[meteorite-list] AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay

[Richard Kowalski]

--- On Sun, 3/28/10, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
...

 > discovered by the automated Catalina Sky Survey 1.5 m
 > telescope at Mount Lemmon, Tucson, Arizona,

...


Hi Shawn and all,

I'd just like to point out that Catalina is NOT an automated survey.

There is a human validating each and every suspect.

Unfortunately the Meteoritical Society continues to leave this uncorrected in 
listing for Almahata Sitta. Petr Jenniskens was informed of this mistake 
immediately when he started saying this after the recovery of the meteorites 
several months after TC3 was discovered. For some reason this misrepresentation 
continues to be used in papers in which he is listed as a co-author.

Sorry if this seems to be picking nits, but our observers work very hard and we 
feel that a primary reason we are so productive is because we are NOT automated.

Thanks

-- 
Richard Kowalski
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/