[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day (suspended until further notice)

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 20:54:15 -0500 Message-ID: <CAKBPJW84HqgsfnTrf2tZoY_jyvPi8xXY1Wns1f5sCerD6cxfjw_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 1/4/13, Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot at comcast.net> wrote:
> If a meteorite falls from the sky and no one is there to hear it, does it
> make a sound?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
> hall at meteorhall.com
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:36 PM
> To: Anne Black
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; valparint at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
>
> Right, Anne. That is why they are referred to as a "Fall" or a "Find".
> Concise!
> Cheers, Fred Hall
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>> Every single meteorite ever found on Earth is necessarily the result
>> of a fall, they are not native to Earth. The only difference is that
>> some falls are seen, witnessed, and some, the vast majoriry, are not.
>>
>> So calling them Observed or Unobserved falls is logical. That is what
>> happened to all of them.
>> That is simple reality.
>>
>>
>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> tFrom: hall <hall at meteorhall.com>
>> To: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; valparint
>> <valparint at aol.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 6:13 pm
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
>>
>>
>>    An "unobserved fall" is two words to describe the one word that has
>> been used for a century, "Find". The one word "Find" is good enough
>> for the Catalogue of Meteorites, it was good enough for Harvey
>> Nininger, and it is what I shall always use. Keep it concise.
>> Regards, Fred Hall
>>
>>
>>
>>  That would make sense for say New Orleans, where a stone went through
>> a
>>> house and no one in their right mind would suggest that it did not
>> fall at
>>> that time say between 8 am and 4 pm when there was no hole in the
>> house,
>>> yet it was not seen to fall.
>>> An old rock found in a field does not suggest anything about fall
>> date. So
>>> it is a find, something never really argued against until now?
>>> It has crust which can suggest it is not thousands of years old, most
>> of
>>> our Springwater meteorites have black and blue crust but nevertheless
>> it
>>> is a find.
>>> Michael Farmer
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:28 AM, <valparint at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> An "unobserved fall" is, well, a fall that was not observed, in
>>>> contradistinction to a fall that was observed. The terminology of
>>>> the Meteoritical Bulletin Database is "Observed fall: no".
>>>>
>>>> The information being conveyed is NOT that the meteorite fell but
>> that
>>>> the fall was not observed.
>>>>
>>>> In general, the questions about falling and finding are:
>>>>
>>>> 1) was the fall observed?
>>>> 2) if so, when was it observed?
>>>> 3) if not, is there any guesstimate of when it fell?
>>>> 4) regardless of weather it was observed or not, when was it
>>>> actually found?
>>>>
>>>> Paul Swartz
>>>> MPOD webmaster
>>>>
>>>>> What is an "unobserved fall"? Every meteorite fell at some point. I
>>>>> have thousands of unobserved falls in my collection.
>>>>> Michael Farmer
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