[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: June 1-5, 2015

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES June 1-5, 2015 o Gale Crater (01 June 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150601a o Central Pit Crater (02 June 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150602a o Crater Dunes (03 June 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150603a o Crater Dunes (04 June 2015)

[meteorite-list] NASA to Hold Briefing to Discuss Status of 'Flying Saucer' Test

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
June 08, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-089 NASA to Hold Briefing to Discuss Status of 'Flying Saucer' Test NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update - May 20-25, 2015

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Preparing for Solar Conjunction - sols 4024-4029, May 20, 2015-May 25, 2015: Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The rover had been exploring the outcrops inside the Spirit of St.

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: May 26 - June 3, 2015

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Ready for Solar Conjunction and Period of Curtailed Operations - sols 4030-4038, May 26, 2015-June 03, 2015: Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the

[meteorite-list] NASA's LDSD Project Completes Second Experimental Test Flight

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4618 NASA's LDSD Project Completes Second Experimental Test Flight Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 9, 2015 Engineers are poring over the data following the second experimental landing technology test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

[meteorite-list] FYI - Just reminder don't click on attachments

2015-06-09 Thread Paul Harris via Meteorite-list
Dear List, We all know not to open attachments from untrusted sources... FYI - We received this email with an attachment this morning from a fictitious email account. We get these all the time but this was the first time they personalized it with one of our actual domains. Have a great day

[meteorite-list] 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society - Anyone going?

2015-06-09 Thread Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
Hi all, The 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society is going to be In Northern California this year. I was thinking about going, but not sure yet. Is anyone else thinking about attending this year? What is it like? Is it something that a meteorite dealer like myself would want to

[meteorite-list] WHAT OCCURS IN A LARGE HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT ON AN ICE SHEET? PART 3

2015-06-09 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hola Listeros - Four weeks ago, we pointed out that a major rise in sea levels and a major change in climate occurred well before the dates for what is widely and mistakenly called the Younger Dryas Boundary impact event. Three weeks ago we pointed out a geobleme in Canada that may or may not

[meteorite-list] THE HOLOCENE START IMPACT EVENT: WHAT HIT

2015-06-09 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hola Listeros - While Bill Napier has proposed that Comet Encke was involved in these events: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1003.0744.pdf The anthropological evidence indicates that it was yet another comet, Giacobini-Zimmer, the progenitor of the Draconid Meteor stream:

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-06-09 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Gibeon Contributed by: Marco Frigerio http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=06/09/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] MRO Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars

2015-06-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-118 NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 7226, Beautiful Chondrite L3, 657g. Mainmass for sale

2015-06-09 Thread Carsten Giessler via Meteorite-list
Dear List, i would like to sell my mainmass of NWA 7226. NWA 7226 is a very beautiful L3 Chondrite, full of colourful chondrules. If polished, slices look very nice of it. Because the stone have cracks, i sold mostly smaller slices of it, they sold very good: