[meteorite-list] $20,000 for the Maine meteorite fall.

From: Brian Cox <searchingforfun_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 02:20:55 -0400
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> Dennis, it was meant as a joke, but I was curious also by how he came up with 5 feet. I was writing it as half joke, half curiosity, like, tongue in cheek, haahhaaaahhaaaaaaaa type humor, as in "How did he determine it was 5 feet," but I wrote 5 inches instead, it was late, and it was light hearted humor.
Guess I shouldn't try to be funny on this list.
I was curious though as to why or how he determined it was that size, (5 feet) and added that, since the article didn't say why he thought it was that size, nor how he came to that conclusion, so I was joking about it, like he used something

Thanks, have a great evening.

Brian

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> Not sure what you read in the article but, I got that he thought the meteor could
> have been as big as 5 feet in diameter and was hoping that someone could find
> a softball size sample. It is a wet and very wooded area with no roads. Oh, other
> SWAGS were, Canyon Diablo: size of a house, Chelyabinsk: size of a bus,
> Almahata Sita: size of a van.
> Dennis Miller
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>> On May 24, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Brian Cox via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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>> I'm very curious as to how this gentleman at the Mineral Museum in Maine determined that the Maine meteorite is approximately 5 inches in diameter, and "about the size of a softball."
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>> Did he have a Super Telescope he was viewing it through at the time, or how did he determine through weather or TV station, or parking lot cameras, or cell phone video with some math equation that it was the size of a softball? I honestly hope they find a piece that large, and that they find it by this summer or fall before the first big snow in the area.
>> Brian Cox
>> IMCA# 6387
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>>> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 04:09:23 -0700
>>> From: "Shawn Alan" <shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com>
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>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] $20,000 for the Maine meteorite fall.
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>>> Hello Listers
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>>> I guess there is a reward for a piece of the meteorite fall in Maine.
>>> $20,000. I wonder if that's for the main mass, or a piece of the Lunar
>>> meteorite?
>>>
>>> Link:
>>> http://www.khou.com/news/weird/museum-offers-reward-and-tips-to-find-meteorite/202576172
>>>
>>> Shawn Alan
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>>> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
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