[meteorite-list] interstellar meteorite anyone?

From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:17:29 +0100
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We?re much too busy building bigger badder weapons and trying to cure male pattern baldness, Carl. ;-)

Damn shame for sure...
John


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On 3/7/18 at 2:43 PM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list wrote:

> It is regrettable that Earthlings are not technologically advanced
> enough to intercept and sample interstellar objects like `Oumuamua
> which entered our solar system on a hyperbolic orbit and is now gone
> forever. What a missed opportunity!
>
> Carl
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> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> > There are none we know of.
> >
> > https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2100887-canadian-meteorite-may-be-first-visitor-from-the-kuiper-belt/amp/
> >
> > That article speculates that Tagish Lake might have originated from the Kuiper Belt, but there is no way to confirm even that.
> >
> > Maybe someday Voyager will send us back a useful bit of data that somehow can connect a specimen to an interstellar source. ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John A. Shea, MD
> > IMCA 3295
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> > On 3/7/18 at 1:45 PM, matija bericic via Meteorite-list wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> Does any of you maybe have in possession interstellar meteorite?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matija
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