[meteorite-list] AW: Meteorite from Jupiter

From: Roman Nakonechny <uraninut239__at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:59 2004
Message-ID: <Law9-F117yebE7x1r8z00006aff_at_hotmail.com>

Woah Norbert, You Rock. Great analysis dude.


>From: "Norbert Classen" <trifid_at_timewarp.de>
>To: "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly_at_bhil.com>,"John Gwilliam" <jkg@theriver.com>
>CC: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] AW: Meteorite from Jupiter
>Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:00:01 +0200
>
>Sterling, John, and List,
>
>Hmmm, maybe it isn't a scam at all ;-? I'm not saying that I
>believe in Jovian meteorites, but I know that people can
>easily misunderstand any information about meteorites. The
>letter states:
>
>"During a conversation with her, one of the meteorites was
>identified as coming from the planet Jupiter."
>
>Now, I heard similar statements before, e.g., I told a
>friend who isn't into meteorites that most of these rocks
>from space have their origin in the asteroid belt between
>Mars and Jupiter, and I also told him about Martian and
>lunar meteorites. He told this to another friend, but left
>out a few bits of information. When the other friend called
>me back, and wanted to have a look at my collection he
>was very excited to see my rocks from Mars and Jupiter ;-)
>
>So, maybe Mrs. Cheung's meteorites are real, in the end.
>"Facts" are often getting mixed up, and I guess we can't
>exclude this possibility.
>
>Anyway, have fun, and imagine a gaseous meteorite, or -
>even better - a block of frozen hydrogen in its solid metal
>state ;-)
>
>Best,
>Norbert
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >
> >
> > Aha! The old "Meteorite from Jupiter" scam. You buy a precious
> > piece of the
> > Great Gas Giant. It arrives in a chilled container. You put it in
> > your display
> > case. The next morning, it's gone! All evaporated! Another sucker
> > has fallen
> > for the Vanishing Hydrogen Racket! The Jovians have another good
> > laugh at the
> > expense of the Foolish Earthlings!
> >
> > Sterling
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > John Gwilliam wrote:
> >
> > > Hello List,
> > > In this morning's mail, I received an unusual letter from a
> > Mrs. Cheung in
> > > Alamo, California. The letter says they are contacting me (the
> > recipient
> > > of the letter) for a friend who wants some help selling some
> > meteorites in
> > > her possession. It goes on to say that some of the stones have
>already
> > > been identified as meteorites by the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
> > >
> > > They list five different samples that have been identified by the
>museum
> > > and they list densities for the specimens but no weights.
> > >
> > > Here is the interesting information in the letter.
> > >
> > > " In addition to the samples she has given us some photographs of the
> > > meteorites. During a conversation with her, one of the meteorites was
> > > identified as coming from the planet Jupiter."
> > >
> > > Imagine that, a meteorite from Jupiter!
> > >
> > > If anyone wants to pursue this, let me know and I'll give you
> > the contact
> > > information....;-)
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > John Gwilliam
> > >
>
>
>
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