RE: [meteorite-list] living near a strewfield

Title: RE: [meteorite-list] living near a strewfield Me thinks we are stretching the definition and/or conventional use of the term strewn field. Quite so. Most strewn fields aren't discovered until well after their falls, by which time they become recovery fields. The distinction is

RE: [meteorite-list] Who will be at Costa Mesa?

Title: RE: [meteorite-list] Who will be at Costa Mesa? Hi John/Nick/Whomever else, I'll be there on Friday morning on my way to work; not so much for the meteorites but for any attendees/merchants to say hi and catch up... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[meteorite-list] Re: America's Greatest Meteorite Hunter

Hi Ruben, I think you make very good points about the comparison between Skip and Harvey being one of apples and oranges. Both men made (and in Skip's case continue to make) significant contributions to meteoritics in their own ways. But Skip personally found every one of the meteorites

RE: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

Unfortunately, none of the Mercury transit pages I've searched so far today have shown a live image of the solar disk -- very disappointing. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:59 AM

[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:05 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: tracy latimer; Matson, Robert Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit Hi, I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several Server Not Available messages. But the rest of the sites

Re: [meteorite-list] United Nuclear (meteorites, magnets, elements, etc.)

Hi Darren, Interesting note-- I just saw this web site featured on CBS news tonight. Included a brief interview with the site operator. It was on because other than magnets, the site sells radioactive materials, including [polonium] 210 (and lists a few meteorites, but all show as sold)

[meteorite-list] OT: Green LASER Pointers

Hi Mark, I have a number of green laser pointers -- from 35mW up to 100mW. They're definitely addictive, and spectacular at night. [I probably don't need to tell list members this, but DON'T EVER point a green laser of any power at another person, animal, or aircraft. For obvious reasons the

Re: [meteorite-list] 2007 Peoples Choice Harvey Award Nominee

Hi Zelimir, When I read the beginning of your message, I thought you were about to suggest nominating a name OTHER than Bernd -- which of course would be perfectly fine to do. Only upon reading your whole message did it occur to me that, as good as your English is (which is excellent by the

[meteorite-list] OT: Festivus

Hi Michael, Hope everyone and their loved ones are having a great Christmas or Festivus, Michael Aha! Another Seinfeld fan! On this very list in the last 24 hours, two of the key Festivus activities have been exercised or planned: The Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength (e.g.

Re: [meteorite-list] NJO - Votes

Hi All, I was surprised that our local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles closed the news last night (just before Jay Leno) with a 30-second blurb on the mystery metal object from New Jersey. So I was finally able to see high-definition video of the object being rotated, allowing a better feel for the

Re: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

Hi Alex and List, Yep, out here -- just working a program offsite so don't have as easy access to my e-mail. Marco already did an excellent job forwarding the precise info for this rocket body reentry -- there is zero chance this was anything else. The video alone is ample evidence against it

Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer story in LATimes

NATION IN BRIEF / NEW JERSEY Tiny meteorite crashes into house From Times Wire Reports January 6, 2007 A mysterious object that crashed through the roof of a home and landed in the bathroom was a meteorite, experts said. No one was injured. For now, scientists are calling the dense metallic

Re: [meteorite-list] NJO - another story

Resending -- post has not appeared after 12 hours... -Original Message- From: Matson, Robert Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:20 PM To: 'meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com' Subject: NJO - another story Hi All, A little more information here in this Star Ledger story on the NJO: http

[meteorite-list] Tucson hotels

Hi All, I'm afraid I have to concur with Adam and David on the Tucson hotel/motel situation. Something about paying Manhattan prices for a roach and bed-bug infested room in an area you wouldn't walk at night unarmed rubs me the wrong way. There are many wonderful people that I would love to

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson hotels

Hi Dave, I realize that it's advantageous to book Tucson (or any big show that stretches the limits of a city's accommodations) as far in advance as possible, but the show is not that high a priority for me, and I never know more than a few weeks ahead of time if I'll be able attend. Fact is

[meteorite-list] NJO - another story

Hi All, A little more information here in this Star Ledger story on the NJO: http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-10/116806173346970.xmlcoll=1 Still, no mention of a fusion crust. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] NJ Homeowners Tell of Meteorite Which Crashed In Their Bathroom

The Nageswarans have not decided what to do with their meteorite, despite plenty of advice from family and friends. But they said they want to make sure that the rock, which they have locked up at a bank, serves an educational purpose. SO TEST THE DAMN THING! Who is advising this family?!!

Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?

Hi Jerry, Location is going to be tough for you, but if you've got a clear, low, southwest horizon you might find it with binoculars. Look immediately after sunset, 8 degrees above the sun's location and about 3 degrees to the right. (Clockface analogy: if directly above the sun is 12 o'clock,

[meteorite-list] Comet McNaught imaged by STEREO

Hi All, Hot off the presses: http://secchi.nrl.navy.mil/images/hi1b_comet.jpg This image was taken by STEREO less than 3 hours ago. All I can say is WOW --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite presentation and thanks

Hi Matt, (The last one has made me consider the possibility of meteorites from Venus - is its gravitational field prohibitively strong and does its closer proximity to the Sun make it unlikely? Main problem for Venus (at least today) would be its dense atmosphere. The larger gravitational

[meteorite-list] Gravitational slingshot

Hi Rob, Could someone clarify something which ahs been bothering me for years about this gravity assist technique? Why does the spacecraft come out of the gravity well going faster than it went in without thrust? The trick is that you have to keep track of your reference frames. You are

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Baby Names for a Boy

Hi Mike, Definitely don't name him Chinga! (That was the initial name for one of my cats until I found out what it was slang for!) ;-) See you in Tucson... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Bandli Sent: Friday, January 26,

[meteorite-list] 2007 Michael Blood Auction

Hi All, As I e-mailed David privately, I believe Michael prefers that attendees not report final prices from his Tucson auction in a wide distribution forum such as this. While meteorite aficionados who have been collecting for many years realize that auction prices have little or no bearing on

[meteorite-list] USAF Satellite Fireball Reports?

Hi Elton, Peter Brown (Univ. of Western Ontario) has typically forwarded these DoD fireball detection reports. Here is a link to past reports: http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/~pbrown/usaf.html The most recent one was for Park Forest on March 27, 2003. Prior to that was over Siberia on September

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warning to hunters [FRIENDLY???]

Randall, I don't think I'm alone in feeling this way, but if you don't mind my saying so your posts are become a bit tiresome. Threatening meteorite hunters with jail time if they come visit your completely unconfirmed crater is presumptuous to the point of absurdity. --Rob

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve's Imilac Trip, slightly off-topic: pisco

Hi Steve and List, Regarding Peruvian pisco, Steve wrote: I can say this, Pisco is great at altitude. I did not have a hangover the next day at all, neither did Marvin or Hurley. I bought two bottles on the way back and have yet to find it here in the US. ... P.S. Any liquor importers out

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater - friendly warning tohunters

Bill, Please check the original posting dates of these latest messages before getting on your high horse. The guy's post was rude and he deserved every response he got. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: 2/25/2007 9:46 PM

[meteorite-list] Test message to Met Central

Hi Anne and Bernd, Testing delivery to Met Central. None of my posts are showing up there, yet I've seen timely posts from each of you today... --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:04 PM

[meteorite-list] Met Central posting problems

Alright, now that's irritating. Test messages go through, but real posts don't. Will try again with my third attempt of a bolide report post from last night: - - - - Originally sent: 3/1/2007 10:20pm PST Resent: 3/2/2007 1:50pm PST Sending now: 3/2/2007 2:14pm PST Hi All, Was out getting

[meteorite-list] Posting problem diagnosed

Hi All, Okay, I think I've got it figured out. If your message has any html in it -- even a single word in italics or underlined -- then it's going to get delayed by the posting server. When a bunch of messages show up all at once (usually delayed by a day or more), what they all have in common

[meteorite-list] Posts yesterday related to possible Peruvian bolide from 2/2/2004

this for relative size comparison. OK? ;) Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Randall, Thank you for your insightful post. Yes, that may be true for many sightings. But I want to ask you a big question. How many of the sightings you mentioned occurred during the day? How many had a mountain

[meteorite-list] Peruvian bolide message rehash, #2

Hi All, Here was my reply to the first message from yesterday: - - - - Sent: 3/1/2007 11:15am PST Hi Randall, Do you really believe that a dust-devil the size of a F3* tornado, eyewitnesses to a streak leaving a trail, and a 4.0 earthquake event just happened to occur simultaneously at

[meteorite-list] Peruvian bolide post #3

Here was the third volley from yesterday: - - - From: Randall Gregory Sent: 3/1/2007 5:40pm Hi Robert,   Enclosed is the workshop brief on small impact cratering. You can see the velocities associated even with small craters. Could you define your area of expertise. I'm not questioning it,

[meteorite-list] Peruvian bolide rehash post #4

My reply to Randall's post (#3): - - - - - Sent: 3/1/2007 7:37pm PST Randall, Enclosed is the workshop brief on small impact cratering. You can see the velocities associated even with small craters. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impact2003/pdf/8004.pdf Well of course! But you don't

[meteorite-list] Peruvian bolide rehash post #5

Here was Randall's reply this morning to post #4 from last night. Oh, just so people are clear, these are not private messages (the reposting of which would be a clear etiquette no-no). These are messages Randall sent to both me and Meteorite Central, but because they contained hypertext, they

[meteorite-list] My reply to Peruvian bolide post #5

Hi All, While this was originally a private reply to Randall, I have no objection to sharing it with the list since it's a continuation of our exchange. This was sent today a little after noon: - - - - Randall, Please try to look at this from a disinterested (my) perspective. I have no vested

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Central in batch-delivery mode for everyone?

Hi All, Meteorite Central has been acting up all week with posts showing up in batches of 20 or more at a time, often delayed by days and/or repeated. At the risk of sending another message into the internet wormhole, here is a resend of my now somewhat dated post from last night: - -

[meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

Hi All, Another mystery: A chunk of metal that crashed through the bedroom window of David and Dee Riddle just after 9:30 a.m. appears may be a meteorite but it also could be a piece of space junk according to preliminary analysis by several Illinois State University geology professors.

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

Hi Ken, In case you missed the video: http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ Thanks very much for posting the video link. Now we can see that although my estimate yesterday of the computer table's depth of two feet was maybe a little high, the hole in the window is far less

[meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction, house orientation for Bloomington, IL iron

Hi All, Looked up weather information for Bloomington, IL, for the day/time of the window-crasher: Monday, March 5th, ~9:30am Wind speed: 13.8 mph Wind direction: NNW Link: http://www.weatherunderground.com/history/airport/KBMI/2007/3/5/DailyHi

[meteorite-list] Google Map to house location industrial plant to its northwest

Hi All, Here's a Google Maps link to the house location, with the industrial plant visible to its upper left (northwest): http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qhl=enq=25+partner+place,+bloomington,+ ILlayer=sll=40.474963,-89.015071sspn=0.007002,0.021157ie=UTF8z=16l

[meteorite-list] B.O.: Purina Iron Chow unlikely; Bloomington Airport probably ruled out

. Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:08 PM To: Matson, Robert; Meteorite Mailing List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction,house orientation for Bloomington, IL iron Hi, Rob, List, The industrial facility is: Sic: 204898 PURINA MILLS INC 113 S EUCLID

[meteorite-list] Photometry, YORP and asteroid morphology

Hi All, Ron's forwarded article on the tricky task of measuring the YORP effect on the NEA (54509) 2000 PH5 reminds us that nearly all asteroids in the couple-hundred meter to several kilometer size range are not monolithic, but rather rubble piles. Support for this conclusion derives from the

[meteorite-list] re: Mystery Surrounds Green Meteor in Australia

Hi All, Regarding reentering manmade satellites or space junk, Ron replied: It is more common than you think. For example, in the past month, 9 pieces of space junk have reentered into Earth's atmosphere. Bolide events outnumber manmade debris reentries by thousands to one. How many on

RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite

Hi Sonny, I just finished cutting up some suspected meteorites from a hunting trip last week. I have started bringing home any suspicious rocks that may resemble weathered meteorites, even if they do not attract to a magnet. Out of the 10 suspected meteorites one turned out to be a weathered

[meteorite-list] Correction

Hi again, Sonny, I have to correct myself -- a search of the Met database turns up your name in association with the Palo Verde Mine (AZ) meteorite: 1998g stone found by Homer Stockam, 03/11/2004; classified by M. Hutson, ASU; main mass, L. Sloan; type specimen, Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory.

[meteorite-list] Image of Canadian impact crater

Hi All, Forwarding this Google image link from the Minor Planet Mailing List (MPML): http://maps.google.com/?ll=76.616667,-109.05spn=0.204709,1.18515t=kom =1 Looks like a very obvious impact crater in northern Canada. Evidently this feature was first spotted by a U.S. Air Force Navigator back

[meteorite-list] Triangulation method for determining Norwegian bolide burst/impac t point

Hi All, Seems like each time I take a short vacation, a bolide falls somewhere triggering an e-mail box full of messages! ;-) Marco wrote: I am curious to know whether the seismic data point to an airblast or a real impact (that is not yet clear to me). Not everything giving off strong

[meteorite-list] Norway meteorite impact site found (NOT)

Hi All, I'm with Marco, Chris and others on this one: that's not an impact site. If people are looking for something this large, they'll never find it. I highly doubt the Norwegian bolide was even as large as a soccer ball (er, football), in which case it would have hit the ground at terminal

[meteorite-list] Initial analysis of Norway/Sweden/Finland bolide

Hi All, Finally we can close the book on the ridiculous notion that that photo represented evidence of a meteorite impact. Time to move on to the much more important piece of data revealed by Bjorn Sorheim -- that at least *three* seismic stations recorded the terminal burst (or possibly just

[meteorite-list] More analysis of Norway/Sweden/Finland bolide

Hi All, Infrasound data was recorded by the four stations at this link: http://www.umea.irf.se/maps/ Kiruna, Jamton, Lycksele and Uppsala (closest to furthest from the event). Infrasound provides both timing and direction information; unfortunately all the stations are south or south-southwest

[meteorite-list] Sorry ... no PayPal

Steve accidentally made a funny: PAYPAL is the only excepted method of payment. So ... as long as you DON'T pay with PayPal, Steve evidently will take whatever type of payment you wish to offer! A golden opportunity to unload old certificates from stocks that have fallen to the pink sheets, or

[meteorite-list] OT ALERT: Delta 4 launch from VAFB in a little over 2 hours!

Hi All, For those who live in the southwest U.S. and aren't already aware of it, a Delta 4 Medium+ carrying NRO payload NROL-22 is scheduled to launch out of Vandenberg at 8:14pm PDT this evening -- a little over 2 hours from now. This is the first launch of a Delta 4 out of California. Since

RE: [meteorite-list] Uncut NWA's - Does the exterior disclose

Hi Walter, How do the finders, dealers etc, everyone but the poor collector, look at a batch of NWA's and decide which ones will be held on to and which ones end up on Ebay? Magnetism, shape, texture and color. Does Doug look for something about the exterior that may indicate a clue to the

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite related things to do in California

Hi Mike, I need to travel to Carlsbad at the end o July and will have a day or two free. Wondering if there are any museums, dealers or other meteorite things to do between LA and San Diego. Of course, I will also visit the caves and see the bats. Are you sure you've got the right

RE: [meteorite-list] Las Vegas trip

Hi Mark and List, I will be in Las Vegas for a couple days next month and wondered if there is anyone there who would able to guide me on a trip looking for meteorites. Maybe a favorite spot or known good area. All guide fees would be in the form of sunburns and desert creatures if any, but

[meteorite-list] NOVA ScienceNow Vodcast at Coyote Dry Lake

Hi All, A colleague of mine located a YouTube copy of my short (4-minute) PBS NOVA ScienceNow segment filmed with Neil deGrasse Tyson early this year at Coyote Dry Lake in southern California: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynkh9exT7t4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynkh9exT7t4 This was

[meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification guessing game

Hi All, Is someone keeping track of all the guesses for the classification of the new Norwegian fall? ;-) I guess I can go back through the archives and collect them all. Based purely on statistics of falls, I'd be disinclined to join the chorus and pick carbonaceous chondrite. An ordinary

[meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification guessing game

Summary of Norwegian meteorite prognostications in the order posted: Bjorn Sorheim: OC Bernd Pauli: LL5 or LL6 Pat Brown: carbonaceous Marcin Cimala: CO3 or CM Mark Ford: CV3 (Allende-like) Matteo Chinellato: CM Martin Altman: CO3 (Kainsaz) Martin Horejsi: CO3 (Ornans) Frederic Beroud:

[meteorite-list] RE: A new 752 gram meteorite found in Moss, Norway

Darren writes: This is probably the 752 gram one shown in this article: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1391556.ece Note the line toward the end of the article: The family is donating the meteorite to the Museum of Natural History in Oslo. Will the Johansen family get a tax

[meteorite-list] Updated Norwegian meteorite classification guesses

July 18th updated Norwegian fall guess summary: Bjorn Sorheim: OC Bernd Pauli: LL5 or LL6 Pat Brown: carbonaceous Marcin Cimala: CO3 or CM Mark Ford: CV3 (Allende-like) Matteo Chinellato: CM Martin Altman: CO3 (Kainsaz) Martin Horejsi: CO3 (Ornans) Frederic Beroud: CO3 Ingo Herkstroeter:

[meteorite-list] Word for attracted by magnets

Hi Göran, Paramagnetic? Are you sure you don't mean ferromagnetic? I guess I was fumbling for a word other than magnetic -- a word that has a different meaning for most people. In the meteorite community, we all know what is meant when someone says a meteorite is magnetic; perhaps

[meteorite-list] Updated Norwegian meteorite classification guesses

Six more guesses today, so here's another summary update for Tuesday. Carbonaceous still leading OC, with C03 now representing a quarter of all guesses: Bjorn Sorheim: OC Bernd Pauli:LL5 or LL6 Pat Brown: carbonaceous Marcin Cimala: CO3 or CM2 Mark

RE: [meteorite-list] NORWAY meteorite hunt

Hi Mike, Well, it is 12:24 am here in Moss Norway, and I just came up from some heavy drinking with a heck of a batch of meteorite hunters. We have Robert Ward, Robert Haag, and myself representing the USA. Moritz Karl, Alexander Gehler, Rainer Bartowtzewich (sp?) and Thomas Kurtz from

RE: [meteorite-list] Exciting News from Norway

Hi Geoff and List, Thanks for forwarding the news of the success of the Mike-Morton-Robert team in Norway. The small chondrule size mentioned by Mike would tend to rule out the vast majority of chondrite types: CV, LL, CR, CK, L, EL and K chondrites all have mean chondrule diameters greater

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Samples on India's GeologicalInsti tute's Radar

The GSI authorities have, meanwhile, cautioned local people against touching the meteorites if found, for they may contain radioactive material. That's one way to keep an uninformed public from making off with meteorites -- tell 'em they're radioactive! (Technically they are, of course, but so

[meteorite-list] Moss meteorite TKW contest -- OT: Summer fun with Bubbly

Sterling wrote: But if you're dropping the flag right now, I'm breaking out the champagne! (Whoops, no champagne in the fridge. How about Ginger Ale? That looks kind of champagnesque, well, if you mix it with 7-Up, it does, then add some Baccardi Gold... Hey! it's a SCIENCE experiment,

[meteorite-list] OT: QI

Hi All, As long as we're having fun deciding how many planets there are, a related (and equally controversial) subject came up more than once on the British show QI (Quite Interesting): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKmYyGyGEV8 It's a pity we don't have anything comparable to watch here in the

[meteorite-list] Meteorwrong ;-) falls in Brazil

Hi All, Not quite a new meteorite fall, but the manmade equivalent: http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1113465-EI306,00.html Will work on trying to identify the likely satellite that decayed... --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] RE: SWAN comet

Hi Doug, I see you've been surfing around on the SOHO website! A pity that C/2006 M4 happened to have such poor timing as far as its perihelion passage. I was looking forward to seeing it brighten as it traversed SOHO's LASCO C3 and C2 fields of view, but alas it was very dim when it entered

[meteorite-list] SMART-1 impact

Hi Doug and List, I don't know if I'm the first to notice this but the effect of the lunar impact is still visible in the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope image 15 seconds after impact. Check the frame immediately after the bright impact frame in the movie below, and you'll see a small lingering

[meteorite-list] A bit OT: magnets and conductors

Hi Kevin, Hey, meteorite collectors, go and get your rare earth magnets (mine is 3/4 inch dia, 1 inch long) and a small bit of flat Aluminium. Hold the magnets N or S end (doesn't matter which) about 2 or 3 mm above the Aluminium and move the magnet quickly from one end to the other,

[meteorite-list] 2003 EL61 revisited

Hi Marco and Sterling and List, I think Marco already knows my position on the 2003 EL61 discovery, but to simplify I lean much closer to his explanation of events than to those which attempt to vilify Ortiz et al. I think it is perfectly reasonable and even likely that Ortiz was an unwitting

[meteorite-list] OT: Awesome solar transit image of Atlantis and ISS

Hi All, For those who don't regularly check spaceweather.com, it's a worth a quick visit today to see the terrific shot taken by Thierry Legault from Normandie, France, of Atlantis separated from ISS as both transit the sun! The resolution is surprisingly good! http://spaceweather.com/ --Rob

[meteorite-list] 73P in 2022?

Hi Ed, Of course, SW3 is likely to provide us with some samples, certainly by 2022. Perhaps I'm reading too much into your posts, but several times in recent weeks you've mentioned the 2022 encounter with the 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann cometary debris stream as if it will be a certain,

[meteorite-list] RE: disabled cut paste

Hi Darren, Cutting and pasting outside of this website works fine when using Netscape (though cut and paste are diabled within the webpage itself). However, with Netscape you can simply click the View button and then Page Source (or alternatively hit CTRL U) and you can cut and paste the html

RE: [meteorite-list] INNER SOLAR SYSTEM

Hi Pete and List, With regard to the time-lapse view of the inner planets' orbits, Pete asked: Considering how this solar system is believed to have formed, do you think that these dynamics are something that could be expected in other systems, too? Absolutely. What could have kick-started

RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorites Used To Study Solar Activity

Hi All, Who'da thunk that global warming could become an on-topic subject for the meteorite list?! --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Baalke Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:15 PM To: Meteorite Mailing List Subject:

[meteorite-list] Re: 'Science Stud' Hosts PBS Show on KillerAsteroids

Title: Re: 'Science Stud' Hosts PBS Show on KillerAsteroids Hi Bob, Actually, my part only appears on the Nova ScienceNow website as a web video; the main story is about Apophis, and although meteorites are obviously tangentially related to asteroid impacts, the linkage wasn't direct enough

[meteorite-list] C/2006 M4 visible this evening

Hi Sterling, Thanks for the plug on my little baby, and for posting the link to that beautiful image on APOD taken by Michael Jäger Gerald Rhemann. I'm told there's an article on C/2006 M4 (SWAN) in this month's Sky Telescope which I'll need to pick up. (Astronomy magazine, on the other hand,

[meteorite-list] OT: North Korean-claimed nuclear underground test: 4.2 magnitude

Title: OT: North Korean-claimed nuclear underground test: 4.2 magnitude http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqab.php What sort of yield is required to generate a 4.2 Richter-scale seismic signal? --Rob __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons

Title: OT: M4.2 -- 2 kilotons Hi again, Did a little Googling and pulled out my pocket calculator; a 4.2-magnitude Richter scale value translates into a very small atomic bomb -- by my calculations the equivalent of 2.0 kilotons of TNT. --Rob

[meteorite-list] OT: Earthquake in HI

Hi Tracy, Glad to hear you're OK following Sunday morning's 6.6 temblor. One thing I've been wondering about is how all the big observatories faired up on top of Mauna Kea? --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tracy latimer Sent:

[meteorite-list] RE: America's Greatest Meteorite Hunter

Resending to list... --Rob -Original Message- From: Matson, Robert Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:07 PM To: 'Ruben Garcia '; 'meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com' Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] America's Greatest Meteorite Hunter Hi Ruben, I very much enjoyed your post about Skip

RE: [meteorite-list] America's Greatest Meteorite Hunter

Title: RE: [meteorite-list] Americas Greatest Meteorite Hunter Hi Ruben, I very much enjoyed your post about Skip Wilson, meteorite hunter extraordinaire. I certainly hope to meet him some day as his Roosevelt County successes were definitely an early inspiration to me when I started

[meteorite-list] OT: Status of observatories on Mauna Kea

Title: OT: Status of observatories on Mauna Kea Hi All, I'm sorry to report that the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope atop Mauna Kea was definitely damaged by the earthquake. To what extent is still being assessed, but there is a preliminary report with some non-telescope dome images here:

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Lands In Back Yard In South Carolina?

http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/2606419p-2418584c.html There are so many factual and conceptual errors in this story that I have 100% confidence in dismissing it as hogwash. The Beafort Gazette (South Carolina) With apologies to our list members from South Carolina, my warning

[meteorite-list] Fall/find statistics revisited

Hi All, Lars asked about statistical numbers of meteorite falls over land (i.e. # of expected meteorites per square kilometer), and as Bernd Pauli indicated, this is a thread that comes up from time to time on this list. Bernd no doubt forwarded a good number of these posts to Lars directly, but

[meteorite-list] Park Forest retardation point

Hi List, I'm with Mike Farmer and Frank Prochaska on this one: it simply isn't possible that Park Forest was still luminous at 7000' altitude -- there must be an alternate explanation for the visual/video observations or interpretation of the cloud deck. Ignoring for the moment the argument

[meteorite-list] MB85 link

Title: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 237 Hi Michael, You asked Mark what he meant by "MB85" -- Meteoritical Bulletin #85. This came out in 2001 -- here's a link: http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb85.pdf Cheers, Rob -Original Message-From: Michael L Blood [mailto:[EMAIL

[meteorite-list] OT: water

Hi All, As Rob Wesel pointed out, many areas of the U.S. receive more rainwater than most of the local residents would care for, e.g. the Oregon and Washington coast, Missouri and other Mississippi River states in flood years, and lately much of the eastern seaboard (just ask anyone in the D.C.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite prices

Hi Sterling and List, While there are short term fluctuations from availability and medium term fluctuations from how rare a type is (like lunars), there is clearly a moderately long term trend over the last three to five years of declining meteorite prices. Absolutely right. A classic case

[meteorite-list] New NWA pallasite

Hi Mike and List, Mike asked: I would like to know if any other Pallasites have ever been found in NWA? This stone only weighed 53 grams and was 100% complete. ... This to my knowledge is the only Pallasite from North West Africa. Can anyone give me any more information? I just scanned

[meteorite-list] List rules / WAP / Moon origin

With understanding nods to Tom Knudson and Randy, I have to back-up Geoff Notkin on his comment that posting lengthy excerpts from Genesis is not appropriate for this list. Posts should in some way relate to meteorites, and I think it's a stretch to say that the Old Testament qualifies in this

[meteorite-list] Lunar capture theory

Tom wrote: I do not believe the moon was made by a asteroid impact on the earth. What, specifically, about this theory bothers you? I would first stand by the theory that it was caught up in our gravity. While this is a ~possible~ scenario, you have to understand how extremely unlikely

[meteorite-list] DoD Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest

Hi All, Regarding the discrepancy between the apparent bolide trajectory (SE -- NW) as derived from the Park Forest strewnfield data, and the NNE trajectory reported by DoD sensors, Steve Arnold wrote: Even with the possibility of a reverse strewnfield, that would need to place the fireball

[meteorite-list] eBay impact (pun intended)

Hi All, EBay: love it or hate it, it has made an irreversible impact on our little hobby. I think one could convincingly argue that without it, there would be several additional metric tons of meteorites still hiding in the deserts of Northwest Africa. (And some might argue that that would be a

[meteorite-list] Modeling the Park Forest bolide

Hi Ron, Thanks for the plot! No problem -- it was fun to see how much the apparent trajectory moves around depending on your exact location. Bob Verish pointed out to me that in another eyewitness case (not Park Forest), a fireball was observed to be travelling 'up'. This can happen with

[meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Washington?

http://www.komotv.com/stories/26061.htm Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High School Lot The pebbles in the picture do not, by themselves, look very promising to my eye. --Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Park Forest impact locations by mass

Hi All, I spent the better part of today and this evening modifying a software model I wrote for propagating Columbia debris to the ground into one that would simulate the impact locations of Park Forest meteorites by mass. I had to make a number of assumptions to simplify the simulation, but I

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