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

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:19:43 -0800
Message-ID: <1DA6B77B361E452DB7F84E2A46118A75_at_D190TH71>

Oops! I failed to read all of the thread before jumping in there.
Apologies to Doug and thanks to you Sterling, for clarifying the 'series'
aspect.
Linton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Linton Rohr" <lintonius at earthlink.net>;
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ontario, MI, NY, PA Fireball 6FEB2012


> 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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