[meteorite-list] 6 Month Fall Anniversary

2006-09-30 Thread dean bessey
Well, meteorite dad's sometimes do this: http://www.meteoriteshop.com/samatha/baby51.jpg The picture is longer than the screen so you may have to click it after loading it to see it full size depending on what version of the webrowser that you are using. Picture from several days after fall 6

[meteorite-list] Mars software, clock maths HELP.

2006-09-30 Thread Kevin Forbes
Hello people, if you have an interest in the Mars Exploration Rovers, please have a look at the Merdat software screen shots. Click the link below, then click the MERDAT link. http://www.qsl.net/vk3ukf/ if you see an astronaut then my website is being nice, if you see a blue sun, then

[meteorite-list] Hello everyone large Canyon Diablo's and Large wholesale Esquel.

2006-09-30 Thread Mike Miller
Hello everyone a good friend of mine has 3 very nice Canyon's for sale. You can see pictures and prices with a short description at http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/rxadams/ I have never had very good luck with providing a link...but I hope this one works. maybe it should be

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-wrong pics

2006-09-30 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Nh!!! Contest's over, Sterling, Doug, and I all won! Just kidding, Dave F. Mr EMan wrote: While I agree that the pitting is peculiar this looks like a Civil War vintage mortar shell. and if it were a couple feet under the surface could have been lobbed there. I've a contact at the

Re: [meteorite-list] AD New Meteoritica website

2006-09-30 Thread Philippe Thomas
Hello List, First of all, I want to thank all those who have done comments on new Meteoritica website on the list and off list. These have been pleasant and helpful !I’ve added some new pages on the website. I will try to update it as often as possible.I cut some more slices of NWA 1774. This

RE: [meteorite-list] OT Giant insect attacks Germany!

2006-09-30 Thread Kevin Forbes
It looks like an earwig. Any ideas on how it ended up on a google maps image? Mystified, Kevin. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=ent=kq=Germanyie=UTF8z=18ll=48.857699,10.205451spn=0.002404,0.006738om=1 __ Meteorite-list mailing list

RE: [meteorite-list] OT Giant insect attacks Germany!

2006-09-30 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:27:06 +1000, you wrote: It looks like an earwig. Any ideas on how it ended up on a google maps image? Apparently, original film images were scanned into digital files an one was squished onto that particular frame. __

RE: [meteorite-list] OT Giant insect attacks Germany!

2006-09-30 Thread Norbert Classen
Kevin wrote: It looks like an earwig. Any ideas on how it ended up on a google maps image? Darren responded: Apparently, original film images were scanned into digital files an one was squished onto that particular frame. Now, to get that post meteorite-related, and to stirr the pot a

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Giant insect attacks Germany!

2006-09-30 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Norbert Classen kirjoitti: Kevin wrote: It looks like an earwig. Any ideas on how it ended up on a google maps image? Darren responded: Apparently, original film images were scanned into digital files an one was squished onto that particular frame. Now, to get that post

[meteorite-list] AD - Thuathe Meteorite Catalogue

2006-09-30 Thread McCartney Taylor
I've listed the darn hard to get Thuathe Meteorite Catalogue on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=002item=120035393094 it closes in a few hours. More of the new Patagonian find in Argentina.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=120037637277 For a really

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars software, clock maths HELP.

2006-09-30 Thread Rob McCafferty
Thanks for the link Kevin. Nice site I do indeed see an astronaut. I met him 3 months back in Glasgow. Great bloke. Most interesting question I thought of to ask him was how do you keep your glasses on in space? The answer is rather banal. The guy is only 3 months younger than my dad (wears it

[meteorite-list] Meteoroid Hits the Moon Article Question

2006-09-30 Thread Mike Groetz
Sorry for the ignorant question- but if someone could help me with this I would really appreciate it. Ref: The current issue of Meteorite Magazine (Aug. '06) Pg 5 news article. There are a couple of references to a fireball upon impact. My question is- if the moon does not have an

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoroid Hits the Moon Article Question

2006-09-30 Thread Chris Peterson
Technically, fireball refers to a bright meteor, which of course can't happen on the Moon. But any collision that produces a lot of kinetic energy- which describes most meteoroid impacts on the Moon- is capable of generating an optical flash as material is vaporized at temperatures high enough

[meteorite-list] Meteorite or wrong

2006-09-30 Thread dfpens
Dear List: I am always impressed with the depth and wealth of knowledge you folks possess. Thanks for all your input on what exactly my friend might have found. The suggestions are: Cannonball UFO Minor Planet Ore Milling Ball Wrecking Ball Oven Melt from Joliet Army Ammunitions Plant Civil

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars software, clock maths HELP.

2006-09-30 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Kevin, Are you getting the images with their headers and labels? I'm Googling here and it says that the MER Camera 'Combined' EDR/RDR PDS Label contains Local_True_Solar_Time, or LTST data, based on the sun's position in the sky in a 24 equal hour system, same as the Mars clock. See:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite or wrong

2006-09-30 Thread MexicoDoug
Hi Dave, The difference in the two densities is around 7%. Could my measurement error be 7%? Or, can it be hollow inside? Your 7.35 g/cc would be just about right if not tiny tad heavy for most cast irons, which aren't pure iron. Hope you can do a circumference check as that is the only way

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Meteoroid Hits the Moon' Article Question

2006-09-30 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike: Yes, this has to refer to the impact itself since when we normally use the term, it implies something coming through the atmosphere. As Editor, one wishes to be able to fix these things, but since it is just a news item, I tend not to change content. Just remember, too, this is a news

[meteorite-list] The Missing Word

2006-09-30 Thread Sterling K. Webb
An AP wire story says an Australian computer programmer using specialized sound software has analyzed the tape of Neil Armstrong's famous phrase when first setting foot on the Moon and determined that Armstrong said (and NASA received) the missing a in That's one small step for [a] man...

Re: [meteorite-list] The Missing Word

2006-09-30 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:17:27 -0500, you wrote: An AP wire story says an Australian computer programmer using specialized sound software has analyzed the tape of Neil Armstrong's famous phrase when first setting foot on the Moon and determined that Armstrong said (and NASA received) the