[meteorite-list] Images from Mars on CNN!

Congratulationg JPL! Fantastic images from Mars just broadcast on CNN! Rocks visible in the foreground, as well as at least one of the airbags. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Images from Mars on CNN!

CONGRATULATIONS! Is it time to start selling more stromatolites yet? Truly a MAGNIFICENT ACCOMPLISHMENT! Dave Freeman mjwy Matson, Robert wrote: Congratulationg JPL! Fantastic images from Mars just broadcast on CNN! Rocks visible in the foreground, as well as at least one of the airbags.

[meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

"SNC meteorites are extremely rare - fewer than 20 confirmed examples have been discovered - and are believed to all come from the same body of rock. They are distinguished by their relative youth, being at most 1.3 million years old, compared to 4.5 million for other meteorites." From

[meteorite-list] NASA's Rover Touches Down Safely on Mars

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-mars4jan04,1,7206708.story NASA's Rover Touches Down Safely on Mars Against the odds, Spirit probe lands upright, allowing immediate communications. It will look for signs that water once was on the planet. By Thomas H. Maugh II and Charles Piller

Re: [meteorite-list] Images from Mars on CNN!

The images were being shown live on NASA TV, and some of the news agencies were picking up the images from that. Here's one example: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/images/firstimage5_full.jpg Only thumbnail images have been transmitted back thus far, and the full-resolution images are

[meteorite-list] New to List: Intro

Dear Meteorite List: I just joined this list a couple of days ago and am thrilled to be a part of it. I came to love meteorites through the back door you might say. I have always loved rocks and minerals, dabbled a bit in fossils and then found my truest love of all: meteorites. What I

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Really, can you imagine making an announcement like that and typo such important dating? Your question is really a good one, and I have always thought that there MUST be some terrestrial meteorites misclassified as being of extraterrestrial origin. I also would like to hear a good

Re: [meteorite-list] update on dos cabezes

Hi All Dos Cabezas in spanish is two heads . The Dos Cabezas mountains are just east of Wilcox Arizona . They have a curios double knob on thier highest peak hence the name . I thought that that would be an apropriate name for the meteorite since it was found near the base of those mountains .

[meteorite-list] IMCA server up or down?

Hi everyone, Does anyone know why I can't get into the IMCA page? Thanks, Ari Machiz IMCA #6630 = Ari Machiz TVBTITU __ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003

Re: [meteorite-list] New to List: Intro

Hi Anita, and welcome to the List! With new meteorites from Mars being found, and rovers exploring the red planet too, you've certainly chosen a VERY exciting time to join-up - good to have you with us :-) You're going to find membership of this little family fascinating and rewarding, I promise,

[meteorite-list] Spirit's on board instrumenation

BlankHello List, I always enjoy Ron Balke's contributions to the list, as he keeps us briefed on activity in the NASA programs. With a tip of the hat to Ron and his JPL colleagues, I'd like to offer this link to JPL's fact sheet on the Spirit Mars Rover. It includes a nice summary of the onboard

Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA server up or down?

I tried and can(t get it either... Frederic Beroud www.meteoriteshow.com IMCA #2491 - Original Message - From: ari machiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] IMCA server up or down? Hi everyone, Does anyone know

[meteorite-list] NPA 4-1953 Meteorites Found In Australia (tektites)

Congradulations NASA on the success of Spirit! Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1953 Page: 19 Meteorites Found In Australia SYDNEY, (AP) - Two Australian geologists have found small meteorites from a comet which swept close to the earth about 10,000 years

[meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Dear listies, what do you think about meteorite slices showing still the marks of the saw blade, giving you even the opportunity to calculate the saw blade's diameter? Alas, times of mirror-finished slices sold by dealers like David New seem to be gone. A proposal to dealers: Sell your slices

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Guy I fully agree with you. Almost all meteorites can be polished and it is a real work, much more than slicing. Polishing a large slice is not so easy. And the result is obviously what is expected by any customer. Best regards Michel FRANCO IMCA 3869 - Original Message - From: Guy

RE: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

All, Happy new year everyone ang GO Spirit!!! Good points raised here by Guy. While we must recognize that some specimens cannot be polished due to their frangible nature others probably are not done because of the time and expense it takes. For those of us who have saw marks on

RE: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Hello I polished my cut slices personaly with my hands, I use in first a little rounded broken diamond blade for microbottoming drill over the all surface for eliminated the all signs of the blades, after I use papers with 150 - 400 - 800 grid and finaly, if possible, I use a 1200 grid. In

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Hello List, Gee it has been awhile since I posted to the list. My article this month in MeteoriteTimes is on cutting and maybe a little helpful. It mostly describes the cutting process and how I do lapping after cutting. So here is a little more info. It is very possible and actually fairly easy

RE: [meteorite-list] orientated?

Hard to tell from the pic, really, but it could be orientated, yes. But without a better pic, no way to tell, really. Bernhard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom aka James Knudson Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:23 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] New to List: Intro. Dog struck by meteorite lives on!

Dear Anita; Welcome to the List. After a bit, you will be filled with other emotions besides being thrilled. That is fine, as life is full of all different emotions. You will laugh at us, mourn with us, become your own person of opinion and worth here for us to banter with. You will learn big

Re: [meteorite-list] Images from Mars on CNN!

It looks to have landed in a dry lakebed, much to the delight of the scientists. There are lots of rocks around, but not too big, and not to closely grouped together, which should make it easy for the rover to navigate around and traverse long distances when it is ready to roll. Considering

[meteorite-list] Beagle 2 Team Still Hopes To Repeat Mars Landing Success

http://www.beagle2.com/news/index.htm Congratulations to NASA. Beagle 2 Team Still Hopes To Repeat Mars Landing Success. 04-Jan-04 11:23 GMT ... Summary At a press briefing in London today, Professor Colin Pillinger (Open

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

I've alway had that exact same question: Where are the Earth meteorites? The answers I have contemplated are, which only plug the curiosity, and I apologise if this is basic stuff published in some texts, as I have yet to read and meteorite reference materials except "Find a Falling Star":

[meteorite-list] Weekly eBayMeteorites Invite

Hello all, I invite everyone to take a look at this weeks eBay offerings at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eBayMeteorites/ There are some interesting things being offered. Also, take a look at the description for this group. If it interests you, please join so that you will have posts sent

[meteorite-list] How Did Navigators Hit Their Precise Landing Target on Mars?

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/navTarget01.html How Did Navigators Hit Their Precise Landing Target on Mars? Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 4, 2004 [Image] Dr. Michael Watkins, Navigation and Mission Design Manager Anyone who's been blindfolded and spun around knows how hard it

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Dear List Members, I agree, there are a lot of meteorites with saw marks ruining an otherwise good looking appearance offered by dealers. I see no reason a dealer should not invest in a diamond lap and use it other than trying to save money and time to increase profits. Yes, it cost money and

[meteorite-list] List welcome

Welcome to the List, Anita! As others have chimed in, you will find Meteorite Central an unmatched source of up-to-date information about not only meteorites, but also meteor showers, bolide reports, and a wide range of related astronomical subjects. In many cases you will read it here first,

[meteorite-list] john and anita and bob

This email goes out to anita,(who is new), and john blennert who is not.I want to welcome anita to the list from cold and snowy chicago.If I can be of any help to you let me know.It would be my pleasure.And I want to thank john for his history and update on DOS CABEZAS.This does me just fine.I

Re: [meteorite-list] New to List: Intro

Hi Anita, I have also recently started on this list, so I'm a bit early for opinions on the list's fireworks. It would seems that best thing is never to take the list too seriously and all the posts have something in them whether humor, irony or education. You have 16 times as many meteorites as

[meteorite-list] Mars Express Orbit Lowered

ESA News http://www.esa.int 4 January 2004 Closing in on the Red Planet: Mars Express orbit lowered Today at 14:13 CET [1313 UTC], ESA's Mars Express spacecraft successfully executed an essential planned manoeuvre to reduce its orbit around the Red Planet. A five minute burn of its main

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite slices

Guy, I have purchased many poorly sawed meteorites. Most of these I have successfully polished using emory paper on glass. It takes some muscle power and patients but with very little cash outlay you can get very professional results. Cheers, tett Owen Sound, Ontario - Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] New to List: Intro

In a message dated 1/4/2004 6:00:34 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just joined this list a couple of days ago and am thrilled to be a part of it. I came to love meteorites through the back door you might say. I have always loved rocks and minerals, dabbled a bit in

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Well, at the moment its belived, that the moon has separeted the earth after a collision with a Mars-sized body. So in fact all lunar ones are "earth meteorites" ... And in fact the moon is the biggest "earth meteoroid". Hope it will stay on its orbit anyway, prefer a bit smaller ones to my

[meteorite-list] New fall in Spain?

Title: Nachricht Anyone heard about the bolides seen in Spain? The only report I have is that hundreds of people across the country have seen them... Bernhard

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Hello Pekka, Perhaps Copernicus didn't go far enough... :) If you want to go into the details, you will also find at the moment it is also more correct to call the Moon-Earth System is a binary Planetary system, and Luna a Planetoid, not a "Meteoroid", so we are just the third "rocks" in plural

Re: [meteorite-list] New fall in Spain?

Title: Nachricht All I know this far, pekka s http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg17639.html http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg17151.html Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems wrote: Anyone heard about the bolides seen in Spain? The only report I have is that hundreds of people

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Hello Pekka, I believe the Moon is in large part composed of the impactor material, the remainder is material from the Earth's early composition. David Pekka Savolainen wrote: Well, at the moment it´s belived, that the moon has separeted the earth after a collision with a Mars-sized body.

Re: [meteorite-list] New to List: Intro

Hi Anita, WELCOME to the meteorite list. It is a pleasure to have you joining in on our discussions. Meteorite collectors around the Atlanta area will know Anita as Show Chairperson for the Georgia Mineral Society's December Show. She has a lot of experience working with Gems, Minerals

[meteorite-list] Bolides in Spain -- Can someone translate story?

I found the following story on the sightings from Spain -- perhaps one of our many Spanish speaking list members can translate and summarize for us: El diluvio de 'bolas de fuego' no toca a Galicia Las personas que puedan ofrecer algún tipo de

[meteorite-list] AD - Free Australia tektite with every purchase

Hello List - I am including a free Australite tektite with every auction this week. 1 auction won = 1 free Australite If you win 2 auctions = 2 Australites and so on... http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoriteusa.com/ Auctions include: BOOLKA meteorite NEW SOUTH WALES HOBA meteorite from the

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Yes, Doug, you have right... Its just funny to have a bit more "philosophic" view time to time. If we follow the same logic a bit further, we all are the dust from Solar nebula, as you say, and because our Sun is a second-generation star, it seems, we all are material from the same

Re: [meteorite-list] New fall in Spain?

Thank you, Tom, seems, Im missing something. Please, ignore the links:-( pekka s Tom Randall wrote: Pekka,Those reports are from the year 2000 according to the posting dates. Or am I missing something?Happy new year.Tom RandallOn Sun, 2004-01-04 at 18:51, Pekka Savolainen wrote:

[meteorite-list] MER on NOVA

DEAR list members, There is currently an excellent NOVA show on PBS right now, rover, Mars, the whole ball of wax! Dave F. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Healthy Rover Shows Its New Neighborhood On Mars

Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Guy Webster (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. NEWS RELEASE: 2004-004 January 4, 2004 Healthy Rover Shows Its New Neighborhood On Mars NASA's Spirit Rover is starting to examine its new

Re: [meteorite-list] New fall in Spain?

Title: Nachricht This should be the recent one...;- pekka s http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=es_enurl=""> Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems wrote: Anyone heard about the bolides seen in Spain? The only report I have is that hundreds of people across the

[meteorite-list] Hundreds See Fireballs Fall From Sky In Spain

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B509043.htm Hundreds see fireballs fall from sky in Spain Reuters January 4, 2004 MADRID, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of witnesses reported seeing fireballs cross the skies of northern Spain on Sunday in what authorities said may have been a

[meteorite-list] New fall in Spain

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=es_enurl=""> THE AUTHORITIES THINK THAT IT IS A METEORITE Hundreds of people see ' balls of fueg cross the sky from A Corunna to Valencia ELMUNDO.ES

[meteorite-list] Mars NOVA NEW PBS Tuesday on Nova

New updates Mars: Dead or Alive! New show update will air via NOVA PBS on Tuesday night, don't miss it! The show just over was magnificent! Abundant pictures of how the Mars project got to the surfacenow to learn what is there! Best Wishes to JPL and NASA, Well done so far! Dave Freeman

[meteorite-list] Ebay AD 2hrs Rare Silicated Campo Full Slice

Good Evening List, I have a very beautiful and rare full slice of silicated Campo Del Cielo ending in less than 2 hours that is currently well under it's value at less than $1.50/g Please check it out...you won't be disappointed!

RE: [meteorite-list] Exciting 2004 year

Well it seems that this year will be a great year for astronomy and meteorites, many new possible fall, what can I say about Spirit???...images just breathtaking, stardust its amazing too, well have to wait for Opportunity and cat wait to see Saturn again with Cassinni!! By the way, I use

RE: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 update

HI Im organizing my meteorite collection, so as long as I know NWA 869 is not yet listed in the Meteorite Bulletin, and classification is pendingis that right or have they classified it??? Any update on this meteorite would be appreciatted, thanks =0)

[meteorite-list] Spanish bolide seen also in Portugal

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=pt_enurl=""> 2004-01-05 01:00:00 Viana of the Castle FIRE BALL CROSSES SKY Twenty and firemen of five corporations were yesterday to the night to ' the strange ' search of one objecto that

Re: [meteorite-list] Spanish bolide seen also in Portugal

Interestingly enough... at 11:28 am on Sat. morning, I was headed due east in Orange county California, when I saw a bolide so bright in the daytime sky that it turned my head while I was driving. It was traveling east, at about twice the rate of a similar falling star at night. It was VERY

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Scientists Find Mars Met. (NWA 1950)

Hi, What the computer models which lead to the big-impactor theory of the Moon's origin show is that the Moon ends up being composed of most of the impactor's mantle, and that portion of the Earth's mantle that is blown off by the impact. The impactor's denser core material mostly remains

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - December 26, 2003 - January 3, 2004

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 26, 2003 - January 3, 2004 o Dark Gray Dunes, Bright Orange Dust (Released 26 December 2003) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20031226a.html o Polar Dust Storm (Released 30 December 2003) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20031230a.html o Gusev Crater, here we

[meteorite-list] Spirit Set For Its First Full Day On Martian Surface

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104sol2pre.html Spirit set for its first full day on martian surface BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS SPACE PLACE USED WITH PERMISSION January 4, 2004 Just after 2 a.m. EST today, Spirit's computer powered the rover down to conserve

[meteorite-list] Great Balls of Fire Over Spain

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/05/1073263184092.html Great balls of fire over Spain The Age (Australia) January 5, 2004 Hundreds of Spaniards reported seeing balls of fire or incandescent objects fall from the sky today, emergency centres said. Some of the objects were believed

[meteorite-list] Spirit's High-Gain Antenna Successfully Deployed

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040104sol2.html Spirit's high-gain antenna successfully deployed BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS SPACE PLACE USED WITH PERMISSION January 5, 2004 In another major milestone, the Spirit Mars rover's high-gain antenna was successfully