Twenty seconds? Sounds like re-entry debris. Anyone else?
too short in duration for re-entry debris...
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When we look at the smoke trail or meteor train from the Russian
fireball, what we're seeing is fine meteor dust lit up by the sun,
correct? Is there a water vapor component as well?
Thank you for your responses.
Bob
Bob, I don't know about any water vapor trail, but I bet there's a big
Anyone have a SWAG on what would create the abundant white cloud trail
(other than ice) to the extreme extent that we see???
My guess that a lot of that material is a blend of various ionized air
molecules and dust particles from the asteroid itself.
GeoZay
Rivera said he took an oath not to tell what they saw for fear that
rogue meteorite hunters — eager to sell galactic collectibles on eBay
— might pounce on new potential meteorite locations and rob scientists'
ability to research more rocks.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but from
Oh boythat's really something.
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It does indeed look like jasper.
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Nice chunk of Jasper worth about U.S. $10.00!
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Well...all I got to say is that me and a mackeral have something in
common. :O)
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Just released an hour ago. Picture of water on Mars
.
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still be paying for it. :O)
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or something similar.
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My wife just found a copperhead under her foot. All this talk about
rattle snake and this one didn't rattle.
Copperhead? I'm not aware of copperheads in California. I've never heard
of any here and I've lived here nearly 66 years. Perhaps you are thinking of
the non lethal gopher snake
George: you are right, the gopher snake and the king snake can both look
pretty imposing and are typically run over by misinformed motorists.
Those snakes do a lot to get rid of rodents, etc. Now I was born here
over 67 years ago, but must confess that I spent a few years in Grad
school
Just notice i made an error...I said that we killed king snakes because of
neighborhood kidsI meant to say rattlesnakes. We would never kill a
king snake.
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George: you are right, the gopher
. Perhaps the heat might be
bad during the day, but cool at night. If you wait till say around November
or early december, the grass might start growing again...depending upon
how early the rains start up. Usually that starts up anywhere between late
October and the end of december.
GeoZay
What may appear to be the lack of business in the Coloma/Lotus Park area
now, turns into a zoo during the summer months. The rafters take over the
area...especially in the vicinity of Lotus Park. As for Placerville, I always
dread passing thru that car/people congested area. If you have
A blimp and zeppelin are the same to me...I prefer blimp simply because
its easier to say and there's just one syllable to mess with. :O)
GeoZay
Big difference! Stop calling it a blimp please!
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If I said that, people that I normally talk to won't know what I'm talking
about. If I use the word blimp, folks would know what I'm talking about
whether I should have said zeppelin or blimp.
geozay
Then just call it a Zep as many stamp collectors do
if I wanted to go into more detail, I'd use the more precise words.
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. Then
there's good potential. A dry washer might be worthwhile if you dig in an area
that is dry. I still got my dry wash, but its a lot of hard work to use
it. Not as fun as dredging.
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Out of curiosity, can someone tell me which direction the meteor was
traveling that produced the Sutter Mill meteorites? Was it going roughly from
Coloma, Ca towards Rocklin, or the opposite? I never been able to get that
pinned down
GeoZay
Thanks Rob, you helped me out a lot. When the meteor first entered the
atmosphere, I was hearing a variety of interpretations. The one that puzzled
me the most was a report that it had exploded over the town of
Snelling...which is about 20 or so miles northeast of Merced, CA.
GeoZay
that the fragile material it was made up of survived to the lower
reaches of the atmosphere.
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Well...I spent two days out in the Coloma and Lotus Park area searching
for the illusive Sutter Mill meteorite. I was there on the 25th with some
light rain showers to deal with. The heavier rain occurred the next day I
understand. Then I went yesterday the 30th. I had no luck with both
Coloma...that's where gold was discovered in California...Sutters Mill and
all. :O) Anyhow, I've driven thru Coloma many times and the general area.
Its very hilly...actually mountainous with lots of vegetation...lots and
lots of poison oak.
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In a message dated 4/24/2012 11:02:35 A.M
If you get 20 Lyrids per hour, you are doing great...but I think
realistically you should expect something like 10 to 15/hour at the highest
hour.
Good luck and all...
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In a message dated 4/14/2012 11:48:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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I plan to use my
It looks normal to me also
GeoZay
In a message dated 3/11/2012 3:15:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
marco.langbr...@wanadoo.nl writes:
Op 11-3-2012 06:41, Pete Pete schreef:
Interesting!
For the past two days every post notification is showing as from
(Unknown);
Thread heading
SterlingI make the perfect expert for this dispute because I
am not a frontiersman and know nothing about lions,
cougars, pards, and whatnot. Knowing nothing, I
was forced to GoogleStorm the question of mountain
lion shoe-size.
Well after going over what Sterling dug up, it would seem that
They were about 2.5-3 inches across, or a little small than
the center of the palm of my hand.
That's pretty small size print for the typical large cats such as a
mountain lion and its relatives. In the Cuyamaca area in San Diego county, its
mountain lion central. I use to have an
George, Whether you believe the encounter was a big cat or a pussy
cat, is your prerogative, but please don't make me out to be seeing
something SCARY and overestimating it's size. It truly was larger than
my dog, (Labrador retriever).
Well Eric...if you are sticking to the cat you
) ?
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they are separate.
About half of the radiants appear to be from Auriga / Perseus.
Is anyone else seeing this? Very active night
How fast do they appear? Are you sure these aren't Orionids?
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with were a lot smarter than this. :O)
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I think there is also a batch of people doing their meteorite thing over
on Geoff Notkins Club Space Rock website.
GeoZay
I think people are migrating over to Facebook.
Eric
On 8/17/2011 2:50 PM, Ted
Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and
Neil Armstrong were.
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Yes but why is it 'a legal one' now as opposed to 30 years ago?
Would Statue of Limitations apply here?
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Spoke to several people from Creston and Area who have confirmed
hearing and
seeing the meteor hitting Kootenay Lake...
I haven't been following this, but was this at night? If so, then it must
have made one heck of a splash to be able to see it hit the lake.
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a rainstorm and might other-wise go
unnoticed.
It seems to me that to hear loud sonics within about 5 seconds after the
bright lite appearance, is rather too short of a period to be meteorite
related. It could be I guess, but it just seems too short.
GeoZay
Apparent speed
was above Mach 6, perhaps higher, since the total period of
observation was approximate 2 minutes--the object crossed half the
sky.
Based on this reported duration, it sounds more like re-entering space
debris than a meteor.
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.. Or 'I'm
in a serious situation and need to be rescued.
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watered
down or omitted.
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The Letter to the Editor referred to was, of course, edited.
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, Baby, Drill for
quite some while.
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Eric...for some reason, the figure of about 9,000 mph sticks in my head as
the point of retardation. I don't know where to resource that figure to
see if its right or not...but I think its close.
geozay
George jut brought up a good point and I have a question. The speed
of
sound
Ablation ceases at 3-4 km/s (about Mach 10), and this is about where the
meteoroid becomes invisible. For a typical meteorite, it will rapidly lose
this remaining velocity and enter nearly vertical dark flight.
Thanks Chris...When math gets beyond my ten fingers and ten toes, I get
I see Angrites... I see Angrites...
It's amazing how similar it looks to the moon.
Awesome picture
There appears to be a major dis-similar feature to me...Mercury seems to
lack any of the Mare's.
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I'd be very interested to know if people beyond the heavy end of these
falls heard the sonic boom?
Does anybody know of a fireball fall and recovery where there were NO
sonic booms?
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Thanks for the replies. It sounds like a sonic boom my be a determining
factor in recovering meteorites and which fireballs to chase.
Yep...that's what I've been saying for yearsIf no booms...save
yourself the wear and tear.
GeoZay
or booms
Thanks Frank...never knew there were any sizable meteorites recovered from
falls without any sonic booms reported. I bet there were some for those
above, but there probably weren't people in the right places to hear it.
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the ground end up being rather small meteorites? This because a small
meteorite will be slowed down rather quickly higher up. The larger meteorites
having more momentum to carry it on down to the lower atmosphere will still
have a velocity fast enuf to produce the big thunder like sonics?
GeoZay
for a sonic boom to reach the ground.
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...Bolide flight direction was
WNW to ESE, as triangulated from the Oklahoma City Sentinel
camera, and Thomas Ashcraft's Albuquerque camera. (I'm still
trying to make sense of the Hawley, TX, camera -- it doesn't
appear to be oriented with north exactly at the bottom.)
There's a camera
Dear List,
We have a major green fireball event with fragmentation:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/03/breaking-news-major-texas-green.html
This put rocks on the ground!
Dirk Ross...Tokyo
The more reports on this event I read on this website, the more I'm
...Bolide flight direction was
WNW to ESE, as triangulated from the Oklahoma City Sentinel
camera, and Thomas Ashcraft's Albuquerque camera. (I'm still
trying to make sense of the Hawley, TX, camera -- it doesn't
appear to be oriented with north exactly at the bottom.)
There's a camera in
Speaking of the Surgeon General...she famously got it wrong during a
national press conference yeaterday by stating we could stock up on IODIDE
crystals. Makes me shudder.
Isn't that what powers a Galaxy Class vessel in star trek...or is that
another kind of class?
GeoZay
I personally appreciate the instructions guys...
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Hi Dennis and List,
You and I probably have very big forearms and hands - like genetic
freaks or mutated super heroes. LOL
Well put Count.
GeoZay
In a message dated 3/17/2011 9:52:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
countde...@earthlink.net writes:
Easy Dirk. People are dying all over the globe. For the past week..it is
your friends and neighbors in Japan... at the hands of nature. Yesterday,
today and tomorrow
Well...this is way off topic, but since this is my very first AD of any
kind to this list, I think I'm good for one shot here considering all the
other abuses. :O) I just want to say that I began a couple weeks ago selling
off my natural gold nugget collection on ebay. My seller name is
an ordinary rock and it would probably hurt more.
:O)
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The California one seems to have generated a good bit of reports (15 so
far).
In regards as to it being a potential meteorite dropping meteor, the
following words 2 seconds, Fast and 6:45 am in the reports all work against
this
possibility.
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of these thin slices over on ebay and was immediately
turned off by not knowing what the weights were. I felt like I was being
told that the naked emperor's new clothes covered him up nicely.
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, is there some
kind of hidden fee I'll get stuck with for the extra 2 days? I figure
there's bound to be someone on this list that has crossed this path. Being the
tightwad I am, I'm just trying to find out if this is another way ebay dings
you. If it is, I just want to see it coming. :O)
GeoZay
I think there is a small fee for a 10 day listing, but all listings
from 3 to 7 days cost the same.
Okay...I got several responses and they all say basically the same thing.
I appreciate the prompt feedback guys. No need for any further responses
from others...unless its radically
whats a super bolide?
GeoZay
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Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy!
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In years past, I'd see a fair number of green meteors...mostly with the
bright one's. Once I went thru my records and noted the colors. I believe I
recorded more greens with the Geminids than any other shower.
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epmaj
than
-3. I also sometimes think of a Bolide as being a fireball that has produced
a sonic boom as well.
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Actually, I believe its about 5 seconds per mile... 3600 seconds per
hour divided by 750 miles per hour.
I believe that's at sea level...what would the speed of sound be at about
20 - 25 miles up?
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other witnesses at other locations. This might be the source of apparent
multiple meteors being reported.
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of a speed for a meteor
to be seen at an incandescent phase. I wonder how he came about his
estimation?
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. Then a glowing meteor all the way
to the ground would have to be quite large...like several tons or more
maybe? Like I said previously, I don't know what was discussed or claimed by
the
observer to give much of an input.
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Any reported sonic booms? The reports I'm reading seems to lack this
little tidbit of important news for meteorite hunters.
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until the
meteoroid hits the ground, burns up completely or slows sufficiently til it
no
longer causes incandescence and begins to air cool.
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cool the outside skin quite
quickly. The meteorite at this period would be cold on the inside and
getting cold on the thin skin outside.
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with
the mouth, but use a suction device. Don't cut across the fang marks and
get to a doctors care ASAP. Those are probably the major things in regards to
snake bite.
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in a meteorite.
The picture was made under cross polarized light with shadowing technic.
It is a matrix cluster of 6 x 5 pictures.
It kinda reminds me of large hail stones that clump and cluster together.
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Does anyone have any personal use experience of a PLB (Personal Locator
Beacon)? Some places meteorite hunters go do not have cell phone coverage
My wife is an avid back packer. I often don't go on these hikes, but I
still worry about where she's at and her status when she hikes. So we
April and sent signals
every day which I received. So it apparently works from there. :O)
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None of these look like any missile launch I've ever seen here in
California. These are all no doubt aircraft contrails. All the missile
contrails
I've seen around here take up most of the northwestern sky and have very
pronounced zig zags of all colors.
GeoZay
Compare the four images
Copernicus was Polish.
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in Germany until he was
kicked out by the Germans before WWII? Probably not a very smart move.
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Ok then - how about a Radio Transmission. I would assume we are doing
this. What would we send?
How about all the re-runs of I Love Lucy?
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Hi all...just got back from my 9 day canoe trip on the Green River in Utah
and found this interesting thread. So...here's my list of hobbies...
1) Ten years of serious meteor observing...don't do it now.
2) Scenic and Still Life Photography...Very active about 30 years
ago...took a break
with a trajectory much shallower than 45 degrees. Logically.
I don't know, but I wonder if the shape of the terrain upon
impact(hills/gulleys etc) or perhaps a varied pattern of rock strength
underground could
have had some influence to the craters shape?
GeoZay
...
I think the meteor timing of what you saw were nothing more than a
coincidence. Sometimes this happens.
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One that doesn't snarl nor bite
Broken glass I would feed
And diamonds it would sh...
Oh we got lots of those kinds of poets in this country. They often write
their words of wit on bathroom stalls.
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how many coins you need,
and, presto... :-)
Coins huh? Well, I guess that beats dropping bricks. Which whenever I did
something wrong, that's what I ended up doing.
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moon probe that sat on the moon for a few years before an Apollo
manned moon landing happened nearby. The astronauts removed surveyors
camera and brought it back and virus that was attached to the insides of the
camera were revived.
GeoZay
A POLL - Do you Believe in Aliens?
Does the question mean, do you believe in aliens that have found it's way
to earth, or do you believe that life exists somewhere else in the
universe?
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are relatively slow, they often are bright and break
up
a lot, I don't see very many with persistent trains though. Being a
fireball could make an exception.
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I have an end cut of an uNWA chondrite which smelled like urine when
cut.
It might have been on a camel trail?
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That got me thinking; What is the largest sphere in the world made from
meteoritic material?
Earth...
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Mike...that's Information much appreciated.
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with it
knocking it down. When the third piece caught up with the second it glanced
off at
about a 60 degree angle upward and went back into space. The 2nd piece
also continued on in space. Only the first piece fell to earth.
:O)
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Me I think I see a house, half a man and a pig
SterlingI see a condo, half a pig, and two men eating BBQ...
One of us must be nuts. :O)
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kind of pink stuff. These went into the land fill as fast as I could
crack them open.
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believe in fairies, I believe
in fairies :O)
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Son, when your IQ approaches mine, then we will argue
I just hope its not a negative number. :O)
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Yes, it works!!!
I clearly see a bird!
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_0/10881448422Eq7CX.jpg
Amazing, isn't it?
Martin
Now isn't that just ducky?
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