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

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Richard,

That was a very "automated" response. ;)  LOL

Best regards,

MikeG



On 3/28/10, Richard Kowalski <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu> wrote:
> --- 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/
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