[meteorite-list] Darth Vader in Met Bulletin?!

[Matt Morgan]

Tatouine?
Matt

Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:

>I was resolved to leave that in there until somebody noticed.  It has 
>been at least 3-4 years.  It does date to when I was testing some new 
>programming, and I just let it go to see what happened.  Nobody has
>ever 
>said anything.  Can you guess what meteorite links to it?
>
>On the serious side, any private collectors or dealers who currently 
>have a listing in metbull, or who want one, can contact me for a link 
>where you can enter more detailed contact info, like Adam has already 
>done.  The requirement for new entries is that one or more meteorites 
>list you as the holder of the main mass or as finder, or refer to you
>in 
>the write-up.
>
>Here is the one Adam already filled out:
>
>http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullCollectionInfo.php?coll=AHupe
>
>Jeff
>
>
>On 7/13/2013 2:35 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
>> I think they may be testing a new feature in the database.  Jeff
>Grossman is adding some more functionality to the database like private
>collections.  I was fortunate enough to be asked to help test drive
>this new feature. My only input was making it hard for spambots to get
>a hold of email addresses which Jeff took care of.   I feel this will
>be a good feature since private collectors can collaborate with
>institutional entities.
>>
>> As much as I dislike sharing information, I am taking a positive
>position on this resource.
>>
>> Adam
>>
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:21 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Darth Vader in Met Bulletin?!
>>
>>
>> Here is something I didn't expect to see while poking around in the
>> online Met Bulletin.
>>
>> Link -
>http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullCollectionInfo.php?coll=Vader
>>
>> Apparently Vader collects meteorites and his collection resides on
>the
>> Imperial homeworld of Coruscant.
>>
>> My question is, are obviously fake names accepted into the Bulletin?
>> Or is this some kind of weird inside joke?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>
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