[meteorite-list] Asteroid (149244) Kriegh

[Ron Baalke]

> 

> Hi All,

> 

> I'm happy to announce that last week the International Astronomical Union's

> Committee on Small Bodies Nomenclature approved my asteroid citation

> honoring

> Jim Kriegh:

> 

> 149244 Kriegh

> 

>         Discovered 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at

> Palomar.

> 

> "James D. Kriegh (1928-2007) was a civil engineering professor at the

> University

> of Arizona and the founding father of Oro Valley, Arizona. A discoverer of

> many

> meteorites, he is best known for his discovery of the 15,000-year-old Gold

> Basin

> meteorite strewn field in northwest Arizona."

> 


That was a nice gesture, Rob. 

Ron B.