[meteorite-list] Ownership Claimed for Asteroid 433 Eros

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:45 2004
Message-ID: <003c01c3a660$b04b4520$c1d83fd0_at_wbranch>

Everyone,

Ya'll can claim all the asteroids you want.

I have dibs on Mars himself.
I just need to figure out a way to place that
"No Trespassing" sign at the base of Mons Olympus.

-Walter
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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
PO Box 60492
Savannah, GA 31420



----- Original Message -----
From: "tracy latimer" <daistiho_at_hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ownership Claimed for Asteroid 433 Eros


> How in the world (or off it) would someone 'claim' an asteroid? I think
if
> you wanted to use something like the Homesteading Act to assert ownership,
> you have to build a structure on the property in question (or 'improve'
the
> property somehow) and live there for at least one year. That clause has
> struck down more spurious claims to Lunar terrain than any other. If
Nemetz
> would do that, I'd say he deserves to own the asteroid; otherwise, just
> blowing smoke.
>
> Tracy Latimer
> Waiting for my crack at Ceres!
>
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Received on Sat 08 Nov 2003 08:27:49 PM PST