[meteorite-list] High-flying Skip Wilson

From: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:18:33 -0400
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Hi All,

What an achievement, over 100 different meteorites from the USA. A well
deserved honor for his accomplishments.

Congratulations Skip!



-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Matson <mojave_meteorites at cox.net>
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 12:49 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] High-flying Skip Wilson






Hi All,

I'm sure many of you are aware of the impressive systematic
meteorite recovery field work that Skip Wilson has carried
out for over 40 years. On the recommendation of Rob Reisener,
and with his assistance in drafting the citation, we present:

<http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=195998>

(195998) Skipwilson = 2002 RO235
     Ivan "Skip" Wilson (b. 1941) is a pioneer of systematic meteorite
recovery. He has found over 100 distinct meteorites in the blowouts of
eastern New Mexico since 1966, and he witnessed and recovered the 1998
Portales Valley fall. He has coauthored papers about meteorite
accumulation
rates and pairing.

Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 50.36155 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.17917191 Peri. 95.37423 +0.30118054 -0.94906225 T =
2454919.42051 JDT
a 3.1161816 Node 336.44568 +0.75715229 +0.29703306 q =
2.5115639
e 0.1940252 Incl. 13.39554 +0.57966430 +0.10512950
P 5.50 H 14.7 G 0.15 U 1
>From 91 observations at 5 oppositions, 1991-2008, mean residual 0".58.

Last observed on 2009 Sept. 27.
Discovery date : 2002 09 01
Discovery site : Haleakala
Discoverer(s) : Matson, R.

Congratulations Skip!

Best wishes,
Rob

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