[meteorite-list] Pultusk total mass

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Feb 20 12:53:33 2006
Message-ID: <20060220175326.78999.qmail_at_web26207.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Thanks for the info

Matteo

--- meteoriteplaya_at_comcast.net ha scritto:

> Hi Matteo & List
> I just wanted to point out that you have used an
> amount from the first edition
> of A to Z of 999 kg. It was actually 999+kg in that
> edition. In the second
> edition I went back to 200+kg as it is listed in the
> 5th ed Catalogue of
> Meteorites. I felt the 999+kg was a mistake and way
> over the weight recovered.
> Now just to explain how I came up with the numbers.
> If you see the numbers 9 or
> 99 or 999 etc you can tell these are numbers I
> created based on various sources
> including my own experiences. As we all know
> sometimes the TKW used in the
> Catalogue of Meteorites is out of date so I try an
> update with a number in
> literature......these will of course have a
> reference number in brackets after
> the weight e.g. Gold Basin. If there is no reliable
> weight in the literature I
> put in a 9+ number. It will be the closest to but
> under what I feel is the
> actual weight recovered. This should also drive home
> the point that it is only
> an estimate.
> In the case of Pultusk all I had available for
> weights to use was 999+kg or
> 99+kg. Since the COM value of 200 kg is greater than
> 99+ and 999+ was way over I
> chose to use theirs instead.
> Since Marcin is very knowledgeable about recent
> recoveries from the strewnfield
> I would believe his number of 250kg vs COM of 200kg
> I also wanted to note the same is true for the
> number of recovered specimens
> with respect to the numbers used.
> Mike
>
> --
> Mike Jensen
> Jensen Meteorites
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> Aurora, CO 80017-3137
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> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: M come Meteorite Meteorites
> <mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it>
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > One question on Pultusk total mass, in the
> Catalogue
> > its write 200 kg. in Marcin site 250kg. in
> meteorite
> > to A-Z 999 kg. what is it the right total mass?
> >
> > Matteo
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