[meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky with "Hilda" :-)
From: John Teague <volgems_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:36:35 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Message-ID: <19473987.1375144596275.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> -----Original Message----- >From: Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> >Sent: Jul 29, 2013 7:52 PM >To: "Bernd V. Pauli" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> >Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky with "Hilda" :-) > > > >:-) > >Yay! A lovely gesture to a terrific fellow. Well done, Rob...everyone. > > > >On Jul 29, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Bernd V. Pauli 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 >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Well said! Received on Mon 29 Jul 2013 08:36:35 PM PDT |
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