[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.