomer Joseph Bush

Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-23 Thread Tom Knudson
/ - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:34 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news Sadly, the article writer seems to be too poorly educated to see that this guy is, indeed, a lunatic. http

Re: [meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

2005-04-23 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:43:48 -0500, Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, To be distinguishable in a 125mm objective, on a night of perfect seeing, with maximum contrast (a white marble on the dark moon), that marble would have to be a minimum of 2.31 kilometers in diameter!