[meteorite-list] Next vacation: Rajasthan.

[Norm Lehrman]

Steve #1,

Now that's  fine post.  Thoughtful.  Educational. 
Keep 'em coming.

Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com)

--- MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:

> How many errors can we find in this story? 10? 15?
> 20?
> 
> Let's count them:
> 
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> Clue to life in Thar meteorite rain
> Sandipan Sharma
> 
> jaipur, july 9 Geologists in Rajasthan are baffled
> by large meteorites falling on western Rajasthan
> at regular intervals over the past few years.
> ******
> 
> Error #1 "large meteorites" what is their definition
> of large?
> Error #2 "regular intervals"
> 
> ******
> Scientists struggling to identify the cause of this
> celestial shower, 
> *********
> 
> Error #3 not knowing the cause?
> Error #4 a 10 year long "shower"
> 
> ********
> have found the presence of
> amino acids and other life-supporting organic
> compounds in the meteorites, which has led to an
> interesting hypothesis: Life could have originated
> outside earth.
> *******
> 
> Error #5 "lead to an interesting hypothesis" as if
> no one else thought of this before.
> 
> ********
> Since 1995, at least 10 meteorites have fallen on
> various villages in western Rajasthan. The number
> could be more as many such incidents go unreported.
> “This is strange. Generally, chances of a meteorite
> falling in an area is once in 2000 years,” says
> Prof B S Paliwal, head, Department of Geology,
> Jodhpur University. 
> *******
> 
> Error #6 "once in 2000 years" how big is Rajasthan? 
> If it were only 3 miles by 3 miles, but isn't it
> about the size of Texas?
> 
> ********
>   Also, the meteorites usually fall
> around the equator. 
> *******
> 
> Error#7 "usually fall around the equator" LOL, who
> is writing this stuff?
> 
> ********
> The regular fall in Thar is thus unexplained.
> *********
> 
> Error #8 "regular fall"
> Error #9 "Unexplained" OK, maybe no one the reporter
> talked with is smart enough to explain it to him.
> 
> *********
> The first such fall was reported in 1994. 
> *********
> 
> Error #10 The 1984 BMNH Catalogue shows 12 falls
> from Rajasthan.
> 
> *********
> The meteorites usually fall between April-July.
> “Perhaps
> this is the time when these bodies come into earth’s
> sphere of attraction 
> ********
> 
> Error #11 meteorites are not "attracted" they either
> run into Earth or Earth runs into them (or both)
> 
> *********
> and fall on this region
> because of its position at that time. 
> *********
> 
> Error #12  While maybe that is someone's "theory"
> but it is still in error.
> 
> **********
> This is a theory that needs to be analysed,” 
> **********
> 
> Error #13  Really, it does NOT need to be analyzed.
> 
> **********
> says Dr M S
> Sisodia, a geologist at Jodhpur University, who has
> been studying the phenomenon.
> ***********
> 
> Error #14 Trust me, he hasn't been "studying the
> phenomenon" all that much.
> 
> ***********
> “It may sound funny 
> ***********
> 
> TRUE FACT #1:  Yes, this article does sound funny!
> 
> ***********
> but there are possibilities that life may have
> originated on some other planet
> like Mars,”
> ***********
> 
> Error #15 The theory (as pointed out by MexicoDoug)
> points out that the theory is not all that funny.
> 
> ***********
>  says Dr Sisodia, who presented a paper on the
> subject at NASA.
> **********
> 
> 
> Would someone find the paper that the esteemed Dr.
> Sisodia presented at NASA?  I would like to know
> what all it said.
> 
> I would also like to know how much NASA grant money
> this researcher made on this project?
> 
> Steve Arnold
> #1
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