[meteorite-list] SUTTER'S MILL in MetBull

Tue May 22 23:57:50 EDT 2012

Hi Greg,

>This is a very exciting meteorite, every day reveals just a little bit 
more... What other meteorite has the honor of being used to calibrate 
systems to be used on a spacecraft destined to return samples from an 
asteroid?  :)

I know they will be using a couple different Carbonaceous meteorites 
also  for the calibration including  Moapa Valley CM1 and  Murchison.

Sonny

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Hupé <gmhupe at centurylink.net>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 7:26 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SUTTER'S MILL in MetBull

Hey all,I think Jeff stated it pretty clearly as far as the speed of 
the name approval. I believe that this week, or even next, is the 
deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the August conference in 
Australia, and that is why the name was approved so quickly with a 
'placeholder' classification. I have seen this happen several times in 
the past. It does help the scientists get the info out in the next 
conference with an officially approved name, but it does lead to 
confusion in the initial MetBull entry. I think everyone needs to 
remember, as Jeff has stated a few times, that work is still under way 
by many labs around the world, and that the initial 'class' info will 
be defined as the abstracts and other future analysis proceeds.This is 
a very exciting meteorite, every day reveals just a little bit more... 
What other meteorite has the honor of being used to calibrate systems 
to be used on a spacecraft destined to return samples from an asteroid? 
  :)Best Regards,Greg====================Greg HupéThe Hupé 
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Message----- From: Michael GilmerSent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:02 PMTo: 
Jeff GrossmanCc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.comSubject: Re: 
[meteorite-list] SUTTER'S MILL in MetBullHi Jeff and List,I think the 
speedy approval and publication is a great service to themeteorite 
community as a whole (science and laypeople alike), becauseit provides 
authoritative data during an event that is stillunfolding, and this 
might help prevent some misunderstandings ormisinformation that could 
have resulted without a publishedclassification.  Great job on getting 
it done quick.  :)On the other hand, I am a bit puzzled by the 
temporary "place-holder"type of "C - Carbonaceous".  I understand what 
it means and why it wasselected.  However, this seems unusual for an 
approval that ispublished in the database.  We don't see this very 
often.  In thepast, the release of an approved classification was 
usually withhelduntil a more definitive conclusion was reached on the 
petrologic type.In other words, we don't see too many of these 
"placeholder"classification types.  Am I wrong, or did Sutter's Mill 
merit thisbecause of it's important and unusual nature?Best 
regards,MikeG-- 
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5/22/12, Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:> Yes, that is what 
I meant.>> On 5/22/2012 7:08 PM, Matson, Robert D. wrote:>> Hi 
Greg,>>>>> Wow - that classification was fast, exactly one month. I 
guess now it>>> needs to be compared to the other C's  and if there are 
three alike,>>> perhaps a brand new C-chondrite group.>> Don't read too 
much into the simple "C" classification. This is very>> preliminary, 
and the classification will no doubt gain specificity as>> analyses at 
multiple labs are performed. (This is what Jeff meant>> in the "be 
patient" comment below.) For now, think of "C" as a>> placeholder: we 
know it's a carbonaceous chondrite. ;-)  --Rob>>>> -----Original 
Message----->>>> From: Jeff Grossman>> Sent: 22 May 2012 21:31:47 GMT>> 
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 
SUTTER'S MILL in MetBull>>>> For those of you who are disappointed in 
the classification, be patient.>> Science sometimes takes time.  I'm 
sure various groups will be refining>> this in coming days and 
weeks.>>>> Jeff>>>> ______________________________________________>>>> 
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