Kind of a self-serving move by Purdue. Earhart was, at best, a mediocre
aviator whose notariety resulted more than anything else from an energetic
(often shameless) promotional effort captained by her husband -- George Putnam.
Whether she merits this honor on the basis of such manipulated
-9 degrees F (much colder wind chill) here in Wisconsin, but the seeing is
good. I had no difficulty finding and appreciating the comet in 7x50s tonight.
Once located, it proved to be a fairly easy naked-eye object as well (at least
prior to moonrise). Well worth a few shivers!
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I was suffering from a coffee shortage, too, and just now noticed that
Michael's email went to the list and not directly to Mr. Andes, as well.
Guess I'm just as glad of that.
Mark
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From: Michael Gilmer michael_w_gil...@yahoo.com
To: Mark Langenfeld mlan
No sweat, Michael. Someone (wiser than me) once said: the measure of a man
is not how many mistakes he makes, but how many he repeats.
Time to put this behind you (and us).
Mark
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From: Michael Gilmer michael_w_gil...@yahoo.com
To: Mark Langenfeld mlan
Unless he was the original thief (or a collaborator), he probably wouldn't
be exposed to theft charges anyway. Possession of or trafficking in stolen
property, maybe. Not sure how either Arizona or Wisconsin law would deal
with that, but I wouldn't say it's risk free.
Mark
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Dirk:
While I have heard nothing further, the linked maps suggest whatever
survived may have splashed into Georgian Bay.
Mark
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From: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:40 AM
Subject:
For Sale: Nice Belmont (H6) micro -- prepped by Russ at NEMS. $27.50 +
shipping.
Images available on request. Please respond off list.
Thanks,
Mark
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A much bigger object tonight than our last clear skies here two nights ago,
but a bit more diffuse and the yellow/orange color slightly less evident.
Still, it was a spectacular sight with a 32 mm eyepiece in my 8 SCT (62X),
with its distinctly stellar, point-like condensation in the center and
Can someone with clear skies give us a report tonight?
Thanks,
Mark
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Thanks, Bob. An interesting object, to be sure.
Mark
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From: Bob King [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mark Langenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes [17P], continued
Hi Mark,
Clear here in Duluth, Minn. 17P
Even with the extra-bright full moon and the usual urban light pollution,
17/P Holmes is a nice naked-eye object here in Madison, WI this evening.
The coma is suprisingly large and shows a bright, star-like condensation or
center through 7X50 binoculars. I agree with Jeff that color is
Ron:
Has there been any assessment of what risk such a hit would have posed had a space-suited astronaut been the "target" during an EVA?
Mark
>
> http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4848
>
> Atlantis suffered major MMOD hit
> By Chris Bergin
> nasaspaceflightnow.com
> October 4,
Yeah, but don't do it in the hand you use to handle your credit cards!
Mark
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From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A must for all
I note that Colby (Wisconsin) is not listed as an observed fall. It was
observed.
Thank ypou for your efforts.
Mark Langenfeld
Madison, WI
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25
Mine arrived yesterday.
Mark
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From: Walter Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine
Hi Bob,
Not yet.
-Walter
Hey, hey. Not to toot my own horn, but I'll take the cigar!
Mark
Howdy, all
I just finished a quick Raman analysis of Pete's meteorite, the one
with the purple inclusion in a sulfide. The short version - it's an
oxide weathering rind in a void in the sulfide. I don't recall who
Pete:
Given that you are looking into a small vug or cavity in the inclusion,
my best guess is you're looking at a thin, iridescent coating on the
face of a tiny euhedral troilite crystal. Such purple/blue iridescence
is relatively common in terrestrial pyrites/marcasites and other sulfide
I don't know how efficient Samritans Purse is, either. All I can say is
they continue to send bi-monthly solicitations to my late mother (who died
almost six years ago), despite at least a dozen notificationtions that the
addressee is deceased. We finally gave up, and the mailings continue.
Sorry, meant to say semi-monthly.
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Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans
I don't know
And on that note, guys, it's time to give it a rest. Please listen to
Bernd's wise counsel!
Mark
I have been corrected, clinton didnt take office till jan 2003. My
mistake,
sometimes my memory is not as good as I wish.
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Eighty-eight years ago today, a 104 kg. L6 was observed to fall on a warm,
humid July 4th evening in Colby, WI (celestial fireworks!). When recovered
shortly thereafter, the two main mass pieces were found to be covered with
frost.
Mark
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From: Sterling K. Webb
Bob is right, Steve. The glaciers brought down tons of magnetite from
the great iron deposits of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin and
Michigan's U.P. The stuff is all over; everything from pebbles to
boulders. And a lot of it weathers dark, looking a little bit like a
fusion crust.
Good luck,
I would like to contact the person who spoke for Marcin's slice of
BELMONT this morning. Please reply off list.
Thanks,
Mark
Madison, WI
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I suspect this will not come as news to most list members, but I wanted
to take just a moment to publicly salute Don Edwards as a true gentleman.
Thanks, Don!
Mark Langenfeld
Madison, WI
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What I'd like to see is a fall in Meteor Township, Sawyer County, WI.
What could be better than the Meteor meteorite?
Mark
Madison, WI
Hi Jeff,
Unique (Cuba)
Is there no Very Unique
I just realized the perfect name:
Enigma (Georgia, USA, a small town near Tifton; pop 869)
I have often wondered whether the enormous relict moraines from the last
glacial advances might not contain concentrations of meteorites which
fell on those vast ice fields. Such morainal debris has repeatedly
yielded up both gold and diamonds transported some distance from the
deposits from which
And, Ron, didn't one of the Rovers actually image a meteor earlier in
the mission?
Mark
Even though Mars has a thin atmosphere, ablation still occurs. That's
why all of our Mars landers have heat shields - so that they don't burn
up in the atmosphere during descent. Opportunity has
Dave:
I'm in Madison (but not an IMCA member). The UW Geology Library has a
copy of the Catalog in its collection.
Mark
P.S. If you're going to get lost (or even disoriented), Madison's not
a bad place to do it.
Dear List;
I have spoken in person to the geology department at Madison and
The rumor mill has it there was a new fall at 6 p.m. CST tonight in
Menominee County, WI. Sorry, no more details right now (although I
will note that, if true, hunting may be difficult -- the entire county
is an indian reservation).
Mark
Madison, WI
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Sounds like the rumor of a Menominee County fall may have legs.
Sawyer, Price, Lincoln, Langlade and Menominee Counties all lie along
a NW to SE line.
http://cbs2chicago.com/wisconsin
Lets get going people, I have to miss this one as I am leaving for
Middle
East Friday.
Someone go get
If anyone IS heading this way, be advised:
(1) Menominee County is a short distance northwest of Green Bay; and
(2) You might not want to fly through Chicago (where up to a foot of
new snow is forecast over the next 24 hours).
Good luck (and save a nice piece for me, too)!
Mark
Anyone who has researched the history of these fires knows how spurious
this theory likely is (at least as to the north woods blazes). There
were small slash fires burning throughout the north woods most of that
summer and early fall. The protracted drought and an intense weather
system with
Hello List,
I guess you all have seen those pictures coming from Mars at the
the Meridiani Planum/Opportunity site.
Embedded in, and eroding out of the bedrock in the sidewall of the
20 m crater where Opportunity is located, are those 5mm perfect
spherical stones.
Regards,
Bjørn
Thanks Bjorn. I missed Dr. Squyres comments. Certain terrestrial
limestones are oolitic, but it sounds as though JPL is looking for
evidence of so-called dropstones.
I wonder where the spheroids evident in the soil ABOVE the outcrop came
from. Perhaps younger sedimentary layers have already
It looks as though I will be missing out on Tucson for the first time in
ten years. The resulting pain would be considerably eased, however, if I
could locate and acquire a decent-sized (larger than micro) piece of
Trenton (III A), Washington Co., WI. Almost as good would be a Belmont
(H6),
There was talk not long ago that one of the safest and cheapest options
(balancing the inefficiencies of the old throw-away technology against
the enormous projected costs to bring a new prime mover to operational
status) would be to revive the tried-and-true Saturn VB launch vehicle
(with
Does a terrestrial ice signature in these megacryometeors necessarily
preclude an extraterrestrial source? From the half-baked lunchtime
musings department: Could the source of these objects be gradually
rentering ice fragments ejected to earth orbit from a major impact to a
deeply glaciated area
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Story from the Journal Sentinel Online
This story was sent from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online:
http://www.jsonline.com.
It was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Langenfeld) on 10/24/2003 2:39:06 PM
I think that was still in the era of photographic espionage satellites
(those that ejected film cannisters for reentry and subsequent recovery).
If eyewitness accounts have any credibility at all, the description of
one of the objects recovered by military personnel at the impact site (a
Very interesting. My wife and I heard what we
thought was distant thunder here in Madison, WI at about that time. As
rain was just starting to fall, we didn't give it much thought.
Mark
Madison, WI
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Just a thought,
Are there any close up images taken in the moments
before atmosphic entry showing a horizon view of
Jupiter's upper atmosphere, maybe showing the
cloudtops and the plantets curve against space?
This would be very
Yes, and is not Chicago called The Windy City ?
To me this strewnfield looks absolutely perfect, if not just a tad
scewed like (I think) by the wind.
Mike Farmer
I suspect the winds aloft data are still readily available. Has anyone
taken a look at this?
Mark
When I was a kid, I bought a one-square-inch Yukon gold mining claim
from Sgt. Preston (Quaker Oats?). Unfortunately, I misplaced
the official deed. But, no loss (other than sentimental value), as I
heard the claims were allowed to lapse in the '60s.
Mark
Dear List Members,
I found this
Some corkscrewing effects might also be caused by an aerodynamic
vortex in the wake of the meteorite (rather than by spinning or tumbling).
Mark
I think that a person took a famous photo of the
Pasamonte fireball as it was happening with a camera.
According to him, and Nininger who reported
involved. Whatever this stuff is, itseems associated with the fusion
crust. Others may want to more closely examine appropriate pieces for
similar occurrences.
Mark Langenfeld
Madison, WI
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Adam Hupe
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and appears to bequite
metaliferous.
By this I mean sulfides.
Mark
Gareth James, a science and divinity teacher at Porthmadoc Grammar
School
said the meteorite probably originated in the Van Allen belt - an
enormous
debris field made up of comets and small moons, about a hundred
million
miles from Earth.
Many meteors contain gold or diamonds, said Mr.
Or, even more succinctly: Flash ... Crash ... Dash ... Cash!!!
How 'bout this.
Big flashbig crashmuch confusionlots of cash.
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If anyone wants
to write a book on this fall and wants some stories that are
absolutely beyond belief (and want to spend a couple of hours on the
phone with me let me know). This has been, without a doubt the most
memorable four days of my life. Good night.
Thanks for the thoughtful
Jeez, if I have to send all my money for one of these micros, the
price-per-gram has REALLY gone up!!
;^)
Mark
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Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] home address
To
I suspect the mass of the individual stone plays a big part in how warm it
gets. Bigger pieces would not warm as quickly or as much because there is
more thermal inertia to overcome. It is well documented that the Colby
(WI) meteorites (which were recovered quickly after the fall) were deeply
Hello List,
After doing some additional research and making a few phone calls, it
appears that BIG STEVE is not only correct, but is credited for
breaking
the news to our List.
I know that several of our dauntless meteorite hunters are either on
location or in route.
Lots of news and
This appeared in several of the local news stories.
Mark
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb -
Illinois - STONES RECOVERED
who is
I just saw the WGN news piece tonight, and the array of stuff on display was
... well ... breathtaking! Also prominent was Adam Hupe, who had set up shop
with his gram scale (and, presumably, a big wad of cash) in the Park Forest
PD parking lot. It looked like there were quite a few finders lined
If it was Saturday night, I'd try to make the trip.
Regrets,
Mark
We have 6 people coming to the ILLINOIS Meteorite Bash. Are there any
more?Last call before the fun starts.
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Thanks, Dave. They turned out, and I can see why you like it. Maybe I'll be
as lucky someday.
Mark
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From: Dave Schultz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Trenton, Wisconsin
Greetings list
Here is my annual plea for Wisconsin material. I am in good shape on
Colby, but all other falls/finds are of interest. Micros are OK (except
for Trenton and Belmont, which I already have in that size). Good
provenance only, please.
Please reply off-list if you can help. Many thanks.
Mark
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More important, is the radiant anywhere near being above the local
horizon at that time?
Mark
Hello anybody,
2003 Mar. 1.912 +/- 0.010 UT
What is that PST?
PST = UTC - 8 hours.
Ron B.
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What a HOOT!
Thanks, Rand!
Mark
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites RAP Style
Meteorites are Cool RAP Style
I was chill'n on da lawn neath a
Paul:
Held liable? On what basis?
If people in the meteorite community are making such threats, it is a
sad day indeed!
Mark
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