[meteorite-list] New California meteorite

From: Greg Redfern <gredfern_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:25 2004
Message-ID: <NBBBJPGEPBMHMOJGKPFFOEEKCNAA.gredfern_at_earthlink.net>

Bob,

  Congratulations on a very beautiful find. Another aspect you might want to
look at is selling slices (count me in for one!!!!) of the yet to be named
find and then donating the proceeds to the fund that I am sure will be set
up by NASA to help the families.

  I would suggest that you either email or tele/con NASAHQ Public Affairs
with your suggestion and see what they think of it.

  I think the Nomenclature Committee would probably go for the Mojave
STS-107 rather than the Columbia 7 only because it would be very much in
keeping with current naming guidelines. Regardless, those of us on this List
will always know it by the pedigree you have given it.

All the best,
Greg Redfern
2003 NASA Solar System Ambassador
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/
IMCA #5781
www.meteoritecollectors.org

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[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Mark
Miconi
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:37 AM
To: Matson, Robert; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite


EXCELLENT IDEA! I am in for whatever type of help I can lend, be it writing
a letter, a donation to cover costs of naming the meteorite, any help you
may need. I think that it is a great gesture. And IF none of that comes to
pass I would like a small slice for my collection with the understanding
that I would never try to profit from it.

If I can help in any way let me know.

Mark M.
Phoenix AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite


> Hi All,
>
> As I reported earlier, seeing Columbia reenter this past Saturday
> was not my primary reason for being in the Mojave Desert -- I was
> actually heading up there to do some meteorite field recovery work
> for the day. I did find one new meteorite of just over 100 grams,
> and have scanned in some images of it at the time it was found:
>
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1a.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1b.jpg
> http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/feb1c.jpg
>
> And so a thought has occurred to me: what are the chances of bending
> the Meteoritical Society rules and giving this meteorite the name
> "Columbia" or "Columbia 7"? I checked the Catalogue, and surprisingly
> there is no meteorite called Columbia. I would be happy to donate the
> meteorite to NASA, or alternatively arrange to have it cut into 7
> pieces to give to each of the families of the astronauts. It's an
> ordinary chondrite, probably an H5 or H6 with some black shock veins
> running through it, so it's not particularly rare or interesting to
> researchers. It's only claim to uniqueness was that it was found
> on February 1st at 11:44am PST, less than 6 hours after I watched
> Columbia fly by.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
>
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