Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Crackpot Theory Redux

2005-10-31 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Göran, Axel, List! Right you are, Göran. I screwed up the calculation. It was too late for me too :-} It's probably always too late for me... The surface area of the Earth is 500,000,000 square KILOMETERS, not square meters, and half is 2.5 x 10^14 m^2! You're using the

[meteorite-list] Kevin Kichinka's Book - Review by D. Tytell in ST

2005-10-31 Thread bernd . pauli
The Art of Collecting Meteorites (Kevin Kichinka, Book- masters, 2005, 232 pp., $21.95, paper; available at: www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com). Whenever I attend a major star party, after I visit the eyepiece and telescope vendors, I always wander over to the meteorite dealers. Although my

[meteorite-list] Photos and history of 3 SNC needed

2005-10-31 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I need the history and photos of the 3 martian meteorites Shergotty, Nakhla and Chassigny for a my article in a italian astronomy review. Please, contact me in private. Matteo M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL

[meteorite-list] La fiera di Monaco

2005-10-31 Thread Moser Francesco
Salve a tutti, ieri sera sono tornato dalla fiera di Monaco. Sono partito venerdì pomeriggio e sono arrivato giusto in tempo per il Meteorite Party del venerdì sera tenutosi in un tradizionale locale Bavarese nel centro di un piccolo villaggio a circa 1km dalla fiera. Durante la cena per il

[meteorite-list] Got another Twin

2005-10-31 Thread Christian Anger
Hi all, maybe some of you are aware of Austria's beautiful oriented Prambachkirchen meteorite. I found a small twin-brother in Munich. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it ! It's weight is about 10% of the Prambachkirchen. Here's a pic of the original Prambachkirchen meteorite:

Re: [meteorite-list] La fiera di Monaco

2005-10-31 Thread Moser Francesco
Sorry ;-) I want to post this to the Italian ML, but I have typed a wrong address. Ciao Francesco Moser http://web.tiscali.it/francesco.moser/ IMCA #1510 www.imca.cc There's just one kind of man that you can trust, that's a dead man, or an IMCA like me. - Original Message - From:

[meteorite-list] Star Jelly

2005-10-31 Thread Darren Garrison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Jelly __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Re: More Work on the Crackpot Theory

2005-10-31 Thread Paul
It is true that there is a lot of interesting stuff on the Internet. However, if a person goes back to the primary literature, they often find that some of this material, as interesting as it might be, is based a odd collection of misinformation, urban legends, and outright fiction. Where

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Fukang

2005-10-31 Thread John Birdsell
Hi Michael. Yes, what you said was that: It [Fukang] was being offered at less than 10Euros a gram in large chunks, I saw pieces from 100 grams to 2 kilos. I believe the operative phrase here is 'LARGE chunks', not beautiful, 10-20g translucent part slices, but LARGE chunks. 2000g x 10

[meteorite-list] Re: More Work on the Crackpot Theory

2005-10-31 Thread Marco Langbroek
Looking at it, it is quite clear that the dates on mummified mammoths are spread over a range of radiocarbon dates starting from greater than 50,000 BP to 32,000 - 34,000 BP. Also, 30,000 BP is exactly the region where the 14C method starts to get insecure and easily falters. Very small

[meteorite-list] [AD] Ebay Treats + Halloween

2005-10-31 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: Greetings all, and happy Halloween on this day when the veil between the real world and spirit world is at its narrowest, as one of my kooky crystal friends likes to say : ) Happy birthday to Monroe, North Carolina, the Halloween Meteorite, 156 years old today and it doesn't

[meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Evidently jealous of all the attention that 2003 UB313 (affectionately, unofficially known as Xena) and its satellite (likewise, Gabrielle) have been getting, the largest KBO, Pluto, has upped the ante: Circular No. 8625 Central Bureau

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:29:13 -0800, Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, have been getting, the largest KBO, Pluto, has upped the ante: Second largest. (So far) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

RE: [meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Matson, Robert
Whoops! Yes, you're quite right -- second largest known. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:46 PM To: Matson, Robert Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system news On

[meteorite-list] ...and my Munich notes

2005-10-31 Thread Martin Altmann
Hidiho too, my notes about the show are also somewhat short, as I had to run these days like a marathon man, so we have to wait for the photos and the notes of the other visitors and for the report by Norbert Classen in Joel's meteorite magazine. Mike is right, the Moroccans brought again less

[meteorite-list] Michael Cottingham's Vigarano on EBay

2005-10-31 Thread bernd . pauli
Michael Cottingham wrote: It has been a while since I have posted a sale! Maybe nearly 4 months? Anyway, I have jumped back in the saddle and I have listed over 500 items in my Ebay Store! I couldn't go to Munich, ... too bad! But I found ample compensation on Michael's EBay page(s): Vigarano

[meteorite-list] NASA sets schedule for handling asteroid threat

2005-10-31 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9871982/ NASA sets schedule for handling asteroid threat Letter suggests probe in 2019 and deflector by 2028 ... if needed By Alan Boyle Science editor MSNBC Updated: 2:04 p.m. ET Oct. 31, 2005 NASA has outlined what it could do, and in what time frame, in case a

Re: [meteorite-list] Michael Cottingham's Vigarano on EBay

2005-10-31 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello Vigarano is not hard to find, I have just add a 3.13 gr. http://it.geocities.com/tunguska2004/Vigarano.JPG piece after the 4.74 piece from Bosch Collection http://it.geocities.com/meteoriti20002/Vigarano.JPG The good its the italian meteorites its many hard to find, the ordinary

Re: [meteorite-list] ...and my Munich notes

2005-10-31 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
well, the good news its the NWA Empire its under endedbut the same I receive emails with offers of material from morocco, type Taza for $1/gr. Chondrites with complete stone at 1 kg. for $150/kg. etc.I see in December what its possible find here in Italy, and after in March... Matteo ---

[meteorite-list] Parallel Banding in Vigarano

2005-10-31 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi Bernd, Matteo and All, Hello Martin, Matteo, and List, if you look at the pic, the DI (?) appears just off of center Yep, that's one of these DIs! I don't see the parallel banding that Bernd also mentions. Am I missing it, or is it absent. I assume that it is only visible in BSE images,

Re: [meteorite-list] Parallel Banding in Vigarano

2005-10-31 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi Bernd, Wow, sharp eyes. When contrasting the two DIs in the overall slice, there is a distinct difference in color. Any thoughts? Also, the shape(s) of the DI(s) you pointed out is rather striking. Is that another larger less dark DI in the upper right, essentially in the mirror opposite

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Crackpot Theory Redux

2005-10-31 Thread Axel Emmermann
Hi Sterling and list, thanks for clearing that up. The physics that govern high velocity impacts seem to have a something in common with quantum physics... the are not quite to be approached with the garden-variety logic ;-))) Maybe a last one before bedtime: Upon implosion of the stellar core

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Parallel Banding in Vigarano

2005-10-31 Thread bernd . pauli
Wow, sharp eyes. Thanks, ... but I am almost blind without my glasses :-() When contrasting the two DIs in the overall slice, there is a distinct difference in color. That's right! The very dark inclusion left and slightly below center may be one of those featureless DIs, whereas this one:

[meteorite-list] FIREBALL OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA

2005-10-31 Thread Greg Redfern
All, Reports are coming in that a large orange blue very bright fireball seen in Northern Virginia. Observers saw it track to the north while others saw it to the south which means it passed overhead in our geographical vicinity. One observer heard a hissing sound - no detonations were

[meteorite-list] List member discovers new comet

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Verish
http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/latest_news.html Has this been posted to the List, yet? Apologies if it has, but I don't think so. It's not everyday that a List member discovers a comet. As many of you know, List member, Rob Matson, is a very determined meteorite hunter, asteroid finder, and