Hi, I'm new to this hobby, but I would think that any object that drops from orbit would be in much worse condition than what those pictures show. Shouldn't they have burnt up during re-entry? They look rusted, but not burnt/melted.
Regards, Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ted brattstrom Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:51 PM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit Aloha - Skylab returned to Earth on July 11, 1979 - Parts of it fell into the Indian Ocean, but other fragments landed in Western Australia (site of many other cool meteorite falls). On behalf of a friend, I'm offering up a piece of Skylab. It's got about a day and a half to run (if this gets posted in a reasonable time :-) ) Have a look if you are interested: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150201452455&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005 Or look via: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvolcanoted Thanks for looking - ted Brattstrom / volcanoted ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
