[meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas
From: wahlperry_at_aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 16 20:27:58 2005 Message-ID: <8C7D0C0354DE1E2-1FB0-BE0D_at_FWM-M45.sysops.aol.com> Way to go Jason!! Keep up the good work! Sonny -----Original Message----- From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com> To: Meteoritecentral List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:54:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jason Utas Would like to publicly congratulate one of our younger List members, Jason Utas, for his new California meteorite, this state's first Acapulcoite, Superior Valley 014. There is a preliminary write-up for his find here: http://tinyurl.com/74glt And it just so happens that, back in 2002, I took an image of this find: http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/drylakes/suv012-8.jpg This image was taken in the field from the hatch-back end of the Utas SUV shortly after Jason and his father, Peter Utas, made these finds at Superior Valley (in 2002). Even at that time, Jason was pointing out that this small (1.77g) stony was "different looking". I agreed with him on that, and suggested that he and his father take it to UCLA and let Alan Rubin examine it. In anticipation of them doing this, I offered to help them get provisional numbers from the NomCom for all of these finds. And as an aid in getting this done, I suggested that before I take the image, they should line up all of their finds in the order that they were found. A minor point, but what resulted is this image with all their finds side-by-side, and in both numerical and chronological order. It sort of explains why we request provisional numbers, even for these "small" meteorites. It just seems prudent. And when one of them ends up being an Acapulcoite, it gives ample justification. It was serendipity that we crossed paths in the Mojave Desert on that weekend in September 2002. And the Utas were very obliging to let me image their recent finds. So I am very appreciative to them for having given me the opportunity to record, what is now 3 years later, a not-so-minor event in California meteorite-recovery. Jason, along with his dad, have gone on to find many more California meteorites. And Peter deserves some credit for getting his son involved in meteorite-recovery at such an early age. Jason and Peter should be proud of their accomplishments. Bob V. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 16 Dec 2005 08:27:41 PM PST |
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