[meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more
From: Sergey Vasiliev <svassiliev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:51 2004 Message-ID: <00c201c37405$3633f8a0$7800000a_at_desktop> Hello all, Guess the size of the cube and day time ;-) http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/sv-meteorites/fun1.asp Regards, Sergey > Hi Jose, and all, > > As to the 10x10x10mm cubes you wrote: > > > Perhaps the T on the cube stands for "Top"? > > What about the other letters? > > Yes, the T stands for "Top". The other letters > are B, E, N, W, S - so guess what? They stand for: > > B = Bottom > E = East > N = North > W = West > S = South > > The cube is not only used as a scale (at least > not in the documentation of Antarctic finds), > but also to indicate the exact spatial location > of the meteorite at his find location. Good > idea, isn't it ;-? However, I've seen more than > one case (in non-Antarctic use) where the > photographer obviously wasn't aware of this > "secondary function" of the cube. > > Hope I helped clearing this issue beyond its > arithmetic implications. As far as I'm concerned > I have NO idea why some folks still stick to > anachronistic measures such as "inch", "foot", > or "yard". Time to adopt to the metric system, > isn't it ;-? BTW, these cubes ARE metric, at > least the original ones used by the ANSMET. > > Best, > Norbert > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 05 Sep 2003 07:27:01 PM PDT |
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