[meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

From: Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:54:52 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTin3oapZvNF6pHet6EaQLvcoSSpEex-GP-=dxSHV_at_mail.gmail.com>

List,
I must say, it was TOTALLY AMAZING to be there last night and to see
that! It was like our little baby, the three of us! hee hee

Richard was so awesome and you are right Greg, we felt so privileged
to just be a part of something like that, just being the 'regular old
folk' that we are!
I mean it was just the coolest to be the first people to see something
like that! I didn't think that I would have been so jazzed, but by the
night's end I was pretty rowdy and loud. It was really addictive too,
so I can see why you came back a few times Greg!
Anyway, Thank you Richard for such a great time, and if anyone gets
images of our baby, I would love to see them.
WOOO HOOO!

Leigh Anne DelRay-Crowell
Co-Discoverer of Near Earth Asteroid 2010 WA
IMCA #7446
www.CallistoImages.com




On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Stuart McDaniel
<actionshooting at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> Awesome, congratulations!! Maybe we will get a new meteorite!
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Kowalski
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:59 PM
> To: Meteorite List
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY
> closeapproaching NEO!
>
> I doubt there is anyone on this list that does not know Lisa Marie Morrison
> and
> Leigh Anne DelRay Cromwell.
>
> Last night they visited me at the Catalina Sky Survey's 60" telescope on Mt.
> Lemmon. Lisa Marie is writing an article about CSS for the "EZ Guide" that
> gets
> distributed during the Tucson Gem & Mineral Shows each year Leigh Anne
> joined
> her as her photographer. I hope you all get a chance to check it out when
> your
> where for the shows.
>
> While they were here they got to see how we observer and survey for NEOs. I
> commented that while we can find NEOs at any time of the night, they tend to
> start showing up after midnight, so I wasn't sure if they'd get to see
> anything
> other than Main Belt Asteroids.
>
> Within minutes of me saying that a new NEO popped up on the screen. It turns
> out
> to be a tiny rock, only about 15 feet in diameter, but it makes a special
> showing today.
>
> Around 3:45 Universal time (or GMT or Zulu time if you like) this Near Earth
> Asteroid, 2010 WA, will make an extraordinary close approach to the Earth,
> passing a mere 20,000 miles about the surface. That's closer than
> Geosynchronous
> orbiting satellites!
>
> Nice catch ladies!
>
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Catalina Sky Survey
> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
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