[meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes.com - A Hit!

2002-04-01 Thread Rob and Colleen
Paul, Jim, and contributors- OUTSTANDING! I just got done reading every glorious word. Nice resolution, color images and well written articles. I feel like I just won something. You folks really outdid yourselves. An excellent recovery from the loss of VOYAGE! that was so unexpected. All the

[meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes.com - Our new on-line magazine

2002-04-01 Thread Rob and Colleen
One more compliment on this great work.THE SEARCH ENGINE! How many times have you read an article in a magazine and forgot where to find it later? I tested this puppy and it works great. A true asset in the years to come. Thanks again all, -- Rob Wesel -- We are the music

[meteorite-list] lunar/martian magnetism

2002-04-01 Thread rochette
Hello list as argued in preceeding post the answer is it magnetic cannot be answered by yes or no. With a strong magnet the most magnetic Martian, Los Angeles, can be weakly attracted, due to its content of magnetite (1-2%), may be NWA817 also. Al the others are too weak (half a percent of

Re: [meteorite-list] MeteoriteTimes.com - A Hit!

2002-04-01 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello all Very good work, is very nice see this work. reagrds Matteo --- Rob and Colleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, Jim, and contributors- OUTSTANDING! I just got done reading every glorious word. Nice resolution, color images and well written articles. I feel like I just won

[meteorite-list] Ultra-Lights,Hot Air Ballons and Remote Controlled Aircraft, Etc.

2002-04-01 Thread Chuck
Hello, Jim, Kris, Dave,Thomas andeveryone, I would like to apologize first ofall that Spam/Junk Mail that was sent to you all once more. Dave Freeman was right on the money about me having a Virus, it attacked my hole mailing list but, it's

[meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper Copies - FREE!!!!

2002-04-01 Thread Mark Bostick
Hello All, I recieved several e-mails when I posted the Weston newspaper article I recently got, many people requesting copies for their collection. I was unsure how they would come out since the articlewas on the second page, towards the middle, beside the 3rd page and this paper was

[meteorite-list] Sand Dunes and Meteorites

2002-04-01 Thread Matson, Robert
Title: Message On the subject of remote sensing of meteorites from above, Jim Hartman wrote: I know that I am not the rocket scientist here this may be an oversimplified theory but I have a picture of my house my fathers house taken from a satellite in orbit. Now I may be wrong but I

[meteorite-list] Re: Sand Dunes Meteorites - survey by aircraft

2002-04-01 Thread Robert Verish
Regarding this thread - Meteorite Recovery from the Air here is the original message: http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2002-March/010652.html here is the LA Times article about the Algodones Dunes:

[meteorite-list] meteorite question

2002-04-01 Thread Jay Haynes
Hi list, I was looking through my planetary geology textbook and came across thiss: "In 1996 a meteor was observed to skip off our atmosphere, and slightly less then one orbit later it re-entered the atmosphere and landed in southern california." Does anyone know which meteorite this is and

[meteorite-list] New Mexico/California fireballs

2002-04-01 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi again, Dug up the following out of my archives... --Rob - - - - - October 3, 1996: Unsolved Case part 5: A year later Meteorite Falls From Oct 1996 From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 14:14:51 GMT NEWS RELEASE OCT. 1, 1997 Albuquerque, N.M. After a year of

[meteorite-list] Dr. David Roddy

2002-04-01 Thread meteorites
I was saddened to hear today that a friend of mine, Dr. David Roddy passed away. He was in poor health, but his sudden death was a shock. Dr. Roddy was instrumental in the geological aspects of the Apollo Moon Missions and was a close associate of the late Dr. Shoemaker. Dr. Roddy's work on

[meteorite-list] Garland meteorite

2002-04-01 Thread George Winters
I'm new to the whole meteorite collecting field, and came across a piece of Kofelsite on ebay. Can any one tell me if this material is legitimate? I want to thank the members of the list for the valuable information and leads that are posted daily. George

[meteorite-list] Astronomy Picture of the Day.

2002-04-01 Thread Roman Jirasek
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020401.html A little fun. Roman __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] NASA To Return Meteorites To Space

2002-04-01 Thread Gus J. Glenn
NASA To Return Meteorites To Space As part of its series of low cost off the shelf science missions, NASA is embarking upon an ambitious program to return meteorites to space, it was announced Friday at a press conference in Houston. Dr. Erich Gibbons, a senior mission specialist with NASA

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA To Return Meteorites To Space

2002-04-01 Thread JPBrockets
In a message dated 4/1/2002 7:42:21 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Campo del Cielo meteorites were accepted by the U.S. government in lieu of national debt payments. Guess what the IRS is getting from me this year! Juris Breikss [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Garland meteorite

2002-04-01 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 4/1/2002 6:32:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm new to the whole meteorite collecting field, and came across a piece of Kofelsite on ebay. Can any one tell me if this material is legitimate? I want to thank the members of the list for the valuable

[meteorite-list] My first meteorite find!!

2002-04-01 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Juris, March 26, 2002. MY FIRST METEORITE FIND! Dave Andrews, our Holbrook resident expert, took the day and showed me around the Holbrook strew field. Thanks Dave! I found a whole individual - a link to a picture is attached (the marks are in millimeters). OK, so the size is

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Reference By Richard Byrd

2002-04-01 Thread Richard F. Kuzma
I came across this reference in Richard Byrd's book ALONE and thought I'd pass it on to those who may have an interest. The quote is found on the bottom of page 205 of the G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishing edition. (The book, ALONE, is about Byrd's 1934 expedition to the Antarctic - focusing upon

[meteorite-list] Re: KOFELSITE

2002-04-01 Thread Robert Verish
A quick web search on Google resulted in: Meteorite and Planetology Encyclopedia ... the asteroid belt produced by orbital resonance between the asteroids and Jupiter. KOFELSITE A frothy, pumiceous high-siliga glass occuring as a small veins in ...

[meteorite-list] Kofelsite

2002-04-01 Thread George Winters
I'm new to the whole meteorite collecting field, and came across a piece of Kofelsite on ebay. Can any one tell me if this material is legitimate? I want to thank the members of the list for the valuable information and leads that are posted daily. George

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA To Return Meteorites To Space

2002-04-01 Thread Tracy Latimer
Anyone who wants to send my meteorites back to space will be met at the door by my trained attack cat Snowball's Chance, and my overchronied paintball gun. Exceptions might be made if I am allowed to go along to personally supervise their re-release into the wild. :-) Tracy Latimer

Re: [meteorite-list] KOEFELSITE (was: Garland meteorite)

2002-04-01 Thread Dieter Heinlein
Hello George, Anne and List, the Austrian rocks called KOEFELSITE are NOT meteorites and they are NOT impactites. The impact origin of the Koefelsite was discussed, but could NOT be confirmed. This rock was formed by earthly forces. I have been to the site in Austria several times and have

[meteorite-list] Kofelsite

2002-04-01 Thread Bernd Pauli HD
George Winters wrote: I'm new to the whole meteorite collecting field Hello George, Welcome to our list! and came across a piece of Kofelsite on ebay. Can any one tell me if this material is legitimate? Köfels, Austria, Ötztal, Lat 47N / Long 11E Cat (egory): ? Shock Metamorphism in the