[meteorite-list] Re: Decimal point vs. comma in numbers

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 6 16:36:22 2004
Message-ID: <01ca01c4dbdb$9e254560$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Not according to that walnut sized piece the photos show.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: "'Michael Farmer'" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>; "Meteorite Mailing
List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:11 PM
Subject: Decimal point vs. comma in numbers


> Hi Mike,
>
> It is customary in British/European reports to use periods
> instead of commas for easier reading of large numbers. So
> while 47.015 grams means 47.015 grams to you and me, in this
> case it should be interpreted as 47,015 grams (47.015 kg).
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Michael
> Farmer
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:01 PM
> To: Ron Baalke; Meteorite Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Lands in Sri Lanka
>
>
> AHHHH, I thought it was 47 KILOGRAMS, it is only 47 grams.
> No one could have seen a 47 gram iron falling trailing smoke, since the
> smoke would have stopped miles in the air.
> Forget about this one, sounds like BS to me .
> Mike Farmer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:56 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Lands in Sri Lanka
>
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/12/07/new12.html
>>
>> Meteorite lands in Polonnaruwa
>> by Manjula Fernando
>> Daily News (Sri Lanka)
>> December 7, 2004
>>
>> Further studies are being conducted into the fallen meteorite found at
>> the Sankabodhi Viharaya, Polonnaruwa by the Arthur C Clarke Institute
>> for Modern Technologies to find its definite origin.
>>
>> The tests are to determine whether the object which shows certain
>> magnetic qualities, is from the asteroid belt, inner solar system or
>> outside the solar system, Dr. Chandana Jayaratne said.
>>
>> This asteroid which fell to the Sankabodi Viharaya on November 27,
>> creating a fissure 3.6 cm in length, 3.3 cm in width and 3 cm in depth
>> has now been confirmed to be a rare type iron meteorite by the Arthur C
>> Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies after an X-Ray Fluorescence
>> Spectrometry analysis and several other tests, Dr. Jayaratne said.
>>
>> A resident monk has seen a blue smoke tail when it came down. According
>> to eye witnesses the object was shining metallic blue but within 24
>> hours it has turned brownish black due to oxidation after contact with
>> oxygen in the earth's atmosphere.
>>
>> The meteorite weighing 47.015 grms. consists of elements Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe
>> and Zn and was the first outer space object to be tested since the
>> setting up of the meteorite testing laboratory at the Clarke Institute.
>>
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