[meteorite-list] AD-Auctions Ending-Thank you for looking

2015-11-03 Thread Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
Dear List Members, I have some nice pieces of NWA 5000 lunar meteorite ending at auction in a few hours. I also have Qty 80 new black display easels ending at auction for about 1/4th what I paid for them. Link to all auctions: http://www.ebay.com/sch/merchant/ancientechoesartifacts Qty 80,

[meteorite-list] Radar Images Provide New Details on Halloween Asteroid (2015 TB145)

2015-11-03 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4763 Radar Images Provide New Details on Halloween Asteroid Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 3, 2015 [Images] Asteroid 2015 TB145 is depicted in eight individual radar images collected on Oct. 31, 2015 between 5:55 a.m. PDT (8:55 a.m. EDT) and

[meteorite-list] Very Bright Fireball Over Europe on Halloween Night

2015-11-03 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/11/01/halloween_fireball_bright_meteor_over_europe.html Very Bright Fireball Over Europe Saturday Night By Phil Plait November 1, 2015 Saturday night (Halloween) at around 19:00 local time, a smallish bit of cosmic debris entered Earth's

[meteorite-list] Mystery Object to Reenter Earth's Atmosphere (WT1190F)

2015-11-03 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/mystery-object-to-reenter-earths-atmosphere-1103201534/ Mystery Object to Reenter Earth's Atmosphere David Dickinson Sky & Telescope November 3, 2015 WT1190F will burn up over the Indian Ocean on November 13th, giving researchers an

[meteorite-list] CubeSats To An Asteroid (AIM)

2015-11-03 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-cubesats-asteroid.html CubeSats to an asteroid phys.org November 3, 2015 The five CubeSat concepts to be studied to accompany ESA's proposed Asteroid Impact Mission into deep space have been selected. The ideas being looked at include taking a

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2015-11-03 Thread Mezgouri Fayssal via Meteorite-list
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Re: [meteorite-list] Changes in radiants over time

2015-11-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list
E.P., List, Most of this is straight from the Wikipedia; it's just the basics, but they say it so well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower#Radiant_point Meteor "streams" are dust and particles shed by comets and strung out along the comet's orbit. Some of these orbits intersect

[meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite tonight in CA

2015-11-03 Thread C.G. via Meteorite-list
About 645pm, PST, a 8 second low-level meteorite was spotted. Low in the sky at about 20 degrees, first seen due east, looking from Petaluma, CA to Sonoma, CA. The streak had a well-lit long tail, and, proceeded WNW- NW for about 7-8 seconds, and fizzled out. May have been big enough for entry,

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-11-03 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Canyon Diablo Contributed by: Shawn Alan http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=11/04/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Changes in radiants over time

2015-11-03 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
HI all - This author, Bard Marsden, is claiming that the radiant of the Taurid Meteor Stream has drifted over the millenia: https://sites.google.com/site/fromthedeepoceanabove/ Based on the mythological evidence he has assembled, this may be likely, but what would be the mechanics involved?