[meteorite-list] Lost City dog?

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:53:02 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <6e4263881abd4de737e2505a2566f984.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

I was at the AGU meeting when these "results" were presented. I used to
have a picture of the meteorite in situ, with snow, tire tracks, dog paw
prints: don't eat the yellow snow.

Larry

> Dear Shawn, Ed, Bob, Mike, Dieter, Martin, and other listers,
>
> In light of the extensive and often controversial discussions on this
> list concerning the "Nakhla dog," there is a relevant detail of the
> Lost City meteorite fall that could be mentioned here, taken from the
> Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's August 1971 report on their
> study of the fall:
>
> "We were probably only a few hours too late in our recovery [of the
> main mass] to meet the requirements of those biochemists interested
> in organic compounds in meteorites. Judging from the footprints
> around the meteorite and the stained snow immediately adjacent to it,
> we believe this object to have been seriously contaminated by a dog
> or some other canine."
>
> We are fortunate that the likes of Hopper and Brix, with a little
> guidance from their human companions, have more recently been much
> better behaved!
>
> For those who may be curious about the details of the SAO's study of
> the Lost City fall, their report can be read online:
> http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1971SAOSR.336.....M
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Piper
>
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Received on Sun 25 Jul 2010 08:53:02 PM PDT