[meteorite-list] Contest: Win a Meteorite and more!

2012-08-26 Thread Shawn Alan
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Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Stuff That Falls From the Sky

2012-08-26 Thread Richard Montgomery
I heard of blue balls back in high-school.but yellow balls, falling from the sky I don't even want to go there. - Original Message - From: "Paul H." To: Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange Stuff That Falls From the Sky Meteorites a

Re: [meteorite-list] Fall champion

2012-08-26 Thread bill kies
Wow, tough set of parameters. I can't imagine anyone being lucky enough to witness multiple falls. Maybe one of our Moroccan friends has had this pleasure? > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:01:47 -0400 > From: jngross...@gmail.com > To: meteorite-list@meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Stuff That Falls From the Sky

2012-08-26 Thread Stuart McDaniel
That's rough when blue-balls fall from the sky!! * Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society IMCA #9052 Sirius Meteorites Node35 - Sentinel All Sky http://spacerocks.weebly.com * -Original Message---

[meteorite-list] Strange Stuff That Falls From the Sky

2012-08-26 Thread Paul H.
Meteorites are not the only things that fall from the sky. Leicester couple pelted by raining yellow plastic balls (A husband and wife have been left puzzled after hundreds of tiny yellow plastic balls rained in their garden.) BBC News, August 21, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leices

[meteorite-list] New fall in Nevada? Specifics?

2012-08-26 Thread Pat Brown
Hi to all of the Listoids this Sunday afternoon,  Is there any more detail about the possible Nevada fall? (I have checked out Dirk's page already, not enough data yet) Thank You,         Pat Brown  __ Visit t

Re: [meteorite-list] Fall champion

2012-08-26 Thread Jeff Grossman
Eyes, as in eye-witness. Sorry. I would, however, be impressed if you were sitting at a radar console and saw the signal in real time! On 8/26/2012 6:58 PM, Marc Fries wrote: Depends on whether you're relying on an old-fashioned or new-fangled definition to the phrase "witnessed to fall". I

Re: [meteorite-list] Fall champion

2012-08-26 Thread Marc Fries
Depends on whether you're relying on an old-fashioned or new-fangled definition to the phrase "witnessed to fall". I haven't seen any falls with my own eyes, but I've "seen" 5-6 meteorite falls on weather radar within minutes or hours of each fall. Sutter's Mill, Mifflin, Grimsby, Lorton, "Ash

[meteorite-list] The Kuiper Belt at 20: Paradigm Changes in Our Knowledge of the Solar System

2012-08-26 Thread Ron Baalke
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspective.php?page=piPerspective_08_24_2012 The PI's Perspective The Kuiper Belt at 20: Paradigm Changes in Our Knowledge of the Solar System Alan Stern August 24, 2012 New Horizons remains healthy and on course, now more than 24 times as far from the Sun as

Re: [meteorite-list] Fall champion

2012-08-26 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Hi Jeff, Very good question. I'm curious as well. Another good stat would be "shooting percentage" or "batting average" - in other words, how many trips/expeditions overall versus number of times coming home empty handed. And, who would be the "luckiest" - most rare types found or most outstand

[meteorite-list] Fall champion

2012-08-26 Thread Jeff Grossman
Who out there is the luckiest person when it comes to being in the right place at the right time? How many recovered meteorite falls have you (A) witnessed to fall or (B) have fallen within, say, 30 km of your location at the time of fall? My fall number (A+B) is a pathetic 0+1=1. I wonder wh

[meteorite-list] The August issue of Meteorite Times is now up

2012-08-26 Thread Paul Harris
Dear List, The August issue of Meteorite Times is now up. The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine View, Mobile PDF, and Print on Demand version. http://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/ This page has an easy way to view all of the "Mag View" issues in the "

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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-08-26 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 7303 Contributed by: Rob Lenssen http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteorite