[meteorite-list] Next vacation: Rajasthan.

From: Norm Lehrman <nlehrman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 10 22:22:18 2005
Message-ID: <20050711022216.24827.qmail_at_web81007.mail.yahoo.com>

Steve #1,

Now that's fine post. Thoughtful. Educational.
Keep 'em coming.

Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)

--- MeteorHntr_at_aol.com wrote:

> How many errors can we find in this story? 10? 15?
> 20?
>
> Let's count them:
>
> *************
> Clue to life in Thar meteorite rain
> Sandipan Sharma
>
> jaipur, july 9 Geologists in Rajasthan are baffled
> by large meteorites falling on western Rajasthan
> at regular intervals over the past few years.
> ******
>
> Error #1 "large meteorites" what is their definition
> of large?
> Error #2 "regular intervals"
>
> ******
> Scientists struggling to identify the cause of this
> celestial shower,
> *********
>
> Error #3 not knowing the cause?
> Error #4 a 10 year long "shower"
>
> ********
> have found the presence of
> amino acids and other life-supporting organic
> compounds in the meteorites, which has led to an
> interesting hypothesis: Life could have originated
> outside earth.
> *******
>
> Error #5 "lead to an interesting hypothesis" as if
> no one else thought of this before.
>
> ********
> Since 1995, at least 10 meteorites have fallen on
> various villages in western Rajasthan. The number
> could be more as many such incidents go unreported.
> ?This is strange. Generally, chances of a meteorite
> falling in an area is once in 2000 years,? says
> Prof B S Paliwal, head, Department of Geology,
> Jodhpur University.
> *******
>
> Error #6 "once in 2000 years" how big is Rajasthan?
> If it were only 3 miles by 3 miles, but isn't it
> about the size of Texas?
>
> ********
> Also, the meteorites usually fall
> around the equator.
> *******
>
> Error#7 "usually fall around the equator" LOL, who
> is writing this stuff?
>
> ********
> The regular fall in Thar is thus unexplained.
> *********
>
> Error #8 "regular fall"
> Error #9 "Unexplained" OK, maybe no one the reporter
> talked with is smart enough to explain it to him.
>
> *********
> The first such fall was reported in 1994.
> *********
>
> Error #10 The 1984 BMNH Catalogue shows 12 falls
> from Rajasthan.
>
> *********
> The meteorites usually fall between April-July.
> ?Perhaps
> this is the time when these bodies come into earth?s
> sphere of attraction
> ********
>
> Error #11 meteorites are not "attracted" they either
> run into Earth or Earth runs into them (or both)
>
> *********
> and fall on this region
> because of its position at that time.
> *********
>
> Error #12 While maybe that is someone's "theory"
> but it is still in error.
>
> **********
> This is a theory that needs to be analysed,?
> **********
>
> Error #13 Really, it does NOT need to be analyzed.
>
> **********
> says Dr M S
> Sisodia, a geologist at Jodhpur University, who has
> been studying the phenomenon.
> ***********
>
> Error #14 Trust me, he hasn't been "studying the
> phenomenon" all that much.
>
> ***********
> ?It may sound funny
> ***********
>
> TRUE FACT #1: Yes, this article does sound funny!
>
> ***********
> but there are possibilities that life may have
> originated on some other planet
> like Mars,?
> ***********
>
> Error #15 The theory (as pointed out by MexicoDoug)
> points out that the theory is not all that funny.
>
> ***********
> says Dr Sisodia, who presented a paper on the
> subject at NASA.
> **********
>
>
> Would someone find the paper that the esteemed Dr.
> Sisodia presented at NASA? I would like to know
> what all it said.
>
> I would also like to know how much NASA grant money
> this researcher made on this project?
>
> Steve Arnold
> #1
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