Re: [meteorite-list] Plotting Months and Days - Part 1

2002-04-26 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day List, * There is a noticeable clustering around Aug 11, 12 with four H5 chondrites on two successive days ! August 12th is one of my favourite Astronomical days. Also the peak of activity for the Perseid meteor shower. Now I've got two reasons to be out freezing in the middle of the

[meteorite-list] Last Chance to See Bright Comet Ikeya-Zhang

2002-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ikeya_zhang_020426.html Last Chance to See Bright Comet Ikeya-Zhang By Joe Rao space.com 26 April 2002 It's time to bid farewell to the brightest comet to appear in five years. Ikeya-Zhang, discovered Feb. 1, will soon end its run as a naked-eye object. It will

Re: [meteorite-list] Plotting Months and Days - Part 1

2002-04-26 Thread almitt
Hi Jeff and all, Keep in mind that meteor showers and bright meteors and bolides that produce meteorites are two different animals. We don't have any evidence yet for a meteor shower producing a meteorite. Meteor Showers are produced when the Earth passes through the stream of a comets orbit and

[meteorite-list] Re:Plotting Months and Days - Part 1

2002-04-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello Bernd - Great start, but... It would seem to me that looking for 364 day cycles is certainly a start, but that the cycles of intersection of the Earth with meteorite streams is likely to follow other patterns, patterns with other than 364 day time intervals between intersections. As you

[meteorite-list] Re:Plotting Months and Days - another techinque

2002-04-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Besides the technique set out in my reply to Franks's message, another technique might be possible: 1) select out only falls 2) convert dates to some kind of universal time 3) separate out each meteorite class 4) calculate the difference in days between each and every observed fall

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[meteorite-list] re: Campo de Cielo impact - 17 February, 2325 BCE?

2002-04-26 Thread Marco Langbroek
E.P. Grondine wrote: It must be remembered that the massive Rio Cuarto impact (350 megatons, 25 October, 2360 BCE) occured near to Campo de Cielo. Before the Rio Cuarto impact event, South America was populated by culturally advanced peoples, who were killed by the impact. These people

[meteorite-list] oops

2002-04-26 Thread David Hardy
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[meteorite-list] Russ K?

2002-04-26 Thread David Hardy
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Re: [meteorite-list] less than 5 days...

2002-04-26 Thread trandall
Title: Re: [meteorite-list] less than 5 days... Seen on a button once: There's no such thing as gravity, the world just sucks. Well, I got a laugh out of it anyway. Tom Brilliant!!! - Original Message - From: harlan trammell To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002

Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay Item # 1097060071

2002-04-26 Thread wrecks463
yep, thats not a meteorite. - Original Message - From: Greg Redfern To: Meteorite-List Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Ebay Item # 1097060071 Good Evening List members, If you have time, check out what I think is a very bad

Re: [meteorite-list] Plotting Months and Days - Part 1

2002-04-26 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day, Thankyou for that Al. I did realise this, however it also brings up the question of what ever happened to that alleged Leonid meteorite from the last shower? I remember the story on this list, but never heard anything again after that. Thanks again, Jeff - Original Message -

[meteorite-list] NWA 1111

2002-04-26 Thread MeteorHntr
Hello List, Does anyone have a description on the NWA rock? Reply off-list if you can help me. Thanks, Steve Arnold

[meteorite-list] chondrles disapear

2002-04-26 Thread David Calongne
hi all, wanted to see more surface area of my dimmit texas H 3/4, so i cut it into 2 and the rock trim saw got its ususall cutting oil on it and since then my chondrles disapeared, when i bought it it was cut rough and looked like it was cut dry, i miss my chondrles

[meteorite-list] space cabs

2002-04-26 Thread David Calongne
hi all, cabochons are used in jewerally as stones that don't let light pass thru them most commonly cut oval and have a dome shape, i after a few begining tries decided to have a go at cutting / grinding / polishing a chondrite into a cab. obsidian a volcanic glass is mid-range in ease or

Re: [meteorite-list] chondrles disapear

2002-04-26 Thread webbth
David, Try putting it in a container of kitty litter for a few days and see if the chondrules come back. Thomas H. Webb On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, David Calongne wrote: hi all, wanted to see more surface area of my dimmit texas H 3/4, so i cut it into 2 and the rock trim saw got its ususall

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey Themis Images - April 22-26, 2002

2002-04-26 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES April 22-26, 2002 o Alba Patera (Released 22 April 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020422a.html o Eastern Floor of Holden Crater (Released 15 April 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-200204.html o Cerberus (Released 24 April 2002)