Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Kevin Forbes
Aaaahh, ha ha ha haaa, If fossilised pooh is called coprolite, what do you call meteorite pooh, or pooh that falls from the sky? I know, sh*tty subject. And to think that once upon a time, trains and planes used to just dump it all in transit. I remember the signage, 'Passengers, do not use toi

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2007-03-07 Thread Dave Harris
I wonder if he has piles of them? Message: 11 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:10:45 -0800 (PST) From: Rob McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go To: Pete Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Con

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Pat Brown
OK, so when this guy 'produced' or 'presented' this "meteorite" did the parallel streaks make this an oriented meteorite?? This is going downhill quickly Pat --- Rob McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't hink of Uranus until mentioned here, which > is > unusual. Mind you, i didn't

[meteorite-list] could it be?

2007-03-07 Thread Phil Morgan
Hello everyone, I found something that could be interesting in a batch of NWAs. I thought it might be an EL3 since I'm pretty sure there were a couple of those as well, but ground down and edge and I don't think so... I know we can only speculate based on photos but it's got to be at least as

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Not mine Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:41:56 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > >> Upon further in

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite GoesThroughWindowinIllinois

2007-03-07 Thread MexicoDoug
Chris wrote: "In a steady 18 mph wind [which would give the metal a fall angle of 20 degrees], that equates to a horizontal ground speed of 18 mph. The heavier the object, the longer it will take to reach that zero airspeed. So if this thing was falling vertically, and then experienced a brief gust

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:22:06 -0500, you wrote: >Darren beat me - like we all didn't think of that one! > > Could have gone with a Simpsons clip... http://www.jahozafat.com/php/sounds/?id=bst&media=MP3S&type=TV_Shows&movie=Simpsons"e=uranus.txt&file=uranus.mp3

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
That ones not going on my scope! Tom ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Rob McCafferty
I didn't hink of Uranus until mentioned here, which is unusual. Mind you, i didn't get the joke until I was 17 and I remember the stick I got as a result. I was thinking of phrases like I hope it doesn't end up getting SHATtered This is a new definition for RE-ENTRY and kak-handed approach to

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Pete Pete
Darren beat me - like we all didn't think of that one! From: "Pete Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:20:49 -0500 -what will be the official name of the loca

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Pete Pete
-what will be the official name of the location found? The first meteorite from Uranus? Cheers, Pete From: Mike Groetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:41:56 -0800 (PST) Fox news is just now reporting tha

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:41:56 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > Upon further investigation, they found a piece of >chewing gum, some more wire and a rock in his "XXX". >As the suspect put it- "the rock is from another >planet" and was in there to protect him > OK- lets say it is a meteorite ;-) The

[meteorite-list] Oh Boy- Here we go....

2007-03-07 Thread Mike Groetz
Fox news is just now reporting that a certain foreign national was arrested at LAX airport with wires hanging off of him. Upon further investigation, they found a piece of chewing gum, some more wire and a rock in his "XXX". As the suspect put it- "the rock is from another planet" and was in th

[meteorite-list] The Planetary Society Awards Asteroid Trackers

2007-03-07 Thread Ron Baalke
NEWS RELEASE The Planetary Society 65 N. Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106-2301 (626) 793-5100 Fax (626) 793-5528 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://planetary.org For Immediate Release: March 7, 2007 Contact: Susan Lendroth The Planetary Society Awards Aster

[meteorite-list] Photometry, YORP and asteroid morphology

2007-03-07 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Ron's forwarded article on the tricky task of measuring the YORP effect on the NEA (54509) 2000 PH5 reminds us that nearly all asteroids in the couple-hundred meter to several kilometer size range are not monolithic, but rather rubble piles. Support for this conclusion derives from the i

[meteorite-list] Scientists Find A Solar-Powered Asteroid (Apollo)

2007-03-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.aka.fi/index.asp?Id=70983D3C99624961926BACD636146B0A&data=1,886DF6EFA394CAC9DC90F5CC0110D096,44738F89BB834590A4A0A655275B1A77&groupid=9222B8DEAC7444ABA00743C47EB08F0A&tabletarget=data_1&laytmp=aka_eng Scientists find a solar-powered asteroid Academy of Finland 7 March 2007 An internat

[meteorite-list] Asteroids Spin at YORP Speed, Thanks To The Effects of Sunlight

2007-03-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March07/margot.yorp.html Asteroids spin at YORP speed, thanks to the effects of sunlight, Cornell and Belfast astronomers discover March 7, 2007 By Lauren Gold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cornell University Sunlight alone can change the way an asteroid and other sm

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - March 7, 2007

2007-03-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Checks Out 'Cape of Good Hope' - sol 1097-1103, March 07, 2007: Opportunity is healthy and is currently driving on the promontory called "Cape of Good Hope." The rover performed some miniature thermal

[meteorite-list] Steve in the News Again

2007-03-07 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: For your enjoyment: an entertaining article -- with photo -- about our own Steve Arnold in the "Arizona Range News," a local southern Arizona paper: http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2007/03/06/news/features/ feature1.txt Even when Steve has car trouble he still manages

[meteorite-list] Auckland Meteorite Photo

2007-03-07 Thread bernd . pauli
Tim Heitz inquired: "Dean, how many grams is it? Do they have any idea what it is?" Hi Tim and List, It's about 1300 grams and you can find photos and other recovery details in this article by our Joel Schiff in "his" quarterly, issue no.3, vol.10, August 2004, pp. 21-22. Here's an excerpt rega

[meteorite-list] FW: New Items (Over 300 New Meteorite Specimens) & FREE Shipping This Week!

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[meteorite-list] AD - New Martian - Official Public Offering

2007-03-07 Thread Greg Hupe
Dear List Members, The long awaited Official Public Offering of NWA 4468 is at hand. It has been classified as a "Primitive Enriched Olivine Basaltic Shergottite" meteorite. This is the one that is on the cover of November 2006 Meteorite Magazine and includes an article I wrote about its recove

Re: [meteorite-list] B.O.: Purina Iron Chow unlikely; Bloomington Airport probably ruled out

2007-03-07 Thread ensoramanda
Hi all, Grinding flour can involve very large rollers spinning I believe...I remember a stone getting into the grain on my Fathers farm and shooting backwards out of the rollers like a bullet when it jammed...a piece of old machinery might well do the same. But if it could travel that distance

Re: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction, house orientation for Bloomington, IL iron

2007-03-07 Thread Bill
Sterling, They must have some sort of stack to release gas if they process soybean oil. Bill > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:07:37 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, di