Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-09 Thread MexicoDoug
Montgomery rickm...@earthlink.net; baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 11:15 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? Doug, Richard, List,    Most satellites whose mass ratio (compared

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-08 Thread MexicoDoug
...@sbcglobal.net; rickm...@earthlink.net; baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 12:53 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? Hi Sterling,    For your run of the mill asteroid and some random impact, that would

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-08 Thread Richard Montgomery
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? Hi Sterling, For your run of the mill asteroid and some random impact, that would be a pretty good summary ... But personally, I think in the case of Vesta is anything but run of the mill

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-08 Thread MexicoDoug
: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net; baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.comSent: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 8:10 pmSubject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?Hi Sterling, Doug and List...  My query concerns what we'll find pending whether

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-08 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Message - From: Richard Montgomery rickm...@earthlink.net To: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net; baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? Hi

[meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/06jul_vestamoon/ Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? NASA Science News July 6, 2011 July 6, 2011: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on Vesta, and from now until the ion-powered spacecraft goes into orbit in mid-July, every picture

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread Michael Murray
I would bet the excitement is really starting to build for the people working on this mission. Shouldn't be long now until they can figure out what Vesta is made up of. Congratulations to everyone involved. Mike in CO On Jul 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Ron Baalke wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread MexicoDoug
: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? I would bet the excitement is really starting to build for the people working on this mission. Shouldn't be long now until they can figure out what Vesta is made up of. Congratulations to everyone involved.    Mike in CO    On Jul 7, 2011, at 11

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread Richard Montgomery
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:07 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/06jul_vestamoon/ Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? NASA Science News July 6, 2011 July 6, 2011: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on Vesta

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread Sterling K. Webb
List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? List, Considering the possible plausibility of a pending companion 'moon' orbiting Vesta (or two???); and considering Mexico Doug's last contribution

Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon?

2011-07-07 Thread MexicoDoug
sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net To: Richard Montgomery rickm...@earthlink.net; Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Jul 7, 2011 10:54 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon? Given Vesta's relatively low