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On the Ownership of Recovered Meteorites
Author(s) -
Paz Lincoln
Publication year - 1946
Publication title -
contributions of the society for research on meteorites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1946.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , legislation , subject (documents) , political science , law , astrobiology , computer science , physics , world wide web
Roy R. Carpenter's digest of the legal cases where the ownership of a recovered meteorite was the subject of controversy is reviewed. The accepted ruling as to the ownership of recovered meteorites is shown to be unreasonable and to work against the best interests of science. It is urged that such organizations as the Society for Research on Meteorites seek to secure more just and realistic legislation on this highly important question.