[meteorite-list] Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock, not meteorite'

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:06:36 -0500
Message-ID: <A8365C85C1DE41A38FBBA32D1420C20C_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Any lawyer could argue his way out of this
dilema with one simple slip. The "meteorite,"
while falling, is a meteoroid, not a meteorite,
hence it is under God's jurisdiction.

You, your car, your house, your dead dog
(or cow) are not the Earth. The meteorite only
becomes a meteorite when it touches the
Earth, after killing you, perforating your
car, smashing your house, or killing your
dog. Then, on the bounce, it touches the
Earth and becomes the Property of The State.

No harm, no fault. Hand it over, please.


Sterling K. Webb
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To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Martin Altmann"
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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock,
not meteorite'


> Interesting thought Martin...
>
> I wonder what their position would be regarding a meteorite (that
> belonged to the state) hitting and injuring/killing somebody?
>
> Graham, UK
>
> ---- Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
>> "A lot of people find slag out of glass furnaces and think they are
>> meteorites as well, they kind of look the same."
>>
>> Because those people finding real meteorites, lunars and Martians
>> aren't
>> coming to Australia. :-(
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Because: "if it was
>> a meteor it belongs to the WA Government".
>>
>>
>> Other question, would WA Government have paid the fixing of the roof,
>> if it
>> would have been a meteorite?
>> I mean, then the damage would have caused by a property of the state,
>> wouldn't it?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
>> Jeff
>> Kuyken
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. April 2010 16:35
>> An: meteorite list
>> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock,not
>> meteorite'
>>
>> http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/museum-investigates-meteori
>> te-claims/story-e6frg1ac-1225837470139
>>
>> Museum investigation: 'Probably a rock, not meteorite'
>>
>>
>> SCIENTISTS investigating claims a meteor fragment the size of a
>> cricket ball
>>
>> collided into a WA house have confirmed it was almost certainly a
>> rock. The
>> object hit the roof of the home about 4pm on Thursday in the
>> north-eastern
>> Perth suburb of Beechboro.
>>
>> A female occupant thought it was a meteor.
>>
>> The WA Museum today said the object may have fallen from a plane
>> lowering
>> its landing gear.
>>
>> The museum's head of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dr Alex Bevan,
>> yesterday
>> inspected the object, which he did not suspect was from outer space.
>>
>> "Alex did have a look at some photos of the object, but when he did
>> look at
>> it in person, he did not think it was from a meteorite," a museum
>> spokesperson said.
>>
>> "Sometimes rocks get caught in the wheels of planes and as they are
>> lowering
>>
>> their gear they may fall, we just don't know."
>>
>> Perth Observatory said it had received a "couple of reports" on
>> Thursday
>> night from people phoning to say they had seen a light in the sky.
>>
>> "At this stage no one seems to be able to put it all together, but if
>> it was
>>
>> a meteor it belongs to the WA Government, observatory astronomer
>> Ralph
>> Martyn said.
>>
>> "The reports at this stage are very sketchy."
>>
>> He said the observatory was waiting to inspect a photograph of the
>> object.
>>
>> "A lot of people find slag out of glass furnaces and think they are
>> meteorites as well, they kind of look the same."
>>
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