[meteorite-list] Yet more American Meteorite Museum questions

2004-07-15 Thread tracy latimer
We now plan to spend a day or two nosing about the Meteor Crater area (no, we won't collect, although putting rare earth magnets in my shoes is tempting...) Anyone stay overnight in the area? Suggestions for hotels? Our choices in Winslow are big chain or local. Big chains are reliable as

Re: [meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland

2004-07-15 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Some more information and a pic with better resoluttion on; http://spaceweather.com/ best, pekka s tracy latimer wrote: Those contrails are most peculiar! If anyone has ever skipped flat rocks on a lake, you know that sometimes on the last bounce, they go in at an angle. The flat rocks (or at

[meteorite-list] Ad - Ebay - Chassigny

2004-07-15 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, Just a word to advise I am selling a fragment of Chassigny on Fleaspray if anyone is interested! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=2257441043 much appreciated dave IMCA #0092 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] Atlanta Area Show

2004-07-15 Thread John Sinclair
Hello List Members, I will be selling Meteorites and More at a Gem Jewelry Show in Marietta, GA this weekend. Stop by if you can. Cobb County Civic Center 548 S. Marietta Pkwy Hours: Friday 1-6 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 10-5 FREE parking and admission Thanks - John Sinclair

[meteorite-list] AD: Rare material on ebay ending soon!

2004-07-15 Thread martinh
Howdy Folks, Just a quick reminder that my auctions of many rare and historic meteorites are ending in about 24 hours. There are still many good deals left including Seldon, an LL5; Leoville, a CV3.0, Beardsley, an important fall and many others. Also please note the Chevrony-Kut auction if

RE: [meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland / Correctionto directions...

2004-07-15 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
Hello Marc, I don't think that your anticipation is correct. In fact Phil Bagnall from England, formerly, maybe still? on the list has a special page on his website about spiraling meteors. Personally during the surprise -pre 17 hours - of the Leonids in 1998, I saw one strong meteor, maybe -8

[meteorite-list] Ammonia on Mars Could Mean Life

2004-07-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3896335.stm Ammonia on Mars could mean life By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News July 15, 2004 Ammonia may have been found in Mars' atmosphere which some scientists say could indicate life on the Red Planet. Researchers say its spectral signature has been

[meteorite-list] AD- Take 10% off .. even the main mass lunar

2004-07-15 Thread Rob Wesel
ANY buy it now item and winner can take 10% off. LL7 Twisted sister Eucrite 33.2 gram main mass lunar http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=nakhladog Or contact me after the auction and I can also cut out what would have been eBay fees. Rob Wesel -- We

[meteorite-list] Cassini Exposes Saturn's Two-Face Moon (Iapetus)

2004-07-15 Thread Ron Baalke
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Carolina Martinez (818) 354-9382 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Heidi Finn

[meteorite-list] spiraling meteors

2004-07-15 Thread Marco Langbroek
We just had a discussion on this on the meteorobs list (www.meteorobs.org - and then the July archive). I do not believe in spiraling meteors at all, and in 15 years of dedicated meteor observations never saw one. I think all of these reports stem from two origins: one is fragmenting meteors

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - July 15, 2004

2004-07-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Reaches 180 Sols! - sol 179-180, July 15, 2004 On sol 179, Spirit woke up at a new location and spent the day performing remote sensing with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer, including an overnight observation.

[meteorite-list] spiraling meteors

2004-07-15 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, I echo Marco's position -- meteors absolutely do not corkscrew. You are talking about objects travelling at a minimum of 25,000 mph. The force necessary to divert an object with reasonable mass from a straight line trajectory is enormous. Take a typical line-of-sight range of 80 km,