[meteorite-list] Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit

[Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4751

Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
October 26, 2015

Dawn Mission Status Report

NASA's Dawn spacecraft fired up its ion engine on Friday, Oct. 23, to 
begin its journey toward its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf planet 
Ceres. The spacecraft completed two months of observations from an altitude 
of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers) and transmitted extensive imagery and 
other data to Earth.

The spacecraft is now on its way to the final orbit of the mission, called 
the low-altitude mapping orbit. Dawn will spend more than seven weeks 
descending to this vantage point, which will be less than 235 miles (380 
kilometers) from the surface of Ceres. In mid-December, Dawn will begin 
taking observations from this orbit, including images at a resolution 
of 120 feet (35 meters) per pixel.

Of particular interest to the Dawn team is Occator crater, home to Ceres' 
bright spots. A new mosaic of images from Dawn's third science orbit highlights 
the crater and surrounding terrain.

More information on the Dawn mission is online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/dawn

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov


Media Contact

Elizabeth Landau
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-6425
elizabeth.lan...@jpl.nasa.gov 

2015-329

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Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

[Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list]

Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you!

It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for
myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite
museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU
and now UNM.

You have done an amazing job at UNM. You inspire so many of us with
your knowledge and enthusiasm for meteoritics.

Keep it up!



On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
 wrote:
> http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs
>
> *
> Carl B. Agee
> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
> MSC03 2050
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>
> Tel: (505) 750-7172
> Fax: (505) 277-3577
> Email: a...@unm.edu
> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
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Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

[Carl Agee via Meteorite-list]

Thanks for the kind words Ruben!

I just came across this excerpt from Lincoln LaPaz's (founder of IOM)
"Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory". It is as
true today as it was when the IOM was founded in 1944!

"Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with
success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in
armchairs. Unlike the chemist, who buys his research materials from
catalogs; the bacteriologist, who brews up his cultures at will in a
laboratory; and the botanist, who finds the objects of his
experimentation in conveniently located greenhouse and herbarium, the
meteoriticist is in large measure dependent on the general public for
the specimens with which he works. In meteoritics, as in perhaps no
other science, rapid progress depends on the intelligent cooperation
of the layman, that fortunate individual destined, because of his
ubiquitousness, not only to witness all meteorites yet to fall, but
also, sooner or later, to stumble upon many of those that have already
fallen..."
*
Carl B. Agee
Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126

Tel: (505) 750-7172
Fax: (505) 277-3577
Email: a...@unm.edu
http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/



On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ruben Garcia
 wrote:
> Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you!
>
> It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for
> myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite
> museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU
> and now UNM.
>
> You have done an amazing job at UNM. You inspire so many of us with
> your knowledge and enthusiasm for meteoritics.
>
> Keep it up!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
>  wrote:
>> http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs
>>
>> *
>> Carl B. Agee
>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>> MSC03 2050
>> University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>
>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
>> Fax: (505) 277-3577
>> Email: a...@unm.edu
>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
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>
>
> --
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>
> Ruben Garcia
> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

[Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list]

Hi Carl,

I think I'll keep this Lincoln LaPaz quote near next time I take part
in a meteorite documentary, or TV show.

"Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with
success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in
armchairs."

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Carl Agee  wrote:
> Thanks for the kind words Ruben!
>
> I just came across this excerpt from Lincoln LaPaz's (founder of IOM)
> "Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory". It is as
> true today as it was when the IOM was founded in 1944!
>
> "Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with
> success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in
> armchairs. Unlike the chemist, who buys his research materials from
> catalogs; the bacteriologist, who brews up his cultures at will in a
> laboratory; and the botanist, who finds the objects of his
> experimentation in conveniently located greenhouse and herbarium, the
> meteoriticist is in large measure dependent on the general public for
> the specimens with which he works. In meteoritics, as in perhaps no
> other science, rapid progress depends on the intelligent cooperation
> of the layman, that fortunate individual destined, because of his
> ubiquitousness, not only to witness all meteorites yet to fall, but
> also, sooner or later, to stumble upon many of those that have already
> fallen..."
> *
> Carl B. Agee
> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
> MSC03 2050
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>
> Tel: (505) 750-7172
> Fax: (505) 277-3577
> Email: a...@unm.edu
> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ruben Garcia
>  wrote:
>> Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you!
>>
>> It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for
>> myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite
>> museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU
>> and now UNM.
>>
>> You have done an amazing job at UNM. You inspire so many of us with
>> your knowledge and enthusiasm for meteoritics.
>>
>> Keep it up!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
>>  wrote:
>>> http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs
>>>
>>> *
>>> Carl B. Agee
>>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>>> MSC03 2050
>>> University of New Mexico
>>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>>
>>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
>>> Fax: (505) 277-3577
>>> Email: a...@unm.edu
>>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>>> __
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rock On!
>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>> http://www.MrMeteorite.com



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[meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

[Carl Agee via Meteorite-list]

http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs

*
Carl B. Agee
Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-1126

Tel: (505) 750-7172
Fax: (505) 277-3577
Email: a...@unm.edu
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[meteorite-list] AD: HunPol2000 polarizing microscope for meteoritel Thin Sections - New product!

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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

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Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Unclassified

Contributed by: Gourgues Denis

http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=10/29/2015
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[meteorite-list] 'Zunhua' is now officially approved and registered as Xinglongquan

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Dear list members,

'Zunhua' is now officially approved and registered as Xinglongquan
 
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