[meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:43:06 -0600
Message-ID: <28A0814C3D1F4A15B912F17B98007D1E_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Between the "pairs" of transits eight years apart,
there is either 105.5 years or 121.5 years to the
next pair (depending on the series). The nest
transit after this one is on Dec. 11, 2117. Given
our increasing longevity, a toddler of today could
well be alive in 2117.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Linton Rohr" <lintonius at earthlink.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "MexicoDoug"
<mexicodoug at aim.com>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012


> "...the transit of Venus on this upcoming June 6, the likes of which
> no living primate will likely recall when the next opportunity
> shadows earth, nor who can recall the last one!"
>
> Doug,
> While you're most certainly correct that none amongst us will see the
> next one (in 2117), I'm actually old enough to remember the transit of
> Venus in 2004. ;^) They come in pairs 8 years apart, separated by 105
> years. I hope we're all still here in June, to observe this one. One
> never knows...
> Best wishes to all,
> Linton
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> To: <edeckert at triad.rr.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012
>
>
>> "Maybe the Mayans were right, and 2012 will see us go out in a blaze
>> of meteorite impacts!"
>>
>> Hi Ed, List;
>>
>> Poor Mayans, haven't they suffered enough at the hands of multiple
>> opressors to now be attributed this kooky modern rage. As the most
>> scientifically advanced society in the world of that age, countless
>> unnamed brilliant Mayan scientists and astronomers that 2012 is most
>> sacred because of the transit of Venus on this upcoming June 6, the
>> likes of which no living primate will likely recall when the next
>> opportunity shadows earth, nor who can recall the last one!.
>>
>> They don't make calendars like they used to... Last year my free bank
>> calendar ended in December 2011, but my insurance agent's company was
>> so kind to save the world by giving me a complimentary 2012 calendar
>> to read, buying more time before the whole thing goes *poop* the same
>> way it apparently began ;-)
>>
>> Kindest wishes
>> Doug
>
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