Re: [meteorite-list] Charon

2015-07-16 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi all - I may be mistaken, but it looks to me like Charon was peppered with roughly 30 meter cometissimals like those perhaps responsible for the 5 kiloton air blasts that occurred at Rio Curaca and Rupunini in the last century. Good hunting, E.P.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-07-16 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Canyon Diablo Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=07/16/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] New writeup from CosmicCon 2015

2015-07-16 Thread Martin Goff via Meteorite-list
Hi all, I have just uploaded a writeup and some photos from our recent BIMS meteorite display at CosmicCon 2015 - A space event held in Manchester, UK with Apollo astronauts and our very own Meteorite Men as special guests. )We had a blast! :-)

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: July 15, 2015

2015-07-16 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES July 15, 2015 o Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_040811_2410 Seasonal frost commonly forms at middle and high latitudes on Mars, much like winter snow on Earth. o Potential Active Processes in Porter

[meteorite-list] From Mountains to Moons: Multiple Discoveries from NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission

2015-07-16 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
July 15, 2015 RELEASE 15-152 From Mountains to Moons: Multiple Discoveries from NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by the NASA's New Horizons team, just one day

[meteorite-list] ( AD) meteorites for sale

2015-07-16 Thread steve arnold via Meteorite-list
Hi again list I have a few nice meteorites for sale if interested. All are with free shipping world wide, except india, Italy and Russia. So here goes. ___ 1. Nwa

[meteorite-list] NASA to Release New Pluto Images, Science Findings at July 17 NASA TV Briefing

2015-07-16 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
July 16, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-109 NASA to Release New Pluto Images, Science Findings at July 17 NASA TV Briefing [Image] This new image of an area on Pluto's largest moon Charon has a captivating feature -- a depression with a peak in the middle, shown here in the upper left corner of the