Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Alan Rubin
: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html - Original Message - From: "dorifry" To: "Michael Mulgrew" ; "Michael Farmer" Cc: Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a m

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Marc Fries
There is a deep divide between meteorite hunters, hobbyists, etc and the scientists. It wasn't always that way - the Meteoritical Society was originally formed by a group of scientists, hobbyists, and in general a gaggle of folks with widely varying backgrounds who shared an interest in me

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Jim Wooddell
ohh Mike that is so wrong at so many levels. Peter is a really good guy and probably really really good at what he does. I personally could not tell by the pictures... I for 1 have that problem. I bet BobV knew what it was seconds after he had it in hands lots of field experience. Peter le

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Hi Mike, Mike, and List, It is somewhat comical, but even the best of us can be fooled from time to time. There are some very convincing meteorwrongs in circulation, and we've had some recent high-profile falls that have increased the likelihood of fakes/scams, so an extra measure of caution is p

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread dorifry
ce Museum - Original Message - From: "Michael Mulgrew" To: "Michael Farmer" Cc: ; "Brien Cook" Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has pro

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Gary Fujihara
Well Michael, I work at an astronomical research institute and I know that most astronomers here could not find and identify extended objects or stars in the night sky with their unaided eyes. Of course, they can differentiate their spectra and other data that they acquire through large telesco

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Michael Mulgrew
Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has problems identifying a meteorite? Is anyone else concerned by that? Michael in So. Cal. On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Michael Farmer wrote: > > Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all I am > seeing is news reports now

Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Michael Farmer
Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all I am seeing is news reports now calling it a meteor wrong. What a cluster#+~>. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Brien Cook wrote: > http://cams.seti.org/ > > > > ___

[meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

2012-10-25 Thread Brien Cook
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