[meteorite-list] Eagle Station, L(LL)3, CM 1/2 - $1.99 Auctions with NO RESERVE! Ending Soon

2015-05-28 Thread Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
See them here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/mr-meteorite/m.html?item=321764971565ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AITrt=nc_trksid=p2047675.l2562 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ Visit our Facebook page

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk--OT

2015-05-28 Thread John Lutzon via Meteorite-list
Thank you Jason, Francesco, I wasn't sure of when the KE was released and/or what it was capable of. All best, John - Original Message - From: Jason Utas To: John Lutzon Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk--OT When meteorites fragment, they

[meteorite-list] Dawn Spirals Closer to Ceres, Returns a New View

2015-05-28 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4605 Dawn Spirals Closer to Ceres, Returns a New View Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 28, 2015 A new view of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 23, shows finer detail is becoming visible on the dwarf planet. The spacecraft snapped the

[meteorite-list] NASA to Hold Media Call to Discuss Surprising Observations of Pluto's Moons

2015-05-28 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
May 28, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-085 NASA to Hold Media Call to Discuss Surprising Observations of Pluto's Moons NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 3, to discuss the Hubble Space Telescope's surprising observations of how Pluto's moons behave, and how

[meteorite-list] Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion

2015-05-28 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4606 Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 28, 2015 [Image] This false-color view of Hyperion was obtained during Cassini's closest flyby of Saturn's odd, tumbling moon on Sept. 26, 2005. Image credit:

[meteorite-list] So Far, All Clear: New Horizons Team Completes First Search for Pluto System Hazards

2015-05-28 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150528 So Far, All Clear: New Horizons Team Completes First Search for Pluto System Hazards May 28, 2015 NASA's New Horizons team has analyzed the first set of hazard-search images of the Pluto system taken by the approaching

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update : 20 Desert Meteorites, K type, C3, Achon-Ung, Martian, and others.

2015-05-28 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Hi Bulletin Watchers, There are 20 new approvals from hot deserts around the world. Two are from the USA (Misfit Flat), and the remainder are from Oman, Tunisia, and the NWA DCA. There are several type-3's, achondrites, a Martian, and other interesting types. Notably, there is a rare K-type

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-05-28 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 6704 Contributed by: Anne Black http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=05/28/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] R: Chelyabinsk--OT

2015-05-28 Thread Francesco Moser via Meteorite-list
Hello John! On Wikipedia you can find some interesting data about the energy released: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor But remember that 500kt is the total kinetic energy of the meteoroid/asteroid. Most of this energy was absorbed by atmosphere and released in heat and light,

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk as a model for Tunguska

2015-05-28 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi all - Perhaps modeling the fall of the fragments remaining after the airburst at Chelyabinsk may provide some estimate as to the location of the landing site of any fragments left after the Tunguska airburst. Even if most of the Tunguska impactor turned to fine dust, perhaps some lof it