Hey Jim,
If you find something that IS going to hit the Earth, will you let us
know so we can move??  ;-)

Trisha


Jim Scotti wrote:

> 
> Yeah, I've had some of those "That's funny..." moments.  They are
fun!
>  
> Nothing Earth shattering (yet), though (well, nearly Earth shattering
> in a
> few cases, so to speak).  [For those who don't know what I do for a
> living, I
> search for asteroids, particularly ones which might hit Earth, so you
> better
> hope I don't make any "Earth shattering" discoveries!  Some of you
may
> remember asteroid 1997 XF11 which was briefly predicted to possibly
> hit Earth
> in October 2028 - that was one of my discoveries, though I had
nothing
> to do
> with the bad prediction & I also confirmed and heavily observed comet
> Shoemaker-Levy 9 which impacted Jupiter back in 1994.]
> 
> Jim.
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, HighwayHavoc wrote:
> 
> > Isaac Asimov said:
> > 
> > The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one
> > that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka" (I found
> > it) but "That's funny..."
> > 
> > Mark A. Pederson
> > 
> > --- Scott Wood <wood@myblueheaven.com> wrote:
> > > At 09:48 PM 12/3/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > > 
> > > This is somewhat an inside joke between Jim and I,
> > > but I just can't resist.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >Ok, I'll bite - what did I discover this time? 
> > > That's the 2nd congratultions
> > > >I've gotten today, but I don't know what I've
> > > discovered.  If it's a comet,
> > > 
> > > That's what happens when you are a world famous
> > > scientist.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Scott
> > > Team My Blue Heaven
> > > www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
> > 
> > 
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> University of Arizona                
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