SV: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz
Suevite ? :-) Lars -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne af Christian Anger Sendt: 14. januar 2006 10:11 Til: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Emne: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz Hi all, some list members asked me to do another Quiz like the New Year Quiz I've done some days ago. OK, so it' s time for another little Quiz which one is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz_05.jpg Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz
a very special new austrian eucrite, called angerite ;) Stefan Hi all, some list members asked me to do another Quiz like the New Year Quiz I've done some days ago. OK, so it' s time for another little Quiz which one is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz_05.jpg Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] A new Quiz
1. Lars: Suevite 2. Bernd: Chip off a polymict, brecciated eucrite Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Webcams
Thanks Ron, we'll follow the arrival!!! Cheers, Frederic Beroud http://www.meteoriteshow.com IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/) - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:30 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stardust Webcams Hi, I've installed two Stardust webcams and they are now available for viewing: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/webcam.html The first camera shows a live view from JPL operations building. The Stardust operations navigation team are in there right now preparing for tonight's maneuver, TCM-19. And of course, they'll be there for tomorrow night's release of the capsule, the divert maneuver the landing of the capsule in Utah. The second camera shows the cleanroom at Johnson Space Center. The capsule will arrive there on January 17, and this is where the capsule will be opened for the first time and the aerogel collector grid will be removed. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] A new Quiz
1. Lars : Suevite 2. Bernd: Chip off a polymict, brecciated eucrite 3. Ingo : polymict basement breccia/ Nördlinger Ries Ingo -- DSL-Aktion wegen großer Nachfrage bis 28.2.2006 verlängert: GMX DSL-Flatrate 1 Jahr kostenlos* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] D'orbigny
Meteorites are like stocks, as long you don't sell them, you won't have any losses Keep it some years more. Buckleboo! Martin - Original Message - From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] D'orbigny I have give, I have sold a 0.3 gr. fragment of D'Orbigny buy from Carion when its arrive in the market for $1000/gr. not like to me lose money on meteorites I have pay the right price, in the time when I have buy the piece. Matteo --- Roman Jirasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Matteo, you had your chance to correct your price. You did not! Why? History, you buy at $1000.+ Today you can buy at 150./g or less... Why not buy now to off-set your expensive purchases in the past? Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com - Original Message - From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:17 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] D'orbigny no its the ruin market. Matteo --- Jan Bartels [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Dear Listoids, Just wondering: I got myself a fragment of the D'orbigny (Angrite) and while surfing on the well known dealers websites i noticed some massive difference in prices. For example: One offers a 2,67 gram slice for $667 while another sells a 2,2 gram piece (crusted) for over $11.000!!! Is the huge difference in price just for the fusion crust? This is quite a dollar knocker!! Any comments? Best, Jan Holland. www.heavenlybodies.nl Meteorites. Close encounters of the best kind. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz
Piece of Millbillillie, which you forgot to take out of the pocket, before you gave the trousers in the washing machine. Martin - Original Message - From: Christian Anger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:10 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz Hi all, some list members asked me to do another Quiz like the New Year Quiz I've done some days ago. OK, so it' s time for another little Quiz which one is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz_05.jpg Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] A New Quiz
Looks like Mica Schist . Ken Regelman __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stardust Celebration (Ad)
List Members: I'm down to the last 100 copies of my book The Art of Collecting Meteorites that will be signed and numbered. Copies can be purchased at: _www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com_ (http://www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com) As some of you know, this is a self-published work and I alone am responsible for marketing and distributing it. I've had so much help from members of the meteorite community but at this moment I'd like to especially thank Jim and Paul of Meteorite Central for their crucial and ongoing support of my book. I am looking for a dealers in Europe and Asia to stock copies, I can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) . Lastly, I've got six small fragments of rare and very rare material on eBAY that I'm sure someone would enjoy owning. I can't weigh these accurately on my scale, but I guess they vary from 6-20 mgs. each. - Renazzo CR2 (3 x 2 mm)- the R in CR2 - a single globular chondrule (2 x 2 mm) from Allende CV3 - Murchison CM2 (4 x 3 mm) - Kapoeta AHOW (3 x 2 mm + dust) - Pasamonte AEUC (2 x 2 mm 1x1mm) - Orgueil CI1 (2 x 2 mm), the rarest of this lot, a meteorite suspected of originating from a comet. Rather than offer them as separate auctions, I've packaged them as one lot. For fun let's call them Bessey + Specks. Here's the package - _http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=438445site=0ver=LCA080805it em=6597149868lk=URL_ (http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=438445site=0ver=LCA080805item=6597149868lk=URL) Thank you for your kind attention. Kevin Kichinka __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] D'orbigny
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:42:51 +0100, Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meteorites are like stocks, as long you don't sell them, you won't have any losses Keep it some years more. Unless it's an iron, and turns into a pile of rust. (I'm almost phobic about not buying irons anything above a few dozen grams for that reason). __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ?
Hi I was wondering if it could be a good idea to make small aquariums for storage of rusters, and fill them with nitrogen and finally seal them. :-) Lars __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ?
Hi, all, If you can't touch them, what's the point in buying them? (unless you're a dealer, of course) Just my thoughts on it... Cheers, Pete From: Lars Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ? Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:43:29 +0100 Hi I was wondering if it could be a good idea to make small aquariums for storage of rusters, and fill them with nitrogen and finally seal them. :-) Lars __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ?
Years ago I read an article, that there was a company, where millionarios could store brand new expensive cars in nitrogen filled balloons for some decades, to have later brandnew and valuable veteran cars for their kids and grandchildren. ;-? Buckleboo! - Original Message - From: Lars Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ? Hi I was wondering if it could be a good idea to make small aquariums for storage of rusters, and fill them with nitrogen and finally seal them. :-) Lars __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Nitrogen for safe storage ?
Not to mention your head! David Martin Altmann wrote: Years ago I read an article, that there was a company, where millionarios could store brand new expensive cars in nitrogen filled balloons for some decades, to have later brandnew and valuable veteran cars for their kids and grandchildren. ;-? Buckleboo! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA's Stardust Passes Moon, Just Hours Away From Earth Return
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 D.C. Agle (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dwayne Brown/Merrilee Fellows (202) 358-1726/(818) 393-0754 NASA Headquarters, Washington NEWS RELEASE 2006-008 January 14, 2006 NASA'S STARDUST PASSES MOON, JUST HOURS AWAY FROM EARTH RETURN Less than one day of space travel separates Earth and history's first comet sample return mission. Today at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time (10:30 a.m. Mountain time), the Stardust spacecraft will cross the moon's orbit as the craft makes its way toward Earth. The final 400,000 kilometers (249,000 miles) of the mission to return a capsule containing cometary particles to Earth will take just 16 hours and 27 minutes. It took the Apollo astronauts about three days to make the same journey. Our entire flight and recovery team will be watching this final leg of our flight with tremendous expectation as we implement a precise celestial ballet in delivering our capsule to Earth, said Stardust Project Manager Tom Duxbury of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. We feel like parents awaiting the return of a child who left us young and innocent, who now returns holding answers to the most profound questions of our solar system. Prior to passing the moon's orbit, the spacecraft performed a final maneuver to place it on a precise path to reach its landing target on the Utah Test and Training Range. The burn, which took place yesterday at 8:53 p.m. Pacific time (9:53 p.m. Mountain time), took 58.5 seconds to complete and changed the spacecraft's velocity by 2.9 mph. At the time of the burn the spacecraft was about 706,000 kilometers (439,000 miles) from Earth. NASA's Stardust mission has traveled about 4.5 billion kilometers (2.88 billion miles) during its seven year round-trip odyssey. It is a journey that carried it around the sun three times and beyond Mars and the asteroid belt -- as far out as half-way to Jupiter. This cosmic voyage was in quest of cometary and interstellar dust particles, which scientists believe will help provide answers to fundamental questions about comets and the origins of the solar system. With the information we gathered during our encounter with comet Wild 2 in Jan. 2004, Stardust has already provided us with some remarkable science, said Dr. Don Brownlee, Stardust principal investigator at the University of Washington, Seattle. With the return of cometary samples, we'll be able to work with the actual building materials of the solar system as they were when the solar system was formed. It will be a great day for science. The last few hours of the Stardust mission will be filled with significant milestones. Today at about 8:15 p.m. Pacific time (9:15 p.m. Mountain time), mission controllers will command the spacecraft to begin the computer-controlled sequence that will release the sample return capsule. At 9:56 p.m. Pacific time (10:56 p.m. Mountain time), the Stardust spacecraft will complete the sequence by severing the umbilical cables between spacecraft and capsule. One minute later, springs aboard the spacecraft will literally push the capsule away, putting it into its trajectory toward the Utah Test and Training Range. Fifteen minutes later, the mother ship, the Stardust spacecraft, will perform a maneuver to enter orbit around the sun. At 1:57 a.m. Pacific time (2:57 a.m. Mountain time), four hours after being released by the Stardust spacecraft, the capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 125 kilometers (410,000 feet) over Northern California. At this point it will be 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) east of the Pacific coast and 22 kilometers (13.67 miles) south of the Oregon-California border. The velocity of the sample return capsule as it enters Earth's atmosphere at 46,440 kilometers per hour (28,860 miles per hour) will be the greatest of any human-made object on record. This will surpass the record set in May 1969 during the return of the Apollo 10 command module. The Stardust sample return capsule will release a drogue parachute at an altitude of approximately 32 kilometers (105,000 feet). Once the capsule has descended to an altitude of about 3 kilometers (10,000 feet) at 2:05 a.m. Pacific time (3:05 a.m. Mountain time), the main parachute will deploy. The capsule is scheduled to land on the salt flats of the Utah Test and Training Range at 2:12 a.m. Pacific time (3:12 a.m. Mountain time). If weather conditions allow, the recovery team will be flown by helicopter to recover the capsule and fly it to the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, for initial processing. If weather does not allow helicopters to fly, special off-road vehicles will be used to
[meteorite-list] Observations Show 2005 FY9 Is Very Similar To Pluto
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes Apartado de correos 321 E-38700 Santa Cruz de la Palma Canary Islands, Spain Contact: Javier Méndez, Public Relations Officer jma @ ing.iac.es News release date: 13th January, 2006 WHT and TNG Observations Prove that the Large Trans-Neptunian Object 2005 FY9 is Very Similar to Pluto Visible and near-infrared spectroscopic observations carried out on August 1st 2005 by a group leaded by the ING-IAC astronomer Javier Licandro[1] using the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) at El Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory show that the recently discovered trans-neptunian object (TNO) 2005 FY9 is very similar to Pluto. Results have been published in the journal Astronomy Astrophysics (Licandro et al., 2006, AA, 445, 35L). 2005 FY9 is the third brightest known TNO, after 2003 UB313 and Pluto. Although discovered early in 2005 by USA astronomers M. Brown and co-workers, the discovery wasn't reported until July 29th. The size of 2005 FY9 is 0.7 times that of Pluto approximately. The semi-major axis of its orbit is 46 Astronomical Units (AU, 1 AU=149,597,892 kilometres), the perihelion distance is 39 AU and the inclination of the orbit is 29 deg. These values are typical of the classical TNO family. Visible spectroscopy was obtained using the ISIS spectrograph on the WHT, and near-infrared spectroscopy was obtained using the NICS spectrograph on the TNG. The complete visible and near-infrared spectrum is shown in Figure 2 and compared with the spectrum of Pluto and that of pure methane ice. Figure 2 clearly shows that the spectra of both TNOs are very similar. They are dominated by strong absorption bands produced by methan ice. In fact, the absorption bands in the spectrum of 2005 FY9 are deeper than in the spectrum of Pluto as a result of the larger abundance of methane ice in 2005 FY9. Also the colour of the surface of the TNO is red (indicated by the slope of the spectrum), similar to that of Pluto. This shows the presence of complex organic compounds in the surface. The discovery of a Pluto 'twin' in the trans-neptunian belt is relevant as Pluto is the only known TNO possessing a small atmosphere. The similar size and surface composition of 2005 FY9 are facts that suggest it can also have such a tenuous bound atmosphere. Until now only one known TNO, Pluto, showed the presence of strong methan ice absorption bands in the spectrum. However, apart from 2005 FY9, recently these bands were also observed in the spectrum of the largest yet known TNO, 2003 UB313 (Brown et al., 2005, ApJ, 635, 97). As shown in Figure 3, the near infrared spectrum of 2003 UB313 is very similar to that of 2005 FY9. The discovery that 2005 FY9 is very similar to Pluto provides astronomers with a new and exciting laboratory for the study of volatile mixing and transport, atmospheric freeze-out and escape, ice chemistry, and nitrogen phase transitions in Pluto-like objects. Notes: [1] The members of the international team led by Javier Licandro (ING-IAC) are William Grundy (Lowell Observatory), Ernesto Oliva (FGG-TNG), Marco Pedani (FGG-TNG), Noemí Pinilla-Alonso (FGG-TNG) and Gian Paolo Tozzi (Osservatorio di Arcetri). IMAGE CAPTIONS: [Figure 1: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/8451.jpg (23KB)] The size of the largest objects known in the outer Solar System compared with the size of the Moon. [Figure 2: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/spectrum2005FY9.gif (28KB)] The spectrum of 2005 FY9 compared with the spectrum of Pluto and that of pure methane ice. Notice the strong methan ice absorption bands present in the spectrum of both TNOs. [Figure 3: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/img19.gif (29KB)] Near infrared spectrum of 2005 FY9 obtained by Licandro et al. (2006) compared with that of TNO 2003 UB313 from Brown et al. (2005). The similarity of both spectra shows that the surface composition of both objects must be also similar. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] a new Quiz
For those of you who like the challenge of identifying meteorites, take a few minutes and visit the Mystery Meteorites section at the MeteoriteImpact Forum. View it here: http://www.meteoriteimpact.invisionzone.com/index.php?showforum=12 Best, JKGwilliam At 02:10 AM 1/14/2006, Christian Anger wrote: Hi all, some list members asked me to do another Quiz like the New Year Quiz I've done some days ago. OK, so it' s time for another little Quiz which one is it ? http://www.austromet.com/CollnPics/Quiz_05.jpg Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stardust Webcam
Ron;That is a great service to the list.Thank you very much.I will enjoy viewing the events.and wouldn't it be great to webcam the re-entry.What a glorious sight that must be.Hopefully some of the list members will get to view it.Hope so anyway. Thanks;Herman. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA's Stardust
Hi List, This is a very interesting subject for me for several reasons. The number one reason is that while Mike Farmer and I were doing a public talk at the University of Washington, Dr. Don Brownlee, Stardust's principal investigator was in attendance and asked us several questions demonstrating an interest in what we had to say. He is among the nicest people you could hope to meet and has a sincere interest in meteoritics. As a matter of fact, micrometeorites carry his name, Brownlee Particles! We also met NASA's Michael Zolenski, who flew out to present his findings on Tagish Lake, attended dinner with us after the talks. Imagine Mike Farmer, Greg, and I having a few brews with these world renown scientist including Dr. Tony Irving who was in charge of putting together these presentations. It may seem unlikely but we had some great conversations that I will never forget. It is noteworthy to see how a common interest in meteorites can bridge the gaps between collectors, dealers and scientists alike. I will be up all night watching with anticipation the outcome of this historic material return mission. Kind Regards, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection Team LunarRock IMCA 2185 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] NASA's Stardust Passes Moon,Just Hours Away From Earth Return 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 D.C. Agle (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dwayne Brown/Merrilee Fellows (202) 358-1726/(818) 393-0754 NASA Headquarters, Washington NEWS RELEASE 2006-008 January 14, 2006 NASA'S STARDUST PASSES MOON, JUST HOURS AWAY FROM EARTH RETURN Less than one day of space travel separates Earth and history's first comet sample return mission. Today at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time (10:30 a.m. Mountain time), the Stardust spacecraft will cross the moon's orbit as the craft makes its way toward Earth. The final 400,000 kilometers (249,000 miles) of the mission to return a capsule containing cometary particles to Earth will take just 16 hours and 27 minutes. It took the Apollo astronauts about three days to make the same journey. Our entire flight and recovery team will be watching this final leg of our flight with tremendous expectation as we implement a precise celestial ballet in delivering our capsule to Earth, said Stardust Project Manager Tom Duxbury of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. We feel like parents awaiting the return of a child who left us young and innocent, who now returns holding answers to the most profound questions of our solar system. Prior to passing the moon's orbit, the spacecraft performed a final maneuver to place it on a precise path to reach its landing target on the Utah Test and Training Range. The burn, which took place yesterday at 8:53 p.m. Pacific time (9:53 p.m. Mountain time), took 58.5 seconds to complete and changed the spacecraft's velocity by 2.9 mph. At the time of the burn the spacecraft was about 706,000 kilometers (439,000 miles) from Earth. NASA's Stardust mission has traveled about 4.5 billion kilometers (2.88 billion miles) during its seven year round-trip odyssey. It is a journey that carried it around the sun three times and beyond Mars and the asteroid belt -- as far out as half-way to Jupiter. This cosmic voyage was in quest of cometary and interstellar dust particles, which scientists believe will help provide answers to fundamental questions about comets and the origins of the solar system. With the information we gathered during our encounter with comet Wild 2 in Jan. 2004, Stardust has already provided us with some remarkable science, said Dr. Don Brownlee, Stardust principal investigator at the University of Washington, Seattle. With the return of cometary samples, we'll be able to work with the actual building materials of the solar system as they were when the solar system was formed. It will be a great day for science. The last few hours of the Stardust mission will be filled with significant milestones. Today at about 8:15 p.m. Pacific time (9:15 p.m. Mountain time), mission controllers will command the spacecraft to begin the computer-controlled sequence that will release the sample return capsule. At 9:56 p.m. Pacific time (10:56 p.m. Mountain time), the Stardust spacecraft will complete the sequence by severing the umbilical cables between spacecraft and capsule. One minute later, springs aboard the spacecraft will literally push the capsule away, putting it into its trajectory toward the Utah Test and Training Range. Fifteen minutes later, the mother ship, the
[meteorite-list] kakangari and new specimen cards
Hello list.I finally got around to doing some of my new specimen cards.So I thought what a better way than to do my little piece of KAKANGARI (K) class piece.You can view it and my new card,the first one made,for my collection on my homepage on my website.Also thanks again to dana hawn for giving me the info on this great site.Let me know what you think.2 weeks till tucson. steve arnold, chicago Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 Illinois Meteorites,Ltd! website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Kakangari and new specimen cards
Hi there Steve and List, Congrats, looks great and professional though there are some minor drawbacks that I'd like to point out if you don't mind: 1. If I were you, I wouldn't put an exclamation mark because the meteorite (my very personal perspective) is more relevant than the owner. 2. You printed Witness fall. Though I am not a native speaker, (wish I was!) I think this should read Witnessed fall. 3. I usually print the specimen weight of my personal specimen after the TKW, and, last but not least, my latest labels also mention the seller that I purchased my piece from (although I also keep the original label most sellers/dealers include) for future reference. Best regards, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] D'Orbigny
Hi Anyone have any photos of main mass or any bigger piece ? I hear is was oriented specimen so I'm really interested to see this meteorite. Who right now own the main mass ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] kakangari and new specimen cards
Very nice, Steve. Dave - Original Message - From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] kakangari and new specimen cards Hello list.I finally got around to doing some of my new specimen cards.So I thought what a better way than to do my little piece of KAKANGARI (K) class piece.You can view it and my new card,the first one made,for my collection on my homepage on my website.Also thanks again to dana hawn for giving me the info on this great site.Let me know what you think.2 weeks till tucson. steve arnold, chicago Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 Illinois Meteorites,Ltd! website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/229 - Release Date: 1/13/2006 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny
A photo of the main mass before distribution can be seen on my website, it was beautiful http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/collection/dorbigny.htm Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 - Original Message - From: Marcin Cimala [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny Hi Anyone have any photos of main mass or any bigger piece ? I hear is was oriented specimen so I'm really interested to see this meteorite. Who right now own the main mass ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] In The Beginning
Dear List, I am a new member of the list. I am also new to the world of hunting meteorites. I find most of my daily thoughts to be consumed by my first find. The unfortunate part is, I have yet to find my first meteorite. I have spoken to many professional collectors and hunters. Some have given me inspiration, and some have me completely discouraged. I am an extreemly determined individual, sometimes to determined, but I find this to be an asset because it usually takes me to where I need to be. The bottom line is, I am looking for advice and possibly a little help in the right direction. I am trying to decide where in the U.S. to hunt first. This is difficult. I would prefer meeting a fellow hunter and learning a few things about how to hunt, what type of detector to use and where we are permitted to be. Mr. Notkin suggested purchasing a used fisher Gold Bug mk l or Gold Bug ll. I recently saw Bill Pecks Guide to North American Meteorites at a friends house. I thought this map may be extreemly helpful to me but I don't think it is available anymore. Well, I figured I would break the ice and introduce myself to you guys/gals, any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Edward Kerr __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny
Hey... nice pic Rob. I hadn't seen that view before. I've got another pic but from the other side which is at the link below. http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/d'orbigny.html Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Rob Wesel To: Marcin Cimala ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny A photo of the main mass before distribution can be seen on my website, it was beautiful http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/collection/dorbigny.htm Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 - Original Message - From: Marcin Cimala [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny Hi Anyone have any photos of main mass or any bigger piece ? I hear is was oriented specimen so I'm really interested to see this meteorite. Who right now own the main mass ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Webcam
Ron;That is a great service to the list.Thank you very much.I will enjoy viewing the events.and wouldn't it be great to webcam the re-entry.What a glorious sight that must be.Hopefully some of the list members will get to view it.Hope so anyway. There's an infrared camera at UTTR in Utah which will track the parachute's descent. It will be shown live on NASA TV - that's your best bet in viewing it. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Also, check with your cable company to see if they will be carrying NASA TV. CNN usually shows NASA TV during these events. I'll be in the operations area later tonight, which is shown in the first webcam. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny
Thanks for the cool pictures, guys. Pavlovian response kicking in [drool] Dave - Original Message - From: Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob Wesel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Marcin Cimala [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny Hey... nice pic Rob. I hadn't seen that view before. I've got another pic but from the other side which is at the link below. http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/d'orbigny.html Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Rob Wesel To: Marcin Cimala ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny A photo of the main mass before distribution can be seen on my website, it was beautiful http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/collection/dorbigny.htm Rob Wesel http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 - Original Message - From: Marcin Cimala [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] D'Orbigny Hi Anyone have any photos of main mass or any bigger piece ? I hear is was oriented specimen so I'm really interested to see this meteorite. Who right now own the main mass ? -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM +48(607)535 195 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/2006 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] ** Tucson Party 2006 **
Dear Friends and Listees: Greetings all. I have been suffering from a long bronchial illness, and have therefore been very tardy in some of my most important duties -- particularly notifying you that: Steve World Record Meteorite Geoff Notkin will return to entertain and thrill you in: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL METEOR MAYHEM BIRTHDAY BASH HARVEY AWARDS -- at -- Tucson's fashionable COPPER CLUB Opened up for us by very special request (I'm not kidding) Inside the old Vagabond Plaza Hotel 1601 North Oracle Road (at Drachman) Tucson, Arizona Territories Wild West, USA Friday February 3, 2006 Socializing begins: 8 pm Harvey Awards presentation: 9 pm Festivities run until: very late Please note: this is the same venue as last year. Our guests said it was the best Meteor Mayhem party ever, and the Vagabond's manager has very graciously invited us to return. Your hosts: http://www.paleozoic.org/shows/tucson-2003/pages/geoff-steve.htm Admission is free – All are welcome Cash bar - merriment - music - laughs - tall tales and meteorite stories - drinks with funny little umbrellas in them This is your chance to meet and hang out with some of the wackiest meteorite people on the face of the planet (fossil and mineral people are allowed to attend with parent or guardian only, please). A real invitation will be forthcoming, hopefully, when I get around to it. Looking forward to seeing many of you in a couple more weeks. Geoff N. www.aerolite.org Tucson, AZ The all-sunshine, all-drought city -- no place for wimps! __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Pallasite Found
Congrats to Mike Elliott for his new find! http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16583252method=fullsiteid=66633headline=pleased-to-meteor--name_page.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stardust Observers Ready For Human-Made Fireball
http://space.com/missionlaunches/060114_fireball_watch.html Stardust Observers Ready For Human-Made Fireball By Leonard David space.com 14 January 2006 When NASA's Stardust sample return capsule fireballs toward a pre-dawn Utah landing this Sunday, ground and airborne observers are ready to record the spectacular sky diving, human-made meteor. Much is to be gained by watching the capsule's high-speed reentry. Insight can be gained on designing NASA's post-shuttle craft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle, as well as probe the delivery of organics for life'ss origin by measuring the physical conditions of the capsule as it torches through the sky. The Stardust mother ship is set to release its sample-containing return capsule on January 14 at 10:57 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST). At that time the spacecraft is 68,805 miles (110,728 kilometers) from Earth. The capsule's entry into Earth's atmosphere will occur at approximately 2:57 a.m. MST on January 15, touching down at approximately 3:12 a.m. MST. Speed demon The 101-pound (46-kilogram) Stardust capsule is a speed demon. When it slams into the atmosphere, it will be traveling at a blistering 28,860 miles per hour (46,440 kilometers per hour) - the greatest velocity ever attained by any human-made object on record. The peak reentry heating of the capsule is expected to occur at an altitude of 200,000 feet (61 kilometers) above the Earth. The main heating-phase occurs over northern central Nevada. After zooming across the sky, the capsule's planned landing site is the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), southwest of Salt Lake City. Falling slowly by means of a deployed parachute system, the Stardust capsule will settle down to the ground at UTTC and then picked up by a recovery team. The entry duration -- from hitting the atmosphere to parachute touchdown -- is roughly 14 minutes, 20 seconds. Getting an eye-full Dispatched from the NASA Ames Research Center, a NASA DC-8 aircraft will carry a team of scientists and special equipment to observe the Stardust sample capsule as it rocket's through Earth's atmosphere and flies to a landing in the Utah desert. According to various sources, here are a few tips on taking part in the Stardust capsule's dazzling plunge, visible from central California through central Oregon, on through Nevada and into Utah. The Stardust capsule will approach the Utah landing zone from a westerly direction. The best opportunities for viewing the reentry will be along Highway 80 between Carlin, Nevada and Elko, Nevada and further east to the Utah border. The peak brightness of the falling capsule will decrease further from Carlin, lessening to about the brightness of Venus when seen from Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City. Viewing will not be as good at sites east of Carlin where the craft will be seen from behind. There will be many other acceptable viewing sites right along the I-80 corridor in Nevada beginning from Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, and Dunphy, as well as Carlin. Towns such as Elko, Nevada are close to the ground track but because Elko faces northward, it may not be as good of a viewing site. Look and listen It has been noted that there are relatively few good state parks along the capsule's path that provide public land where folks could set up instruments and stay for a while. One prospect is Nevada's South Fork Reservoir, which is about 16 miles south of Elko. This site is right under the projected trajectory of the Stardust sample capsule as it flies straight overhead about 50 miles downrange from the peak heating point. Whether the park is open may well depend on snow conditions, so those interested in this area should check with Nevada Division of State Parks. Although it is difficult to pinpoint exactly the best viewing location, any site within the entry ground track and facing south would be more ideal. Reentry experts say that Stardust's sonic boom takes quite a while to travel down through Earth's atmosphere. That being the case, ground observers should listen for the boom about three-minutes after the capsule passes overhead. Incredibly bright...historically significant One person that's in all eyes/all ears-mode for the sky show is Ron Dantowitz, Director of the Clay Center Observatory at Dexter and Southfield Schools in Brookline, Massachusetts. Dantowitz is leader of a ground crew that departed Thursday from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Stationing themselves in Elko, the team will choose their observing site as the weather dictates. It's always a thrill when you see a random shooting star. But here's one that you don't have to go outside and wait for hours hoping to see, Dantowitz told SPACE.com. This should be incredibly bright...and historically significant. Dantowitz and his fellow observers are set to use a unique blend of ground-based imaging tools. We built this all ourselves, he said. Welcome mat
[meteorite-list] Wow!!!
Dear List, Wow!!! When Geoff told me to sign up for the M-List, I really had no idea that this is what it would be all about! All of you are the best! I have had so many responses from my first entry. I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome and all of the information you have given me already. I would also like to add that if it weren't for people like Derek Yoost, Geoff Notkin, Steve Arnold and many of you at the M-List, I would have been lost. Thank You, Edward Kerr __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stardust capsule released!
The Stardust capsule has been released! Next up is the divert maneuver. Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Oops
Sorry for the type-o I meant Rob Elliott! Ouch! Has everyone caught the new sungrazers page yet? Its finished and looks great by the way. Here is that link. http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/ Gotta get back to watching stardust! Later Everyone! ~Dana Hawn Mano, the heart, is primal, the great foundation. Everything we do or say comes from the heart. mano-pubbangama dhamma mano-settha mano-maya ~Buddha __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
