[meteorite-list] Anyone remember this?

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:51:32 -0500
Message-ID: <5C025100-1F06-46B3-BA42-9E5C2AD87367_at_dof3.com>

Hiya,

I was not aware this was determined to be space debris....and
stainless steel no less? All best / d,




On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Grant Elliott wrote:

> Carl,
>
> Wasn't a wood chipper a possible source for this object?
> Certain "experts" at Rutgers still have egg on face-
>
> Grant Elliott
> Williamstown, NJ
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:58 PM, <cdtucson at cox.net> <cdtucson at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Darryl, List,
>> I just came across this in my old mail and have a question.
>> I know you are an expert so, obviously you knew it was not a
>> meteorite by sight.
>> So, the question is this. Since we know now that It was determined
>> to be space debris from a pervious space mission and I believe they
>> called it stainless steel. Would it not still have a great value
>> because it was once in space? And shouldn't it still have fusion
>> crust? Why does it not? Where is the fusion crust? Is it possible
>> that some metal meteorites do not have fusion crusts? I would love
>> to see the analysis of this space rock. It seems to me this should
>> argue against a "must have" for fusion crust. Is this not the
>> observed science here ? And are we supposed to ignore the science?
>> This thing crashed through a roof and caused significant damage. Do
>> you have any inside knowledge of what ever happened to the rock?
>> Thanks Carl
>>
>> --
>> Carl or Debbie Esparza
>> (520) 979-9865
>> Meteoritemax
>>
>>
>> ---- Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously at the outset a meteorwrong....but somehow required months
>>> to establish after a team of scientists from Rutgers declared it
>>> was a
>>> meteorite.
>>>
>>> With no visual or sonic phenomena to accompany the low altitude
>>> explosion, which would have been the only explanation for such a
>>> shape
>>> and striated surface character without fusion crust, there was no
>>> way
>>> this was a meteorite. I vigorously pointed out to the local
>>> newspapers and Rutgers this couldn't possibly be a meteorite to no
>>> avail. I was on a live FOX radio show where they literally took me
>>> off the air after having called me to ask what I thought of the "new
>>> meteorite." When I pointed out that it was unlikely this was a
>>> meteorite, they pointed out "And you have a degree in what?" and
>>> upon
>>> my answer cut to a commercial and I was toast.
>>>
>>> Months after Rutgers put the object on display in their natural
>>> history museum---for which they attracted their largest crowds
>>> ever---
>>> it was publicly acknowledged the origin of this object was of
>>> earthly
>>> provenance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 8, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone remember or know what came of this?
>>>>
>>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070105-space-rock.html
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Eric Wichman
>>>> Meteorites USA
>>>>
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