[meteorite-list] AD: Meteorite Auctions Ending... 99 Cent Start Bid + No Reserve
Hey all, I have some meteorite auctions ending today and later this weekend... There's some NWAs, Campos, and even a nice teardrop 26.8g tektite starting a 99 cents a BIG 549.7 Gram Lot of NWAs for only $49. Some of the other Unclassified NWAs auctions also have really nice fusion crust and many pieces are very collection worthy. Many peices with bids! Also, I'll have more items listed throughout the day today, tomorrow and this weekend so keep and eye out for more here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfreel3orn Good Luck Happy Bidding! Regards, Eric Wichman www.MeteoriteWatch.com www.MeteoritesUSA.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] The Joshua impact event
Hi Sterling, all, You can set the biblical account off to one side. The destruction of the Hittite King Hantilishi (Te'hantilishi, Tantalus) and his appenage forces ca. 1585 BCE is well attested in contemporary writings. (Yes, man was literate then.) See the notes in the following series for detailed citations of them: On the Joshua impact event http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc032098.html http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc032598.html http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc033098.html http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc012102.html http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc021202.html I joined the meteorite list trying to find out if any remains from this fall had been recovered in Israel. For devout Jews and Christians, this would be the ultimate hammer to possess. You can imagine the price per gram. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 8, 2008
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/February_8_2008.html ___ **Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300025 48) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Looking for...
Hi all, I am looking for a small sample of the Tucson Iron meteorite. 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] __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Benguerir Large Crusted Museum Piece
Dear List, Please refer to the links for the 1.2 kilogram Benguerir, Morocco piece. It is a very attractive piece about 94% crusted with nice black fusion crust picked up close to the time of the fall. The piece has become available after a museum offer fell through last year and it was put int storage. I have no financial interest in this but can vouch for the piece and the friend who would like to sell it, and will personally pack and send it. If you like whole individuals and witnessed falls, this is a fine and aesthetically appealing piece. Make an offer, payment for the great piece can be by Paypal or you could pay in person in Tucson. It can be sent via US mail Priority in USA or your choice internationally. I believe that Benguerir has a lower TKW than all the Mali and others that have been offered lately, and it is a great documented WITNESSED FALL. FALL DATE: November 22, 2004 Locality: Benguerir, Morocco Type LL6 Shock Stage 3/4 TKW only 25 Kg !! The others are all over 100 Kg. This is one of the largest individuals of the fall and definitely among the most beautiful. Meteorite Database entry: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=30443 Photos: www.diogenite.com/meteor1a.jpg www.diogenite.com/meteor1b.jpg www.diogenite.com/meteor1c.jpg www.diogenite.com/meteor1d.jpg Wish I could have time to ask to put it on Rocks from Space Picture of the Day! First offer of $4.25 per gram takes it, otherwise lower offers will be considered. I will check email within 24 hours to see. The owner wanted $5 it has per gram, an been difficult since the museum offer for this beautiful specimen was at $6/g, but now he has gotten reasonable and it only can be sold during the time he is here at the gem show. Best Wishes, Great Health, Doug More new features than ever. Check out the new AIM(R) Mail ! - http://webmail.aim.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - February 6, 2008
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Still Grinding After All These Years - sol 1389-1395, Feb 06, 2008: With only about a month remaining before Opportunity's fourth anniversary (in Earth years) of Mars exploration, NASA's robotic geologist is still grinding into the surface of rocks to unlock the secrets of their interior chemistry. Meanwhile, fall arrived in the southern hemisphere of Mars on Dec. 9, 2007, Opportunity's 1,378th Martian day, or sol, of exploration of the Red Planet. Ten days later, Earth made its closest approach to Mars, coming within 88 million kilometers (54.8 million miles). Opportunity used the rock abrasion tool to bore a shallow hole into a rock target known as Lyell_1 and then spent about 70 hours integrating data about iron minerals inside the rock using the Moessbauer spectrometer. During integration with the Moessbauer spectrometer, the rover adds measurements in a running total, sort of like exposing film. A longer exposure builds up the light areas, improves contrast, and results in a clearer, more distinct image, whereas a shorter exposure produces an image that is somewhat underexposed, darker, and less well defined. Similarly, longer integrations with the Moessbauer spectrometer yield more distinct signatures of iron content and the chemical state of the iron. At the end of the Moessbauer campaign, Opportunity re-positioned the robotic arm to take images of the grind hole. The rover's handlers postponed acquiring images until after the holidays. On sol 1395 (Dec. 27, 2007), Opportunity acquired a mosaic of microscopic images of the ground rock surface before placing the alpha-particle X-ray spectrometer on a new rock target known as Lyell_2. The resulting 2-by-2-by-14 mosaic was a collection of microscopic images arranged side-by-side like the four windowpanes in a square window. Within each of the four panes, Opportunity took 14 microscopic images at various distances from the rock surface. Because the microscopic imager is a fixed-focus camera, this process of acquiring images at different heights enables the rover to obtain images with different focal points. Because engineers don't always know where the best focus point will be, they start high, move closer, and finish low. Ideally, the middle pictures will be perfectly focused and higher and lower images will be slightly fuzzy. Usually, the rover takes a stack of five microscopic images. This time, however, Opportunity took one image up high, one image down low, and four images at each of the three intervening heights. The multiple images will allow image processing experts to determine a digital average and cancel out unwanted data, known as noise to engineers. In addition to studies using the Moessbauer and alpha-particle X-ray spectrometers, Opportunity conducted routine atmospheric tests, acquiring so-called Tau measurements of atmospheric dust with the panoramic camera. The rover took additional panoramic camera images of the immediate area using multiple filters. By combining images taken with different filters, engineers can create both true- and false-color views. Following is a typical sol in the life of the Opportunity rover: Each Martian day is divided into blocks of activities separated by naps. The first block, known as the engineering block, begins when sunlight is strongest and temperatures are warmest. This is when the rover performs the bulk of the day's activities, including drives and housekeeping activities such as arm movements. After this, Opportunity takes a nap with no activities to allow the early afternoon sun to recharge the rover batteries. In the late afternoon, the rover wakes up for a communication session with the orbiting Odyssey spacecraft. This period is known as the Odyssey block and involves pre-Odyssey, Odyssey, and post-Odyssey activities. Afterward, the rover naps or goes into a deep sleep. During deep sleep, the rover shuts off power to almost everything on board. The following morning, the rover may wake up autonomously if there is enough solar power -- this time period is called solar array wakeup. During this block, engineers usually schedule one or two small activities, followed by another nap to recharge the batteries. If there isn't enough solar power, the rover omits the solar array wakeup block. Finally, the rover wakes up for the daily X-band communication session with Earth. This is known as the AM block. At this time, the rover generally does imaging activities in parallel with communications. This block ends with a so-called handover from the previous sol's plan to the new sol's plan. Sol-by-sol summary: In addition to morning uplinks directly from Earth via the rover's high-gain antenna, evening downlinks to Earth via the Odyssey orbiter at UHF frequencies, and panoramic camera measurements of atmospheric opacity caused by dust, Opportunity completed the following activities: Sol 1389 (Dec. 20, 2007):
[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 4-8, 2008
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 4-8, 2008 o Landslide Surface (Released 04 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080204a o Candor Chasma (Released 05 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080205a o Embayment (Released 06 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080206a o Channel to Ridge (Released 07 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080207a o Crater Delta (Released 08 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080208a All of the THEMIS images are archived here: http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] tucson,my day 3
Well another great day here in tucson.75 degree's and 100% sun.I bought 4 more pieces for my trip.Also more people came to town.Sonny Clary,Jack schrader,Tom Tofelli,and others were coming later for the party tonight.I finally saw one of mike farmers new moon rocks.This piece had been cut and it a beaut.Way to go mike.I bought a 34 gram slice of esquel which was traded to mike farmer for his 1.2 kilo GIBEON endcut.I also bought a 420 very sculpted campo from hans koser.I really got a great deal on that piece.Right hans?I also bought another unclassified oriented button piece.We also made it up to Bob Haag's room,and he had a couple of nice esquel pieces,he also had a small collection on consignment forsale,and other nice pieces.Then we went over to Al Langs roon and he had his usual nice pieces.From there went back to the Inn Suites and made our usual rounds seeing all the customary people and nice items.After I get home and get resettled in,I promise some very interesting pictures.We are getting to get ready to go the birthday bash and have a fun filled evening and seeing new and old friends.I also look forward to seeing the beer flying tonight.So good night from tucson,az,usa. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! The Asteroid Belt! Chicagometeorites.net Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999 Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 7, 2008
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 7, 2008 o Small Cones North of Olympus Mons http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006667_2150 o Textured Surface in the Southern Part of Trumpler Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006734_1180 o Terby Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006752_1525 o HiRISE Student Image of the Week: Intersection of Hyblaeus and Elysium Chasmata http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003545_2025 All of the HiRISE images are archived here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
