[meteorite-list] centimeter cubes cont.

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Feb 18 18:18:36 2005
Message-ID: <021820052318.12037.421677C8000DA65A00002F0521587667200299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

Mmmmm,

A Pultusk the size of a kielbasa.... Would make for nice coin sized slices, hold the chrzanem,

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000_at_swbell.net>
> martinh_at_isu.edu wrote:
>
> >Anyway, the most surprising thing I have heard when someone sees a cube in
> person is just how small one is. A cubic centimeter is a tiny measurement.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Martin H.
> >
>
> My gosh, Martin, there's a whole TEN MILLIMETERS along each side of that
> of that there cubic centimeter. Size, like beauty, is in the eye of the
> beholder.
>
> So it appears, Martin, that it's all about an individual's sense of
> spacial perception
> in comparison to a known and familiar object. Since one would be dealing
> with a
> multitude of individuals on eBay, then one should therefore make
> allowances for that?
>
> Pehaps a martian meteorite should be laid next to a Mars Bar for size
> comparison.
> Maybe the masses would be more comfortable viewing a lunar lying next to a
> Moon Pie (at least us southerners could relate to that.) Perhaps the
> English amongst
> us might have a better sense of size if we used a sugar cube instead of
> that dreaded
> centimeter cube. Or maybe the Polish could draw a better size comparison
> if that
> NWA were laid beside a Polish sausage. I could rattle for days on this
> but I won't.
>
> Random thoughts on a cold, wet, bleary west Texas day that's fit for
> hunting geese
> but not meteorites...
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
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