[meteorite-list] Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit

2015-10-29 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4751 Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 26, 2015 Dawn Mission Status Report NASA's Dawn spacecraft fired up its ion engine on Friday, Oct. 23, to begin its journey toward its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf

Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

2015-10-29 Thread Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you! It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU and now UNM. You have done an amazing

Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

2015-10-29 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
Thanks for the kind words Ruben! I just came across this excerpt from Lincoln LaPaz's (founder of IOM) "Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory". It is as true today as it was when the IOM was founded in 1944! "Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with

Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

2015-10-29 Thread Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
Hi Carl, I think I'll keep this Lincoln LaPaz quote near next time I take part in a meteorite documentary, or TV show. "Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in armchairs." On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:17

[meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

2015-10-29 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico

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2015-10-29 Thread cbo via Meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-10-29 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Unclassified Contributed by: Gourgues Denis http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=10/29/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] 'Zunhua' is now officially approved and registered as Xinglongquan

2015-10-29 Thread karmaka via Meteorite-list
Dear list members, 'Zunhua' is now officially approved and registered as Xinglongquan   http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=62494 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at