[meteorite-list] re: Bootids (Quadrantids) meteor shower and 2003 EH1
From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:03 2004 Message-ID: <141.1f453d2f.2d19e15b_at_aol.com> --part1_141.1f453d2f.2d19e15b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Bill, I have no idea why my e-mail posting turned into digital dribble (i= t=20 is the second time that happened), so I am reposting this reply I made to yo= u=20 below the way it appears in my "outbox", and I hope it is now more=20 intelligible. It was not meant as a joke, my internet connection is not via= a land line=20 so every once in a while this sort of thing happens. Saludos. Doug Dawn Mexico Asunto: Re: [meteorite-list] re: Bootids (Quadrantids) meteor shower and 200= 3=20 EH1=A0 =20 Fecha: 12/23/2003 6:08:30 AM Mexico Standard Time =20 De: MexicoDoug =20 Para: joseph_town_at_att.net=20 CC: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 =20 In a message dated 12/23/2003 6:28:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,=20 joseph_town_at_att.net writes: > Doug, >=20 > How about a synopsis? Or is it synapses? I can't follow all=20 > that. >=20 > Bill Kieskowski OK Bill, trying:...I noticed that Ron Baalke somehow overlooked posting a=20 recent research result that the Quadrantid Meteor shower, which was the fina= l=20 major orphan shower (no parent body identified that is source to the materia= l),=20 now has a parent, with good probability.=A0 They also suggested that the par= ent=20 got too close to Jupiter over the last few centuries in its orbit causing a=20 considerable part to disintegrate, or perhaps fragment.=A0 The orbit of the=20= parent=20 body was calculated and I looked at 138 years of approaches of the object=20 (2003 EH1) to Earth, and noticed that in 1877 several coincidental factors l= ined=20 up, so I checked Impactika.com 's website for falls, and on Jan 3, 1877 ther= e=20 was one, St. Marks (South Africa).=A0 Then miraculously, listmember Marco=20 Langbroek from the Netherlands, one of the researchers on this discovery ste= pped in=20 to answer all my questions eventually telling me it was a good try, but wish= ful=20 thinking on my part that that particular fall was from 2003 EH1, considered=20 to be a burnt out comet. I didn't accept no until he checked the orientation= of=20 the Earth and proved that it was unlikely, since the part of Earth flying=20 through the Meteor stream orbit left by 2003 EH1 did not include the fall=20 location at the fall time.=A0 The he drew a picture to better appreciate thi= s.=A0 So now=20 there are more questions, but we won't be spending time on the St Marks=20 meteorite question since it seems far too improbably.=A0 In other words, clo= se but no=20 cigar...so unfortunately we don't have a sample of an EH5 burnt out comet in= =20 St. Marks S. Africa meteorite, and it will not be worth a million times its=20 present value...hope that helps.=A0 Now it is really bedtime or I'll be seei= ng=20 stars in daylight. Saludos Doug --part1_141.1f453d2f.2d19e15b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY= =3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hi Bill, I have no idea why my e-ma= il posting turned into digital dribble (it is the second time that happened)= , so I am reposting this reply I made to you below the way it appears in my=20= "outbox", and I hope it is now more intelligible. It was not meant as=20= a joke, my internet connection is not via a land line so every once in a whi= le this sort of thing happens.<BR> Saludos. Doug Dawn<BR> Mexico<BR> <BR> <BR> Asunto: <B>Re: [meteorite-list] re: Bootids (Quadrantids) meteor shower and=20= 2003 EH1=A0</B> <BR> Fecha: 12/23/2003 6:08:30 AM Mexico Standard Time <BR> De: <A HREF=3D"mailto:MexicoDoug">MexicoDoug</A> <BR> Para: <A HREF=3D"mailto:joseph_town_at_att.net">joseph_town@att.net</A> <BR> CC: <A HREF=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@me= teoritecentral.com</A> <BR> <BR> In a message dated 12/23/2003 6:28:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, joseph_town_at_= att.net writes:<BR> <BR> > Doug,<BR> > <BR> > How about a synopsis? Or is it synapses? I can't follow all <BR> > that.<BR> > <BR> > Bill Kieskowski<BR> <BR> OK Bill, trying:...I noticed that Ron Baalke somehow overlooked posting a re= cent research result that the Quadrantid Meteor shower, which was the final=20= major orphan shower (no parent body identified that is source to the materia= l), now has a parent, with good probability.=A0 They also suggested that the= parent got too close to Jupiter over the last few centuries in its orbit ca= using a considerable part to disintegrate, or perhaps fragment.=A0 The orbit= of the parent body was calculated and I looked at 138 years of approaches o= f the object (2003 EH1) to Earth, and noticed that in 1877 several coinciden= tal factors lined up, so I checked Impactika.com 's website for falls, and o= n Jan 3, 1877 there was one, St. Marks (South Africa).=A0 Then miraculously,= listmember Marco Langbroek from the Netherlands, one of the researchers on=20= this discovery stepped in to answer all my questions eventually telling me i= t was a good try, but wishful thinking on my part that that particular fall=20= was from 2003 EH1, considered to be a burnt out comet. I didn't accept no un= til he checked the orientation of the Earth and proved that it was unlikely,= since the part of Earth flying through the Meteor stream orbit left by 2003= EH1 did not include the fall location at the fall time.=A0 The he drew a pi= cture to better appreciate this.=A0 So now there are more questions, but we=20= won't be spending time on the St Marks meteorite question since it seems far= too improbably.=A0 In other words, close but no cigar...so unfortunately we= don't have a sample of an EH5 burnt out comet in St. Marks S. Africa meteor= ite, and it will not be worth a million times its present value...hope that=20= helps.=A0 Now it is really bedtime or I'll be seeing stars in daylight.<BR> <BR> Saludos Doug<BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_141.1f453d2f.2d19e15b_boundary-- Received on Tue 23 Dec 2003 01:20:11 PM PST |
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