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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Jim Scotti
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University of Arizona
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