[meteorite-list] Donating Almahata Sitta to Richard Kowalski

[Herbert Raab]

Dear fellow meteorite collectors,

about one week ago, I posted a message to this list suggesting 
to collect some money to buy a sample of the Almahata Sitta 
meteorite (the remnants of asteroid 2008 TC3) for Richard 
Kowalski (the discoverer of 2008 TC3 and meteorite collector).

By now, US$ 375,-- were donated trough ChipIn, and further 
US$ 260,-- were collected by other means, giving a total of 
US$ 635,--. So, I want to say "Thank you!" to all those who 
have sent donations. Those who still want to donate (any amount, 
no matter how small or large is welcome) may do so until Friday,
August 7 trough this page:

http://www.astrometrica.at/kowalski.html

By the way, Franck Marchis (who is researcher at the SETI institute) 
is exploring the possibities to get a sample from the original 
expeditions by Jenniskens and Shaddad, and sending the donations 
to the University of Khartoumm (instead of buying a sample from a 
meteorite dealer), but the outcome is not yet clear.

 Cheers,
  Herbert