Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Preps for

2005-07-03 Thread Manoj Pai
Some mMore details on webcast from different scopes and observatories are available at this link http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050701_deep_impact_web.html Manoj Pai --- Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Will there be live television coverage of this > like the Shoemaker-Levy 9 >

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 4th of July/nice weekend

2005-07-03 Thread E. L. Jones
A Hardy Good Morning to you and yours, Mr. Steve and may you have a great one also! To our friends from GB-- Reay Sorry 'bout that unique method of tea brewing in Boston, ya know. Again, to our best friends in the UK and all around the world Independence twas the one of the truly sere

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 4th of July/nice weekend

2005-07-03 Thread Bob Evans
Jason, Aren't you like fourteen years old? I met your father in Tucson, he's a very intelligent person. Why don't you ask his opinion of this Meteorite/ Steve Arnold list debacle? I know Steve probably better than most here on the list. I met with him frequently for trades and such. He lives r

[meteorite-list] Ebay auctions ended soon

2005-07-03 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
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[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Successfully Releases Impactor

2005-07-03 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-108 DC Agle (818) 393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dolores Beasley (202) 358-1753 NASA Headquarters, Washington Lee Tune (301) 405-4679 University of Maryland, College Park 2005-108 Deep Impact Status Report July 03,

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 4th of July/nice weekend

2005-07-03 Thread batkol
respecting other list members wishes, regardless of their age, about how and when they post to the list or to private mailboxes should be the number one priority for this list's member's. if Jason had wanted us all to read his email, he would have sent it to the list Bob. His age has no bearin

[meteorite-list] Sssstttteeeeve

2005-07-03 Thread Dave Harris
Bob, I have to say that I think your response to Jason Utas was not very appropriate or correct and should not have been made public. Did Jason give you express permission to send his email to the Metlist? regs dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org _

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy 4th of July/nice weekend

2005-07-03 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Susan and all, I'll second Susan's suggestion. I know you are wanting to learn more about meteorites and if you can throw out some ideas as to what areas you would like to learn more about I'll put together some topics and perhaps a thread will start. Perhaps others can chime in here and sh

[meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June.

2005-07-03 Thread Manoj Pai
There was a fresh meteorite fall in Bhuka village in Sindhari District, Rajasthan in India on 26th June 2005. This stone has been recovered and is now in the posssession of DIG Police. The Geological Survey of India (Govt Deptt) has claimed it. So far only one stone weighing 2.5 kg has been recover

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, About HOT ROCKS from space, the glowing meteorites of legend and bad movies, consider the meteoroid, still in flight immediately after it has reached the stagnation point where air resistance slows it to a subsonic crawl or even a near-stop before it then speeds up again in free fall towar

Re: [meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June.

2005-07-03 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello Manoj Impossible to have type Kendrapara? Matteo --- Manoj Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > There was a fresh meteorite fall in Bhuka village in > Sindhari District, Rajasthan in India on 26th June > 2005. This stone has been recovered and is now in > the > posssession of DIG Police

Re: [meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June.

2005-07-03 Thread Manoj Pai
Sorry Matteo, I am unable to understand your question. (a) Did you mean to ask that if it was close to Kendrapara? Kendrapara fell in Orissa State in 2003, which is in the Easter part of India. This one fell in Sindhari, in Rajasthan which is in the North Western Region of India. (b) Did you me

Re: [meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June.

2005-07-03 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I have say its impossible have a piece of this meteorite type when is fall Kendrapara where the people have say any piece of the meteorite arrive in the collections of private persons? I remember a person is go direct in India for take pieces but its return with nothig after have lose many $

[meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June

2005-07-03 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Manoj, Matteo, and List, > There was a fresh meteorite fall in Bhuka village in Sindhari > District, Rajasthan in India on 26th June 2005... So far only > one stone weighing 2.5 kg has been recovered. Thank you, Manoj for letting us know. This would be #2 for the Rajasthan region. Maybe ano

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story

2005-07-03 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Sterling and all, Good post on the hot and cold issue. It's my believe that most meteorites are cool to the touch when they fall. However and as in life there are always exceptions. Apparently the Portales Valley New Mexico fall had specimens that were hot to the touch. One of these meteori

[meteorite-list] volcanic accretionary lapilli vs impact accretionary lapilli

2005-07-03 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, I have recently returned home and have collected volcanic accretionary lapilli from Taiwan and shocked quartz from Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines. Anyone interested in ephotos please let me know. Impact researchers interested in accretionary lapilli and shocked quartz may cont

[meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch? - A Re-post

2005-07-03 Thread bernd . pauli
AL wrote: > Years ago on the list we had the hot/cold debate. People have > pointed out a number of exceptions of meteorites being hot. 01) The Binningup meteorite was recovered within a few minutes of the fall and was reported to have been warm to the touch. 02) Cabin Creek: Three hours af

[meteorite-list] AD: Auctions ending

2005-07-03 Thread Dave Schultz
Greetings. I have a few rare desert eucrite auctions ending tonight and tomorrow night if anyone might be interested. Sorry for the spam on a Holiday weekend! Daveindy1996 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yaho

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch? - A Re-post

2005-07-03 Thread Chris Peterson
Warm is one thing- it is quite easy for a mass in space at around 1 AU to be warm- it is sitting in full sunlight, after all, and has no efficient way to get rid of heat. But I'm not buying stories about stones on the ground being incandescent, or even too hot to touch. Obviously, cool is most l

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story

2005-07-03 Thread Chris Peterson
Sterling- I'm trying to imagine what kind of dynamics could cause a meteoroid to actually slow down and then speed up again. The force of Earth's gravity only increases as the stone falls. Short of a skipping event, I can't come up with a case where you would see anything other than a monotoni

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi! MexicoDoug sent me off-list (very nice of him) a correction about the notion of the silly "temperature of space" notion (see below), but I don't mind taking my licks in public and, though I didn't ask him, I hope he doesn't mind my quoting his very correct information to help him spread t

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch? - A Re-post

2005-07-03 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Chris and all, I agree with you on the red hot, white hot stories. I don't go along with those. The study of meteorites is the study of un-differentiated material, though various degrees of differentiation can tell the solar system story better. If meteorites were heated to that extreme the

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Meteorites, Ice and Antartica

2005-07-03 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I just wanted to thank those who recommend this book. It is a nice book, not only about meteorites but I learned a lot about Antartica as well. Just finished part one. For those, like me, who like stories, the book is a treasure trove. I love the one about the helicopter pilot w

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know if the Deep Impact event would result in an appreciable change in the orbit of Temple 1? I know "appreciable" is a relative term, and I am not talking about a massive change, but I was wondering if mission scientists and investigators are looking into this. -Wa

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Walter Branch wrote: > Does anyone know if the Deep Impact event would result in an > appreciable change in the orbit of Temple 1? I know "appreciable" is > a relative term, and I am not talking about a massive change, but I > was wondering if mission scientists and investigators are looking into

Re: [meteorite-list] Fresh Meteorite fall in India on 26th June.

2005-07-03 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:59:41 -0700 (PDT), Manoj Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There was a fresh meteorite fall in Bhuka village in >Sindhari District, Rajasthan in India on 26th June >2005. This stone has been recovered and is now in the >posssession of DIG Police. The Geological Survey of >India

[meteorite-list] OT: July 04, 1776 - July 04, 2005

2005-07-03 Thread bernd . pauli
Before I go to bed after sweating and toiling a lot: Wishing all American List members and all Americans my very best for this year's Independence Celebrations! "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienabl

[meteorite-list] Let's Make A Deal!

2005-07-03 Thread Rob Wesel
I'm in the mood to deal a bit, see anything on my site you like and we'll work something out. http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 _

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: July 04, 1776 - July 04, 2005

2005-07-03 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Bernd, Thanks very much. Just got back from seeing War of the Worlds. Not bad, not bad at all. Completely unlike the original (one of my favorites) but a worthy remake. Happy 4th to Americans and all Free People Over the World! -Walter - - O

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Ron Baalke
> > Hello Everyone, > > Does anyone know if the Deep Impact > event would result in an appreciable change in > the orbit of Temple 1? That is answer is no. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pa

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch?

2005-07-03 Thread E. L. Jones
Hello Guys and Gals, The Mohahans fall was reported by the young finders to be barely "hot potato" holdable owing to the warmth. As to the Portales Valley and the tarp, I believe there was a bit of debate as to whether or not the tarp was melted or embedded. As an alumni of Ft Hood, Texas I

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story- (PV)

2005-07-03 Thread Robert Woolard
Hello Al, Sterling, Blaine (?) and all, Al had written in part: " Apparently the Portales Valley New Mexico fall had specimens that were hot to the touch. One of these meteorites landed on a tarp and melted the tarp. Unfortunately the finder pulled the melted tarp off the meteorite. You can

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Meteorites, Ice and Antartica

2005-07-03 Thread Dawn & Gerald Flaherty
A resounding DITTO to Walter's assessment!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List" Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Meteorites, Ice and Antartica > Hello Everyo

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Dawn & Gerald Flaherty
Wow! when this is considered, imagine the mathematical precision that underlies and forms the basis of this experiment if it's successful. Not only time and space but incalculable "peturbations". Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Walter B

Re: [meteorite-list] rock on the noggin story- (PV)

2005-07-03 Thread David Weir
Robert, Was the plastic beneath the meteorite or on top of it? If beneath, I would imagine that the shadow cast from the meteorite would actually cool the plastic from from direct heat of the sun, in which case, the melting would evidently be caused by the latent heat of the meteorite. David

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch?

2005-07-03 Thread Chris Peterson
Hi Elton- I'm curious about the basis of your assertion that physics suggests a typical meteorite should be hot on the outside and cool on the inside. I would expect a large stone (or iron) to have an internal temperature similar to what it was at in space, which can vary from around -100°C to

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread MeteorHntr
Sterling Said:  "It's like the world's tiniest gnat smacking into the windshield of the world's biggest 18-wheeler, only even less so!" List, While I agree Deep Impact should not alter the Tempel 1 orbit, but I have to disagree with the gnat/18 wheeler example as most gnats don't create craters

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Dawn & Gerald Flaherty
Time will tell. A safe bet. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact > Sterling Said: > "It's like the world's tiniest gnat smacking into the windshield of the world's biggest

[meteorite-list] Deep Impact viewing in HI

2005-07-03 Thread tracy latimer
Aloha! AS of T -2 hours, 45 minutes, there is an annoyingly persistent band of low- to mid-level clouds plastered across the southern horizon. Considering that the 11" Celestron on Mauna Kea needed a series of photos to catch a good look at the comet, I doubt that our little 10" Meade will see

Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

2005-07-03 Thread Ron Baalke
> > Hi Ron, > > how about if any of the pieces being smacked off - is there a chance of them > becoming meteorites? > Could they end up some day in Earth's orbit? No. Any pieces knocked will travel along the comet's orbit, and the orbit doesn't come anywhere near Earth. Ron Baalke ___

[meteorite-list] Sunday Night Chat??

2005-07-03 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi all, Anyone cares to indulge. I'll be there for a while. http://www.meteoritearticles.com/chatroom.html --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites - warm or hot to the touch?

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Chris, Read: for internal ambient temperatures on space. During ablation (which usually removes 90% or more of the rock, leaving the inner core only) surface temperatures are 1800 degrees C and up, depending on an

[meteorite-list] AD: Sale of Villalbeto de la Pena, Spain

2005-07-03 Thread Dieter Heinlein
Dear meteorite enthusiasts, exactly 18 months after the spectacular, Spanish meteorite fall of January 4, 2004, we can offer some pieces of this fall for sale. The meteorite fall was officially named "Villalbeto de la Pena". We would like to offer you one of the first available pieces. Sure

[meteorite-list] DEEP IMPACT HITS!

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
SEE DONE GOOD! SKW __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] DEEP IMPACT HITS! WITH TEXT

2005-07-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
SEE DONE GOOD! 2:15 a.m. EDT: Ecstatic "The science team is ecstatic, because not a one of them can believe they're being paid to have this much fun," JPL's Don Yeomans said. Images coming back show nice de

Re: [meteorite-list] DEEP IMPACT HITS!

2005-07-03 Thread Darren Garrison
NASA's servers are getting hammered right now and all I can get are thumbnails, but check out this close-up (that I've resized a bit) http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/impact.jpg __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] TEST

2005-07-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a test, please delete! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] New member, sort of

2005-07-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wow I can't beleive I can post! THANKS Art!!! But I am now getting double post, Sa-La Ve! OOFDA! Well who will be the first to have a meteorite rock off of the impact comet T-1? I'de like to introduce myself to the list my name is Jim and I live in the Milwaukee Wisconsin area. I have