Fw: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more

From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:51 2004
Message-ID: <001101c37409$09f5d7a0$cbc216d5_at_computername>

Hey Sergey!

Tks for the link to the pic! And for the info.
Now THAT is a cube! (..."proportional" to the size of the meteorite? LOL!)

Norbert,

Tks for you info too. I kind of thought that perhaps the other (visible)
letters of the cube on several photos that I have seen, might stand for
North, South, East and West, but I was not sure. As B for Bottom, I did not
know about that - I have never seen these cubes other than in photos. But
why the N1? Could the 1 (or a vertical line) be there to help place the cube
correctly in order to avoid confusion with a Z? And what about the S1 (or a
vertical line)?

Tom,
BTW on a lighter note, "if Top stands for TOM, then perhaps the Bottom
should stand for...JERRY?)
José Campos

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sergey Vasiliev" <svassiliev_at_iol.cz>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more


> 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
> >
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