[meteorite-list] Anyone remember this?

[Darryl Pitt]

Hiya,

I was not aware this was determined to be space debris....and  
stainless steel no less?   All best / d,




On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Grant Elliott wrote:


> Carl,

>

> Wasn't a wood chipper a possible source for this object?

> Certain "experts" at Rutgers still have egg on face-

>

> Grant Elliott

> Williamstown, NJ

>

>

> On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:58 PM, <cdtucson at cox.net> <cdtucson at cox.net>  

> wrote:

>

>> Darryl, List,

>> I just came across this in my old mail and have a question.

>> I know you are an expert so, obviously you knew it was not a  

>> meteorite by sight.

>> So, the question is this. Since we know now that  It was determined  

>> to be space debris from a pervious space mission and I believe they  

>> called it stainless steel. Would it not still have a great value  

>> because it was once in space? And shouldn't it still have fusion  

>> crust? Why does it not? Where is the fusion crust? Is it possible  

>> that some metal meteorites do not have fusion crusts? I would love  

>> to see the analysis of this space rock. It seems to me this should  

>> argue against a "must have"  for fusion crust. Is this not the  

>> observed science here ? And are we supposed to ignore the science?  

>> This thing crashed through a roof and caused significant damage. Do  

>> you have any inside knowledge of what ever happened to the rock?  

>> Thanks Carl

>>

>> --

>> Carl or Debbie Esparza

>> (520) 979-9865

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>>

>>

>> ---- Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> Obviously at the outset a meteorwrong....but somehow required months

>>> to establish after a team of scientists from Rutgers declared it  

>>> was a

>>> meteorite.

>>>

>>> With no visual or sonic phenomena to accompany the low altitude

>>> explosion, which would have been the only explanation for such a  

>>> shape

>>> and striated surface character without fusion crust, there was no  

>>> way

>>> this was a meteorite.  I vigorously pointed out to the local

>>> newspapers and Rutgers this couldn't possibly be a meteorite to no

>>> avail.  I was on a live FOX radio show where they literally took me

>>> off the air after having called me to ask what I thought of the "new

>>> meteorite."  When I pointed out that it was unlikely this was a

>>> meteorite, they pointed out "And you have a degree in what?" and  

>>> upon

>>> my answer cut to a commercial and I was toast.

>>>

>>> Months after Rutgers put the object on display in their natural

>>> history museum---for which they attracted their largest crowds  

>>> ever---

>>> it was publicly acknowledged the origin of this object was of  

>>> earthly

>>> provenance.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On May 8, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:

>>>

>>>> Does anyone remember or know what came of this?

>>>>

>>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070105-space-rock.html

>>>>

>>>> -- 

>>>> Regards,

>>>> Eric Wichman

>>>> Meteorites USA

>>>>

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