[meteorite-list] mistake on ebay
Dear All, Please consider this post as an information and not as an AD. I simply wish to inform you all that I made a wrong copy paste when preparing one of our pending auctions that displays a false subtitle. You will find this mistake on a ZAG endcut, supposed to have 2 slickensides according to this subtitle. Please note that THERE IS NO SLICKENSIDE on this sample. http://cgi.ebay.com/Meteorite-ZAG-H3-6-11-1g-endcut-2-lithologies_W0QQitemZ130044293885QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem This is just to make it clear before some of you bid on this meteorite without seing the additional information at the end of the announcement. Thanks for your understanding and have a nice day. Best wishes, Frederic __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - November 8, 2006
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Re: [meteorite-list] mistake on ebay
Hi Frederic, I've made a number of mistakes also with the cut and paste features. It's easy to do but mainly want to tell people that working with you and your representative was a very positive thing and that your a good source to deal with! You can go into the auctions and change descriptions if you want. Feel free to contact me for help as I have become somewhat of an expert at it :-) --AL Mitterling Fred Caillou Noir wrote: Dear All, Please consider this post as an information and not as an AD. I simply wish to inform you all that I made a wrong copy paste when preparing one of our pending auctions that displays a false subtitle. You will find this mistake on a ZAG endcut, supposed to have 2 slickensides according to this subtitle. Please note that THERE IS NO SLICKENSIDE on this sample. http://cgi.ebay.com/Meteorite-ZAG-H3-6-11-1g-endcut-2-lithologies_W0QQitemZ130044293885QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem This is just to make it clear before some of you bid on this meteorite without seing the additional information at the end of the announcement. Thanks for your understanding and have a nice day. Best wishes, Frederic __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Ghubara...
Yes I agree there!, Ghubara is probably the perfect meteorite, a good combination of 'cheap and clean'. One of my slices has been perfectly 'flat mirror polished' and even looks just like the black obelisk in the film '2001 a space odessey!! (frankly it scares me every time I look at it :) Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Harris Sent: 07 November 2006 07:24 To: metlist Subject: [meteorite-list] Ghubara... Hullo, FWIW... I live right on the coast, and god only knows we all know how crappy the weather is here in the UK my Gub slice has kept perfectly! I still rate this meteorite as one of the most underestimated space rocks - lovely stuff and cheap too - sort of like a 'pre-NWA 869' rock - cheap, plentiful and beautiful! Ciao! dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of Mars Global Surveyor Launch
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1226 Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of NASA Mars Launch Media contact: Guy Webster (818) 354-6278/JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 07, 2006 Engineers are striving to restore full communications with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor on the 10th anniversary of the spacecraft's Nov. 7, 1996, launch. The orbiter is the oldest of five NASA spacecraft currently active at the red planet. Its original mission was to examine Mars for a full Martian year, roughly two Earth years. Once that period elapsed, considering the string of discoveries, NASA extended the mission repeatedly, most recently on Oct. 1 of this year. The orbiter has operated longer than any other spacecraft ever sent to Mars. It has returned more information about Mars than all earlier missions combined and has succeeded far enough beyond its original mission to see two later NASA orbiters arrive: Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Among many important accomplishments so far, Mars Global Surveyor has found many young gullies apparently cut by flowing water, discovered water-related mineral deposits that became a destination for NASA's Opportunity rover, mapped the planet topographically and examined many potential landing sites on Mars. On Nov. 2, one orbit after commands were sent for a routine maneuver to move the solar panels, the spacecraft reported that the motor moving one of the arrays had experienced errors. Onboard software responded as programmed, switching the spacecraft to a backup motor controller, then to a backup circuitry connection. Following these indications of difficulty, a two-day lapse in contact occurred on Nov. 3 and 4. The signal from the spacecraft was received on Nov. 5 during four different orbits, but it did not carry any data from the spacecraft. The signal's frequency indicated that the spacecraft had entered safe mode, a pre-programmed state of restricted activity in which it awaits instructions from Earth. No further signal was heard during subsequent orbits on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6. Engineers concluded that the spacecraft had made an additional pre-programmed response, intended to help it survive when it senses that a solar array is stuck. The spacecraft turns that array toward the sun to maintain its power supply and rotates the rest of the spacecraft in the same direction, thereby making communication with Earth less effective. The spacecraft has many redundant systems that should help us get it back into a stable operation, but first we need to re-establish communications, said Tom Thorpe, project manager for Mars Global Surveyor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Further information on the recovery of the spacecraft will be released as it comes available. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Lunar - NWA 4472 - Auctions Ending - AD
Dear List Members and Lunar Enthusiasts, Here is the original post I emailed last week of eBay auctions which are ending now of NWA 4472, new lunar - I am very happy to announce a NEW and not paired lunar meteorite. It is NWA 4472 and is classified as a lunar Mare Basalt-Granitic Breccia. It has the very rare minerals tranquillityite and zircon, along with rare granitic clasts known in some Apollo mare breccias. Tranquillityite was first identified in the interstitial, last crystallizing regions (mesostasis) of Apollo 11 mare basalts. The Total Known Weight of NWA 4472 was just 64.3 grams in a single complete stone. After the type sample was submitted, cutting/polishing losses and leaving a sizable 35.3 gram main mass, there is not much available to collectors. I have just put all that is available on eBay, which is only 10 specimens, most with Buy it Now at a very reasonable rate considering the rare minerals, features and the low TKW, along with no other pairings. Be sure to read about its acquisition in the November 2006 issue of Meteorite Magazine! Here is a photo of the 35.3 gram Main Mass of 4472: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4472/nwa4472mainmass1.jpg Here are the direct links to the only available NWA 4472 specimens: 5.212 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045853515rd=1rd=1 2.770 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045856378rd=1rd=1 2.428 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045857051rd=1rd=1 1.504 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045868069rd=1rd=1 1.158 gram Complete Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045869085rd=1rd=1 156mg Part Slice http://www.lunarrock.com/11-1/dsc6.jpg SOLD on eBay while loading the auctions! 72mg Part Slice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045870090rd=1rd=1 12mg Part Slice (started at just 99 cents) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045870519rd=1rd=1 12mg Part Slice (started at just 99 cents) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045871273rd=1rd=1 18mg of Fragments (started at just 99 cents) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=008sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITviewitem=item=180045871895rd=1rd=1 I have many other excellent auctions ending today, many still at just 99 cents so great deals will be had. Be sure to check all that is available by eBay seller, NaturesVault. If anyone missed one of my new lunar Mare Basalt-Granitic Breccias on eBay, please feel free to email me off llst to discuss any of the unsold specimens. I plan to re-list then later today so if you are interested, please do not hesitate. Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMCA 3163 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Holbrook strewnfield expedition
Hello to all list members! I have been on this list for sometime but not have comunicated with all of you. I've been hunting Holbrook meteorites for sometime now and I was wondering if anyone would like to join me in a hunt for thesehard to find meteorites.I have other friends that got me into meteorites like James kreigh. He was my teacher for meteorites. A very smart person. So if anyone is interested please let me know.! or comunicate with me! thanks! Justin from Showlow, AZ Sponsored Link $200,000 mortgage for $660/mo - 30/15 yr fixed, reduce debt, home equity - Click now for info__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
re: [meteorite-list] Monacensia - Munich 2006
a 10 kg. Gibeon I have buy from Haiderer in this days. - Original Message - Da : Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] A : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Monacensia - Munich 2006 Data : Tue, 7 Nov 2006 03:21:11 +0100 A last larger Gibeon, dish-shaped and the only remarkable large and regmaglypted Sikhote, leaping to my eye on the show, were exhibited on the much-loved cosmic chaos tables of Erich Haiderer. Erich's booth is always a mixture between a flea-market table and a candy shop. The collector has to work to find the astonishing and rare types and specimens between the more common stuff, he has to dig and to grub, but then, if his treasure hunt was successful, he always will be rewarded for his work, with an excellently fair price. M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] simulant moon dust wanted by NASA ADD delete
Dear NASA (if your out there); I have a few hundred pounds of quality gray to white weathered anorthosite for sale. Make offer. Dave F. Darren Garrison wrote: On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:02:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Dear List, I don`t how much the government is wasting on stimulant(sic) dust but they are searching for more. Here is their link: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_dirt_050124.html I see your "wanted-- fake moon dirt" and raise you an "unwanted-- real moon dirt" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607792/ Lunar explorers face moon dust dilemma Scientists are grappling with how to handle dust for next moon shot By Leonard David Space.com Updated: 3:12 p.m. ET Nov 7, 2006 GOLDEN, Colo. The Moon is dusty, grimy, and potentially hazardous to your health. Ultra-tiny dust grains can gum up the works of vital hardware on the Moon. And there's also a possible risk to health from gulping in the lunar dusta toxicological twist to "bad Moon rising." Thanks to the Apollo program there's firsthand knowledge about the Moon being a Disneyland of dust. Moonwalkers were covered from helmet to boot with lunar dust. Also tagged as the "dirty dozen," astronauts on the various Apollo missions worked long hours in the lunar environment, setting up science equipment and collectively bagged 840 pounds (382 kilograms) of rock and other surface material for shipment back to Earth. As NASA planners gear up to replant astronauts on the lunar surface before 2020, scientists and engineers are grappling with how best to certify a safe and productive stay for 21st-century moonwalkers. Mining specialists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and NASA managers took part in the eighth Space Resources Roundtable, held here Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Colorado School of Mines and in collaboration with the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas. "First and foremost is just the fact that the dust just sticks to everything," said Jasper Halekas, a research physicist at University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory in Berkeley, California. From gauge dials, helmet sun shades to spacesuits and tools, the "stick-to-itness" of dust during the Apollo missions proved to be a noteworthy problem, Halekas reported. Most amusingly, he added, even the vacuum cleaner that was designed to clean off the dust clogged down and jammed. Halekas recounted a technical debrief by Apollo 17's Gene Cernan after his 1972 Moon voyage. Cernan said that "one of the most aggravating, restricting facets of lunar surface exploration is the dust and its adherence to everything no matter what kind ... and its restrictive friction-like action to everything it gets on." The astronaut added: "You have to live with it but you're continually fighting the dust problem both outside and inside the spacecraft." Electrically active Although the lunar environment is often considered to be essentially static, Halekas and his fellow researchers reported at the workshop that, in fact, it is very electrically active. The surface of the Moon charges in response to currents incident on its surface, and is exposed to a variety of different charging environments during its orbit around the Earth. Those charging currents span several orders of magnitude, he said. Dust adhesion is likely increased by the angular barbed shapes of lunar dust, found to quickly and effectively coat all surfaces it comes into contact with. Additionally, that clinging is possibly due to electrostatic charging, Halekas explained. "I think it would behoove us to understand the lunar dust plasma environment as well as possible before we try to come up with detailed dust mitigation strategies," Halekas told SPACE.com. "This would mean characterizing the dust, electric fields and plasma around the Moon and understanding how they interact." Halekas said that he advocates science experiments either in lunar orbit or on the Moon's surface preferably both in order to gauge the problem. "At this point, we know so little about the near-surface electrodynamic environment and its effect on dust that we can't do much more than conjecture and try to predict the most likely scenario," Halekas said. Just knowing that the dust is there, Halekas added, tells us that we need to deal with it. "But without more detailed knowledge than we currently have, I think we're handicapped in coming up with effective mitigation strategies." Astronaut health It is imperative that today's return-to-the-Moon planners recall experiences from the Apollo era, said Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. One problem that was not well anticipated was the ubiquitous, adherent, abrasive, and floating dust problem, he advised. Taylor emphasized that the most critical effect of lunar dust, however, may be on astronaut health. With each Apollo mission to the Moon,
[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20061106154828 Webcast for anyone who doesn't have a solar filter for their 12 scope... enjoy! Tracy Latimer _ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice
Hi All, There is some real metallic Willamette floating around in the market. I once owned a 60gram fragment. Traded it to ET years ago for a nice 1/4 pound Allende with a roll-over lip. Pat --- Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what I thought. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice I know a guy that knows a guy that works the graveyard shift at a planetarium... How much were you looking to pay? BTW what kind of hacksaw blade works best on iron? Elton --- Mike Bandli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for an etched part slice of the Willamette meteorite. Something in the 1 to 5 gram range. No shale please. Thanks for looking! Kind regards, Mike Bandli __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:59 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20061106154828 Webcast for anyone who doesn't have a solar filter for their 12 scope... enjoy! Tracy Latimer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
A disappointed Rob writes: Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. As most of you astronomy-minded folks will know, this transit isn't visible here in Western Europe :-( but Rob's words show how lucky (and happy) I was on Jun 08, 2004, when I hurried home from school as fast as I could and as fast as the traffic on my way home permitted to quickly set up my 8 Celestron scope without properly aligning it (no time left to do so) during the last few minutes of the Venus transit and to take a few quick pictures of Venus' egress. The last Venus transit had occurred on Dec. 06, 1882, more than 120 years before and the next time Venus will walk across the sun's disk won't be until June, 2012! Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event. I hope the servers didn't just fail and somebody got to see it. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:08 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:59 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20061106154828 Webcast for anyone who doesn't have a solar filter for their 12 scope... enjoy! Tracy Latimer __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
Hi Sterling, Fortunately, we've got an 8 S-C out with a solar filter here at work, so I've been able to follow the progress of the transit just fine outdoors. I was just hoping to see the greater detail afforded by a big scope... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:05 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: tracy latimer; Matson, Robert Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event. I hope the servers didn't just fail and somebody got to see it. Sterling K. Webb __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice
There is at least 400+ grams of metallic/non-shale material in possession of collectors. Most came from material sold from Darryl at the Macovich Collection and some traded from old museum collections. Kind regards, Mike Bandli That's what I thought. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Mr EMan mstreman53 at yahoo.com To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Wanted: Etched Willamette Slice I know a guy that knows a guy that works the graveyard shift at a planetarium... How much were you looking to pay? BTW what kind of hacksaw blade works best on iron? Elton --- Mike Bandli fuzzfoot at comcast.net wrote: I am looking for an etched part slice of the Willamette meteorite. Something in the 1 to 5 gram range. No shale please. Thanks for looking! Kind regards, Mike Bandli __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos
Hallo friends I have some photos from the Munich Show last weekend available on my homepage. Take a look and enjoy the photos. Here is the link to click on it, or to copy into your browser. http://www.strufe.net/mu2006a.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006b.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006c.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006d.htm Best regards Hanno Strufe Langenbergstrasse 32 66954 Pirmasens Germany Phone + Fax: +49 6331 225 105 www.strufe.net IMCA #4267 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
I had a 6 inch f8 planet killer reflector with solar filter set up but once again, the Great Cloudy Nebula snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. I actually did see about 2 seconds worth. Oh well, there's always 2016. -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Hi Sterling, Fortunately, we've got an 8 S-C out with a solar filter here at work, so I've been able to follow the progress of the transit just fine outdoors. I was just hoping to see the greater detail afforded by a big scope... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:05 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: tracy latimer; Matson, Robert Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event. I hope the servers didn't just fail and somebody got to see it. Sterling K. Webb __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos
Thanks, dear Hanno Struve, for the great pics! Comforts the soul of a poor loner who had to miss the show this year. And, wow ... looking at the Millbillillies makes one shake ... By the way: first time that I realized Mike Farmer's coiffure to be FLIGHT-ORIENTED ! Sincerely, Matthias - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:07 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos Hallo friends I have some photos from the Munich Show last weekend available on my homepage. Take a look and enjoy the photos. Here is the link to click on it, or to copy into your browser. http://www.strufe.net/mu2006a.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006b.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006c.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006d.htm Best regards Hanno Strufe Langenbergstrasse 32 66954 Pirmasens Germany Phone + Fax: +49 6331 225 105 www.strufe.net IMCA #4267 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Recent gas escape from the Moon
Another interesting speculative PSRD document. Enjoy Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: PSRD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: New Issue: Recent gas escape from the Moon Announcement from Planetary Science Research Discoveries [PSRD] New Issue: Recent Gas Escape from the Moon --- Gases may have escaped from the Moon as recently as a million years ago, implying that the lunar interior is not as lethargic as conventional wisdom dictates. Full story with pdf link at: http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov06/MoonGas.html - PSRD is an educational journal supported by NASA's Cosmochemistry Program and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium to share the latest research on meteorites, planets, moons, and other solar system bodies. You are subscribed to our free mailing list. We never send attachments. For more information please see http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDsubscribe.html - Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice (808) 956-3899 fax (808) 956-6322 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? At least once per year I get an email from people, who swear to have heard a stone hitting the roof and rolling down, recently again and the stone even should have had a red mark, where it hit the tile. The stones are quite small, often round or egg-shaped. I remembered an article years ago, reporting that a group of magpies caused troubles in the Netherlands, frequently damaging parking cars in dropping stones. Can this story be true and if so, what are the reasons for such a behaviour? Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
I know for a fact that this is true having witnessed it myself. They do this mistaking them for nuts (still in the shell). The rocks happen to resemble the shape and color of a nut, so they will often drop them from high up hoping that they will shatter. Crows are the main culprit. I have also seen crows dropping rocks and walnuts onto the road, hoping that cars will run them over and reveal the meaty interior. Smart creatures! Now if only we could train some pigeons to go to NWA and hunt for dark colored 'Nuts' in the sand... Kind regards, Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com A Destination For Space Related Artifacts -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:52 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds... Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? At least once per year I get an email from people, who swear to have heard a stone hitting the roof and rolling down, recently again and the stone even should have had a red mark, where it hit the tile. The stones are quite small, often round or egg-shaped. I remembered an article years ago, reporting that a group of magpies caused troubles in the Netherlands, frequently damaging parking cars in dropping stones. Can this story be true and if so, what are the reasons for such a behaviour? Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
What some birds, such as the magpie and crows, is that they are attracted to bright and shinny objects. One species, and I can't remember which it is, will actually collect things to line his nest to make himself more attractive to the female. If they are disturbed in anyway while flying, they will drop whatever they are carrying. Another possibility is that some of these rocks are from birds just taking off. Birds will eliminate feces at takeoff to lighten their load and of course, gizzard stones do get passed when they become too smooth Hope this will help a little. Mark Ferguson - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds... Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? At least once per year I get an email from people, who swear to have heard a stone hitting the roof and rolling down, recently again and the stone even should have had a red mark, where it hit the tile. The stones are quite small, often round or egg-shaped. I remembered an article years ago, reporting that a group of magpies caused troubles in the Netherlands, frequently damaging parking cars in dropping stones. Can this story be true and if so, what are the reasons for such a behaviour? Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:52:03 +0100, you wrote: Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? There are types of birds that collect objects for some reason or another. http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq11702.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bowerbird/odd.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
AW: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
Thanks Mike, Mark and Mark! Indeed crows, ravens, magpies are very intelligent, do have compared to mammals a developped idea of numbers and are even able to use tools. I prefer the nuts-thing, as the stones aren't directly decorative. I remember a little tropical bird, who accurately sorted by colours decorates in front of his nest objects like petals, beetle elytrons ect. to impress the ladies. Most crazy are the Keas, they easily get bored and like to play half of the day. Chirp! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Mike Bandli Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. November 2006 03:03 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds... I know for a fact that this is true having witnessed it myself. They do this mistaking them for nuts (still in the shell). The rocks happen to resemble the shape and color of a nut, so they will often drop them from high up hoping that they will shatter. Crows are the main culprit. I have also seen crows dropping rocks and walnuts onto the road, hoping that cars will run them over and reveal the meaty interior. Smart creatures! Now if only we could train some pigeons to go to NWA and hunt for dark colored 'Nuts' in the sand... Kind regards, Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com A Destination For Space Related Artifacts -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:52 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds... Hola list, I have a stupid question for the ornithologists. Does it happen, that birds are throwing with stones? At least once per year I get an email from people, who swear to have heard a stone hitting the roof and rolling down, recently again and the stone even should have had a red mark, where it hit the tile. The stones are quite small, often round or egg-shaped. I remembered an article years ago, reporting that a group of magpies caused troubles in the Netherlands, frequently damaging parking cars in dropping stones. Can this story be true and if so, what are the reasons for such a behaviour? Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
Hi from Tucson where Global Warming seems to be in action. We (Astronomy Department, Planetary Sciences Department, and Flandrau Science Center) had more than 10 telecopes set up (including two 20-inch scopes). We were able to see all but the last five minutes of the event (went behind the trees). However, it was 88 F or 89 F here (too tired to convert to C or K). Five hours in the Tucson Sun with not a cloud to be seen! We had several telescopes (including mine) with H-alpha filters and so were able to see a few sunspots as well as several soiar flares. Oh yes, and Mercury! Larry On Wed, November 8, 2006 2:16 pm, Matson, Robert wrote: Hi Sterling, Fortunately, we've got an 8 S-C out with a solar filter here at work, so I've been able to follow the progress of the transit just fine outdoors. I was just hoping to see the greater detail afforded by a big scope... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:05 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: tracy latimer; Matson, Robert Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event. I hope the servers didn't just fail and somebody got to see it. Sterling K. Webb __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Falling stones and birds...
Ok Meteorite Trivia Buffs...Wasn't there a meteorite recovered which had been nesstled into the lining of a penguin nest(sic) or other species of sea bird? Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Munich Show 2006 - Photos
Hanno, Thanks for sharing a great bunch of pictures. It would be wonderful if we could get all of you European collectors/dealers to come to the Tucson Show. Thanks, John Gwilliam At 03:07 PM 11/8/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo friends I have some photos from the Munich Show last weekend available on my homepage. Take a look and enjoy the photos. Here is the link to click on it, or to copy into your browser. http://www.strufe.net/mu2006a.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006b.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006c.htm http://www.strufe.net/mu2006d.htm Best regards Hanno Strufe Langenbergstrasse 32 66954 Pirmasens Germany Phone + Fax: +49 6331 225 105 www.strufe.net IMCA #4267 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
Hello Meteorite friends and acquaintances, What a wonderful time I've had on my trip to the USA with the local astronomy club during the planetary syzygy championed by that little hot-shot of a planet, Mercury. I'd like to share this story... The ancient messenger Planet swiftly vulcanized the attention of the local astronomy boys here on my trip to the US of A recovering from post-election blues and golds. More than a dozen telescopes had their glassy hearts set upon Mercury who brashly made his appearance right on schedule. It was a couple of hours after midday ... and prominent Mercury boldly blocked our Sunlight from his little corner in the heavens through everyone's plossyls. Slow at first, rowing unfalteringly across the immense Solar ocean with the precision of a metronome, and teased by a tormenting giant sunspot dwarfing him to the uninitiated, as well. It reminded me of a refreshing Hurricane on the scalding solar photosphere and a lone Mariner in a dinghy daring to do the impossible and savoring the improbable by never looking behind. Not forty-five minutes had elapsed and my thoughts marveled at the speed of the relative motion was between these daylight divinities, as Mercury interred invisibly deeper toward the center of the Sun's disk. Onward, and onward Mercury sailed his charted course right falling like a cute mole in the center of golden solar frame...continuing the show westward towards the Pacific and leaving Hawaiian rainbows in its wake... Ahhh - Mercury. The most dwarfish of planets, excited me without end as I imagined that the curious circular object I followed. The Messenger brought me back to feelings of kindergarten. When the kids put bright light bulbs in front (or was it behind?) as we babes imagined ourselves as mad-scientist with work of great importance in Arts and Crafts class. Cobbling away, we'd trace the silhouettes of our partners; then, the black construction paper heads we glued on a bright red or green backgrounds with the greatest care. Those were the days! Fast-forward from nursery school and kindergarten ... to just a couple of orbits later. I see Daddy elatedly at work; he dramatically photographed the spectacular Mercury transit of 1970, like the great Cosmic Hunter stalking His prey with that peculiar filter and star drive on his gleaming and lovingly crafted telescope. This was wonderful early bird day in May of a clear-skied Sunrise. It had begun with a Solar ball of fire upon the horizon and then in lock-step ascended towards the zenith of the Astronomy dreams for us all. How I remember Dad's disappearance into the darkroom that eventful Saturday after the eye-opening events of that early Sun. This culminated with the familial celebrations and Dad's handing me His beautiful black and white photographic Mercury masterpiece. My own picture of Mercury with his kind annotations joined the home hall of fame right next to my fading silhouette on tattered construction paper still pasted on the dining room wall. On Monday, I excitedly shared this enlarged enlightenment with all the big kids in homeroom and we all laughed and laughed about the little buggers in kindergarten who we smugly imagined were challenged to make heads or tails out of looking through a telescopic image - compared to all of our light bulb silhouette kids' eclipses that everyone still remembered almost vividly. Great balls of fire! What a great picture of Mercury! Or should I say, the silhouette of Mercury against a great ball of fire... It didn't matter what it was. The effect is that which meaningfully mesmerizes. What resounded in our youthful hearts was a great appreciation we all felt for our place in the universe. Thanks to Mercury. Mercury, that little planet, why it's smaller than a pea! Just look at the Sun! A small star millions of times BIGGER than Mercury or Earth and it didn't need any explaining to send excitingly great goose bumps to dare thoughts of insignificance and truths of the universe. Even a little kid could relate to the immensity of the Solar system with this photograph, or the lucky view through the telescope. Oh, today at the Astronomy Club meeting there was the now common selection of hydrogen alpha and other filters, a couple of bloody red views of the Sun where Solar flares or prominences were visible to all the lucky onlookers thanks to the never ending goodwill of the group. Some of these prominences are even larger than Mercury! And there was the solar storm spot which had a seemingly spiral profile... Then there were the earthly clouds brushing across the face of the Sun with little Mercury sometime peaking through, and sometime all was occulted by the yangs and pangs of clouds and astronomy...all the time I couldn't help thinking that Dad was beside me and His vernal spirit hosting the glorious celebration I was lucky to attend today after a 36 1/2 year sabbatical. It was a grand sight and a grand day. How my mind now
