[meteorite-list] centimeter cubes cont.

[joseph_town at att.net]

Mmmmm,

A Pultusk the size of a kielbasa.... Would make for nice coin sized slices, hold the chrzanem,

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000 at swbell.net>
> martinh at isu.edu wrote:
> 
> >Anyway, the most surprising thing I have heard when someone sees a cube in 
> person is just how small one is. A cubic centimeter is a tiny measurement.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Martin H.
> >
> 
> My gosh, Martin, there's a whole TEN MILLIMETERS  along each side of that
> of that there cubic centimeter. Size, like beauty, is in the eye of the 
> beholder.
> 
> So it appears, Martin, that it's all about an individual's sense of 
> spacial perception
> in comparison to a known and familiar object. Since one would be dealing 
> with a
> multitude of individuals on eBay, then one should therefore make 
> allowances for that?
> 
> Pehaps a martian meteorite should be laid next to a Mars Bar for size 
> comparison.
> Maybe the masses would be more comfortable viewing a lunar lying next to a
> Moon Pie (at least us southerners could relate to that.) Perhaps the 
> English amongst
> us might have a better sense of size if we used a sugar cube instead of 
> that dreaded
> centimeter cube. Or maybe the Polish could draw a better size comparison 
> if that
> NWA were laid beside a Polish sausage. I could rattle for days on this 
> but I won't.
> 
> Random thoughts on a cold, wet, bleary west Texas day that's fit for 
> hunting geese
> but not meteorites...
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
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