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

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:51 2004
Message-ID: <002b01c3740a$a2354180$65cb43d8_at_malcolm>

Hi List, We do not seem to know for sure what the letters on the cube stand
for, so do they even need to be there? Can a blank cube work?
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_netcabo.pt>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] AW: meteorite photography scales & more


> 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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