[meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky with "Hilda" :-)
From: John Teague <volgems_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:22:32 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Message-ID: <20768728.1375197753275.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au> >Sent: Jul 30, 2013 7:17 AM >To: "'Bernd V. Pauli'" <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky with "Hilda" :-) > >Congrats Bernd. Well-deserved recognition and a really nice gesture on Rob's >part. > >Cheers, > >Jeff Kuyken >Meteorites Australia >www.meteorites.com.au >President - I.M.C.A. Inc. >www.imca.cc > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com >[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bernd V. >Pauli >Sent: Tuesday, 30 July 2013 4:21 AM >To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >Subject: [meteorite-list] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Bernd in the Sky >with "Hilda" :-) > >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 VERY well-deserved! Received on Tue 30 Jul 2013 11:22:32 AM PDT |
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