[meteorite-list] AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:54:49 -0400 Message-ID: <e51421551003281654p70aae9fcs508ba70a9d2fe4a2_at_mail.gmail.com> Hi Richard, That was a very "automated" response. ;) LOL Best regards, MikeG On 3/28/10, Richard Kowalski <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu> wrote: > --- On Sun, 3/28/10, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote: > ... > > > discovered by the automated Catalina Sky Survey 1.5 m > > telescope at Mount Lemmon, Tucson, Arizona, > > ... > > > Hi Shawn and all, > > I'd just like to point out that Catalina is NOT an automated survey. > > There is a human validating each and every suspect. > > Unfortunately the Meteoritical Society continues to leave this uncorrected > in > listing for Almahata Sitta. Petr Jenniskens was informed of this mistake > immediately when he started saying this after the recovery of the meteorites > several months after TC3 was discovered. For some reason this > misrepresentation > continues to be used in papers in which he is listed as a co-author. > > Sorry if this seems to be picking nits, but our observers work very hard and > we > feel that a primary reason we are so productive is because we are NOT > automated. > > Thanks > > -- > Richard Kowalski > Catalina Sky Survey > Lunar and Planetary Laboratory > University of Arizona > http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------Received on Sun 28 Mar 2010 07:54:49 PM PDT |
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