[meteorite-list] Brilliant Light Plunging Into Pacific May Have Been Meteor
From: capricorn89 <capricorn89_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:43 2004 Message-ID: <003e01c0b765$61470c80$df36b2d1_at_earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C0B722.51EE0BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Having been a guide at the Griffith Observatory when I was an = undergraduate major in Astronomy at U.C.L.A., I can verify that the = guide staff is made up of upper division and graduate students majoring = in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Physics, usually at U.C.L.A., U.S.C. and = CalTech. They are quite competent. Ron Hartman ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MeteorHntr_at_aol.com=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brilliant Light Plunging Into Pacific = May Have Been Meteor In a message dated 3/27/01 5:46:44 PM Central Standard Time,=20 baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes:=20 Troy Powers, a museum guide at Griffith Observatory, said that = judging=20 from the descriptions, "it could have been a meteor."=20 "It might have impacted the water, although that's pretty rare," = he=20 said. More likely, he said, "it was a meteor, between the size of a = naval=20 orange and a basketball, about 40 to 50 miles high in the = atmosphere."=20 List,=20 Humm, now museum guides, not just observatory astronomers, can also = judge the=20 size of meteors.=20 Meteors hitting the water are "pretty rare"??? Yea I guess so, since = only=20 70% of the Earth is covered by water! =20 Steve Arnold=20 www.meteoritebroker.com=20 ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C0B722.51EE0BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Having been a guide at the Griffith Observatory = when I=20 was an undergraduate major in Astronomy at U.C.L.A., I can verify that = the guide=20 staff is made up of upper division and graduate students majoring in = Astronomy,=20 Astrophysics and Physics, usually at U.C.L.A., U.S.C. and CalTech. = They=20 are quite competent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ron Hartman</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:MeteorHntr_at_aol.com"=20 title=3DMeteorHntr_at_aol.com>MeteorHntr@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 = title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 27, 2001 = 4:11=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Brilliant=20 Light Plunging Into Pacific May Have Been Meteor</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a = message dated=20 3/27/01 5:46:44 PM Central Standard Time, <BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov">baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov</A>= =20 writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"=20 TYPE=3D"CITE"><BR> Troy Powers, a museum guide = at=20 Griffith Observatory, said that judging <BR>from the descriptions, = "it could=20 have been a meteor." <BR> "It might have = impacted the=20 water, although that's pretty rare," he <BR>said. More likely, he = said, "it=20 was a meteor, between the size of a naval <BR>orange and a = basketball, about=20 40 to 50 miles high in the atmosphere." = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>List,=20 <BR><BR>Humm, now museum guides, not just observatory astronomers, can = also=20 judge the <BR>size of meteors. <BR><BR>Meteors hitting the water are = "pretty=20 rare"??? Yea I guess so, since only <BR>70% of the Earth is = covered by=20 water! <BR><BR>Steve Arnold <BR>www.meteoritebroker.com=20 <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01C0B722.51EE0BA0-- Received on Wed 28 Mar 2001 03:59:19 AM PST |
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