[meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

From: Marc Fries <chief_scientist_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:27:55 -0700
Message-ID: <51DCE8AB-5E34-4904-B289-4D323A714B8E_at_galacticanalytics.com>

There is a deep divide between meteorite hunters, hobbyists, etc and
the scientists. It wasn't always that way - the Meteoritical Society
was originally formed by a group of scientists, hobbyists, and in
general a gaggle of folks with widely varying backgrounds who shared
an interest in meteorites. I think it would benefit everyone if the
Society were able to regain that shared body of knowledge. I think
this episode with the Novato meteorite/wrong/riteagain illustrates the
need for a truly inclusive Society. Or perhaps for an entirely new
society that values acceptance of people with a range of interests and
experience levels, to include the general public.

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On Oct 25, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Gary Fujihara wrote:

> Well Michael,
>
> I work at an astronomical research institute and I know that most
> astronomers here could not find and identify extended objects or
> stars in the night sky with their unaided eyes. Of course, they can
> differentiate their spectra and other data that they acquire through
> large telescopes quite adeptly.
>
> In much the same way, most meteoriticists can identify mineralogy,
> chemistry and petrology of a sectioned meteorite, as well as
> interpret data acquired through ion/electron microprobes, SEM and
> other instrumentation quite well. But identifying a meteorite in the
> field is quite a different story, and requires skill and patience to
> accurately find and identify these rocky interlopers from space.
>
> Cut the scientists some slack and give due credit to those hunters
> who have honed their skills at finding and identifying meteorites
> from hard working experience in the field.
>
> gary
>
> On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:31 AM, Michael Mulgrew <mikestang at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has problems identifying a
>> meteorite? Is anyone else concerned by that?
>>
>> Michael in So. Cal.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com
>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all
>>> I am seeing is news reports now calling it a meteor wrong. What a
>>> cluster#+~>.
>>> Michael Farmer
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Brien Cook <contact at briencook.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://cams.seti.org/
>>>>
>>>>
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> Gary Fujihara
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