[sac-forum] Re: Asteroid
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:18:24 -0700
Wasn't there a sci-fi novel years ago about something like this...
"Lucifer's Hammer" I believe? Great read!
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, Arizona
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On Behalf Of Stan Gorodenski
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:05 PM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Asteroid
Actually, I've heard from a reliable source that 17250 might be the one.
I don't recall if it has been named after anyone. :-)
Stan
On 2/2/2010 2:52 PM, Wayne Westlake wrote:
> Congrats!
>
> "Hope this isn't the one that plunges into the Earth and nearly wipes
> out civilization"
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> Well if it is, we've made the first step necessary to stop it. Now we
> just need to recruit a ragtag bunch of wisecracking redneck oil rig
> drillers....
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Stan Gorodenski<stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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>> Congratulations! Hope this isn't the one that plunges into the Earth and
>> nearly wipes out civilization. :-)
>> Stan
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>> On 2/2/2010 2:37 PM, Richard Harshaw wrote:
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>>> Hey, all. I just got the word--- an asteroid has been named after me (by
>>> Rik
>>> Hill of the Catalina Sky Survey). #26586, aka 2000 EF116).
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>>> I know that Gene Lucas and Tom Polakis also have space rocks named for
>>> them-who else?
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>>> Richard Harshaw
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>>> Cave Creek, Arizona
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