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Re: Need Info on Ohio Meteorites
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- Subject: Re: Need Info on Ohio Meteorites
- From: Monica Grady <M.Grady@nhm.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:54:08 +0100
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Dear Bob,
I'm just clearing my desk before my 2 weeks holiday, and your message
popped up. Attached is a list of the 9 Ohio meteorites I have in my
database. i hope the info is useful.
regards
Monica
At 13:48 13/08/98 -0500, Bob Martino wrote:
>I've been interested in meteorites for some time, but only just subscribed
>to this list. I'm a subscriber now because a member of the public brought
>a stony meteorite to a public program at Perkins Observatory last week. It
>passed the usual tests, and I'm in the process of sending pieces of it off
>to the Smithsonian for analysis and confirmation.
>
>To my knowledge, this will be the first meteorite discovered in Ohio in
>about 50 years. I want to write a short article for Sky & Telescope and
>Astronomy magazines, as well as a press release for the local news media.
>The story will carry more weight if it is put in its historical context,
>however.
>
>A couple of years ago I learned of a catalog/book/data base of some sort
>which supposedly recorded all known meteorite finds and falls. I have no
>idea now what it was called, where to obtain a copy, or how to get some
>info out of it about past Ohio meteorites. Can anyone here help me out?
>
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>Bob Martino I look up to the heavens
>bmartino@osu.edu but night has clouded over
> no spark of constellation
>Perkins Observatory Web site: no Vela no Orion
>http://www.perkins-observatory.org -Enya
>
>
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>Bob Martino I look up to the heavens
>bmartino@osu.edu but night has clouded over
> no spark of constellation
>Perkins Observatory Web site: no Vela no Orion
>http://www.perkins-observatory.org -Enya
>
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ohio.rtf
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Dr Monica M. Grady
Head, Division of Petrology and Meteoritics
Curator, Meteorite Collection
Department of Mineralogy
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD
Tel: 0171 938 9445
Fax: 0171 938 9268
Home page: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/grady/grady.htm
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