[meteorite-list] Congratulations to Jeff Grossman!

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 1 12:33:42 2005
Message-ID: <200506011632.j51GWkq15249_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Congratulations to Jeff Grossman, who was recently honored by having an
asteroid named after him. The asteroid was discovered by Robert Matson.
Below is the citation.

Ron Baalke

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(99905) Jeffgrossman = 2002 QX50

Discovered 2002 Aug. 27 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at Palomar.
Jeffrey N. Grossman (b. 1955), a chemist at the U.S. Geological Survey
in Reston, Virginia, conducts research in meteoritics and geochemistry.
He is best known for his work on the origin of chondrules and chondrites
and for studies of metamorphic processes on minor planets in the early
solar system.
Received on Wed 01 Jun 2005 12:32:46 PM PDT