[meteorite-list] Arizonans Find Largest Meteorite Fragment From Spectacular Midwestern Fall

From: John Gwilliam <jkg2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 06:53:43 -0700
Message-ID: <20100505135405.ZYCY20088.fed1rmmtao103.cox.net_at_fed1rmimpo03.cox.net>

Jeff,
What a magnificent sense of humor!

Best,
John Gwilliam


At 06:04 AM 5/5/2010, Jeff Grossman wrote:
>This has come up before, and again I have to take issue with this
>usage. It is absurd to call a piece comprising <10% of the total
>recovered mass the "main mass." That is contrary to the historical
>usage of this term. Folks on the list love to coin pet terms, so
>here is a proposal: call it the LKM (largest known mass).
>
>BTW, if Marvin Killgore flies the stone to Amsterdam on Jan 15, then
>we might have MK taking the LKM on KLM on MLK day.
>
>Jeff
>
>On 5/5/2010 4:02 AM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
>>The "Main Mass" from Wisconsin will be on view here in Tucson June
>>12th& 13th
>>
>>http://uanews.org/node/31788
>>
>>
>>--
>>Richard Kowalski
>>Full Moon Photography
>>IMCA #1081
>>
>>
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Regards,

John Gwilliam

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