[meteorite-list] Asteroid (149244) Kriegh

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:36:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <200711271736.JAA11378_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm happy to announce that last week the International Astronomical Union's
> Committee on Small Bodies Nomenclature approved my asteroid citation
> honoring
> Jim Kriegh:
>
> 149244 Kriegh
>
> Discovered 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at
> Palomar.
>
> "James D. Kriegh (1928-2007) was a civil engineering professor at the
> University
> of Arizona and the founding father of Oro Valley, Arizona. A discoverer of
> many
> meteorites, he is best known for his discovery of the 15,000-year-old Gold
> Basin
> meteorite strewn field in northwest Arizona."
>

That was a nice gesture, Rob.

Ron B.
Received on Tue 27 Nov 2007 12:36:18 PM PST


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