[meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky with "Hilda" :-)

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:13:49 -0500
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Hi Bernd,
Congratulations! I'm happy to know now you'll be around keeping an eye
on the comings and goings of your fellow asteroids and future
meteorites for millions of years to come!
Bob

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Can you imagine my surprise when Rob Matson emailed me and told me
> that I would be honored with something very special for my birthday last
> May 12. He had done a bit of pre-planning regarding the wording of the
> citation and had got the help from a few people notably Dorothy Norton,
> John Kashuba, Bob and Moni Verish ? all of whom (including Rob Matson
> himself, of course!) I want to thank very, very much.
>
> I am truly honored to be wandering among the stars while still roaming
> terrestrial fields! I am deeply touched to orbit the Sun together with such
> celebrities as our late O.R. Norton [(163800) Richardnorton], his wife
> Dorothy Norton [(149243) Dorothynorton = 2002 RL239], my late friend
> Jim Kriegh [149244 Kriegh], alongside our esteemed Geoff Notkin [(132904)
> Notkin = 2002 RB237], just to name a few.
>
> The minor planet (247553) 2002 RV234 is a member of the Hilda family.
> Hildas are in a 3:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter, i.e. they complete 3
> orbits for every two Jovian orbits. They have dark surfaces, are rich in
> organics and contain water. CI and CM meteorites are believed to originate
> in these types of asteroids.
>
> My little asteroid is about 6.5 km in diameter, and, assuming an average
> density of 2.1 g/cm^3 for CI/CM chondrites, this would amount to a mass
> of about 3 x 10^11 metric tons (300 billion metric tons).
> Most of this detailed info was provided by Rob Matson!
>
> Here is the PDF-link to the Minor Planet Circular:
>
> http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2013/MPC_20130722.pdf
>
> Just enter my family name and you?ll find me at the top
> of the second column of page 231 of that Circular.
>
> Thank you very much for this
> honor bestowed on me,
>
> Bernd
>
>
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Received on Mon 29 Jul 2013 06:13:49 PM PDT