Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Renewed
Woohoo! Congratulations Steve and Geoff! Keep this thing going and I may eventually be able to get the Science Channel! And you mean to tell me those meteorites are... outer space objects, some more than 40 million years old? ;^) Linton Nice interview in the new MHC magazine, too! - Original Message - From: Pete Pete rsvp...@hotmail.com To: meteoritelist meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:53 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Renewed Great exposure for our passion! Today 4.3 million viewers, tomorrow ze vorld! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews Science Channel renews 'Meteorite Men' Series to return for third season By Stuart Miller 'Big Love' says goodbye Exclusive: Science Channel has ordered a third season of Meteorite Men. Produced by the LMNO Cable Group, skein follows co-hosts Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold as the search for outer space objects -- some more than 40 million years old -- that have landed on Earth. Eric Schotz is exec producer. Discovery-owned Science Channel is faring well with An Idiot Abroad, its new skein with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Through two episodes, Idiot -- where Pilkington offers his off-kilter take on the Seven Wonders of the World -- is the net's most-watched series ever in the 25-54 demo and highest rated in 18-49. Since its Jan. 22 premiere, 4.3 million viewers have tuned in. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction
Hi all, Just got back late last night. I spent this afternoon reading how the auction had not gone as well as I had thought at the time. -- I would like to acknowledge it was an error mentioning an absentee bid had hit it's max, even if on a charity item and no such mention at all will be made in the future regardless of the nature of the lot. I also should have unrolled the Giclee print submitted by Michael Gilmer have apologized to him off list, where, of course, most if not all of Such issues would best be addressed. Future auction catalogs will simply state, With Reserve or No Reserve. There will be no indication of what the reserve may be. All consignors will be paid within 10 days or less, absentee bidders will all be contacted and the auction results will be posted on the net (said posting will identify price sold only, of course). -- I would like to thank Suzanne, Lisa Marie Leigh Anne for the Terrific job they all did... And of course a thank you to Ruben for his Making it possible for list members unable to attend in person to be Included. Hope most people enjoyed the show and the auction, Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Renewed
We are all very fortunate to have two such stellar Representatives for the meteorite community AND, we get to See a bunch more shows! WAY TO GO, DUDES! Michael PS: If anyone thinks this show fails to do anything for the meteorite Community and just generates more, I found a meteorite nuts, then They spent no time at all in Geoff's room. I was there many times and It was PACKED with NEW COLLECTORS drawn to the wonders of the Meteorite world by this show. I personally watched Geoff generously Educate new collectors as well as infuse them with his respect and awe For the beauty of meteorites. (Of course, Lisa Marie AND his wonderful, Beloved Libby also brought brightness and cheer into that room, which Was always THE most packed room at the show). On 2/8/11 9:47 PM, Met. Eric Wichman Escondido e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: Congrats Steve and Geoff on Season 3 of Meteorite men! Regards, Eric On 2/8/2011 8:53 PM, Pete Pete wrote: Great exposure for our passion! Today 4.3 million viewers, tomorrow ze vorld! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNe ws%7CLatestNews http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNe ws%7CLatestNews Science Channel renews 'Meteorite Men' Series to return for third season By Stuart Miller 'Big Love' says goodbye Exclusive: Science Channel has ordered a third season of Meteorite Men. Produced by the LMNO Cable Group, skein follows co-hosts Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold as the search for outer space objects -- some more than 40 million years old -- that have landed on Earth. Eric Schotz is exec producer. Discovery-owned Science Channel is faring well with An Idiot Abroad, its new skein with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Through two episodes, Idiot -- where Pilkington offers his off-kilter take on the Seven Wonders of the World -- is the net's most-watched series ever in the 25-54 demo and highest rated in 18-49. Since its Jan. 22 premiere, 4.3 million viewers have tuned in. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD Zaklodzie and other achondrites
Dear List Members, I have a few really good meteorites for sale : - Zaklodzie a rare Primitive Enstatite Achondrite 59.9 slice. Specimen contain all 3 zones what is rare on this meteorite and graphite nodules (last slice available with graphite!!). This is Museum slice of one or rarest subgroup. Size is 137x43x3 mm Photos : https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Zaklodzie59g# More detailed information on email. - Millbillillie individual, 203 gram 99% crusted eucrite, with super fresh fusion crust. Currently hard to find such big ones. https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Millbillillie203g# - two pieces of NWA 2690 - 336 and 337 gram (both with cut window). https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA2690336grams# and https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA2690405g?authkey=Gv1sRgCM_atuimm-CdOQ# (this one still have fragmental glossy crust) - Gao Guenie, beauty individual 756 gram, with regmaglipts few flow lines and strange inclusion (visible on second photo). https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Gao756g?authkey=Gv1sRgCJj1tJS__P3y0QE# - big sized chondrite breccia NWA, 9.8 kg, huge solid and fresh inside chondrite. https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA98Kg# - beauty crusted, regmaglipted chondrite NWA 1.8 kg https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA18Kg# All question please send to my address illae...@gmail.com Kind Regards Tomasz Jakubowski IMCA #2321 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere
Hi Walter, only a remark... for not being the same thing like with the ominous purple halite-crystals containing liquid water in Zag, which are described in literature - but so far noone of the collectors ever found one in any of their 175kgs of slices... :-) Those inclusions in the Martian shock glasses - you can really have them as a collector too!! The fresh-shergottite-series - NWA 2975/2986/4766 seq.. there the maskelynite is still so fresh, that it is translucent. So it's possible without special equipment and special preparation to spot these inclusions in the maskelynite with a simple microscope under low magnification in cut surfaces. And you know what? Here and there these maskelynite patches contain little bubbles! A while ago a collector loaded up a photo he made from such a bubble out of that NWA-series in the German forum. Fascinating isn't it? So, dear collectors, I'm sure many of you have samples form that Martian, let's hunt for bubbles! Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Walter Branch Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011 04:31 An: MeteorList Betreff: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere Hello Everyone, I feel like an idiot. I know that trapped atmospheric gases have been found in some martian meteorites but for some unexplained reason, I had always thought that the gases had been incorporated in the rock at the time of formation. I always wondered how gases from the martian atmosphere could have been trapped in a rock at the time it formed, particularly an igneous rock in an underground magma chamber. Well, thanks to William Cassidy, the man who founded ANSMET, I now realize my assumption was wrong. Cassidy makes it clear that gasses became trapped in martian rocks at the time of the impact which launched the rock from the surface. The rather lengthy quote below is from Cassidy's book Meteorites, Ice and Antarctica an excellent book (see more after the quote). From pages 119-121 EETA 79001 was an important find for another reason. It contained proof that SNC meteorites come from Mars. This meteorite had been highly shocked during the impact that ejected it from the martian surface, and one of the shock effects was to produce pods of glass that had been melted from the constituent minerals of the meteorite by the transient heating generated by shock pressures. The melts that were formed were partly injected along cracks in the rock and partly retained as molten beads at the sites where they formed. Cooling occurred immediately behind the shock wave and the beads were chilled to glass before they could crystalize. Apparently the crater forming asteroid had built up a lense off compressed atmosphere in front of it during it's lengthy trajectory toward the surface of the planet. When it struck the surface it injected highly compressed air into the target rock, and some of this was trapped in the shock-melted inclusions. We know the composition of the martian atmosphere from measurements made by Viking Landers I and II. When some of the glass inclusions were picked out of EETA 79001 and remelted, the gave up their dissolved gases. These gasses when analyzed and corrected for slight terrestrial contamination, contained nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the same abundances as the atmosphere of Mars; they also had isotopes of argon, neon, , krypton, and xenon in the same abundances as does the martian atmosphere. This neat bit of detective work by a number of workers, for the first time tied a SNC meteorite directly to the planet Mars and, through this meteorite, to all the other meteorites. I love Cassidy's book. If you like meteorites in general, martian and lunar meteorites (like me) and are curious about the ANSMET program and you don't have a copy of this book, you are really missing out. The book is a gold mine of information regarding ANSMET. It is very readable, technical in some places, humorous in others and poignant in others. Some books I love holding and reading and this is one of those books. It is hardbound with glossy pages and nicely illustrated. I like the physical proportion of the book and I even like the dust jacket (I usually abhor dust jackets). Anyway, many thanks to Dr. Cassidy for clearing that up with me and thanks for writing such a wonderful book. -Walter Branch __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction
Hi there Captain, don't worry. I mean, almost every year there are complaints on the list about the auctions, about yours or remember about Lang's. I really don't know. As I understood, and as I perceived it, when we were there, your auction is a meteorite-scene-internal event, a fun, a come-together of the meteorite people, entertaining with a little thrill in a familiar atmosphere. Hence not first and foremost a commercial event to earn money. (For that, everyone can at anytime play in that anonymous ebay-thing or they can give their stuff to professional auction houses). I don't know, those who almost every year complain, I doubt that they would be happier if your auction wouldn't take place anymore. And to hire a professional auctioneer, adding additionally high surcharges on the hammer prices, makes no sense, especially because such one would always be a person, who can't have any ideas about the lots he is auctioning. So I find it a little bit weird, that there are less list-postings than rant-mails, which simply say: Thank you, Captain Blood and all the helpers, for doing that all each year. Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Michael Blood Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011 10:02 An: Meteorite List Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Hi all, Just got back late last night. I spent this afternoon reading how the auction had not gone as well as I had thought at the time. -- I would like to acknowledge it was an error mentioning an absentee bid had hit it's max, even if on a charity item and no such mention at all will be made in the future regardless of the nature of the lot. I also should have unrolled the Giclee print submitted by Michael Gilmer have apologized to him off list, where, of course, most if not all of Such issues would best be addressed. Future auction catalogs will simply state, With Reserve or No Reserve. There will be no indication of what the reserve may be. All consignors will be paid within 10 days or less, absentee bidders will all be contacted and the auction results will be posted on the net (said posting will identify price sold only, of course). -- I would like to thank Suzanne, Lisa Marie Leigh Anne for the Terrific job they all did... And of course a thank you to Ruben for his Making it possible for list members unable to attend in person to be Included. Hope most people enjoyed the show and the auction, Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction
Michael, You are a stand up guy. Very few men have the intestinal fortitude to acknowledge an error and announce that they are taking steps to better serve their clients. As our Aussie mates would say Good on ya!. Those lovelies that work so hard for you, Suzzane, Lisa Marie and Leigh Anne, put a great face on your sale and are admired by many. Ruben and his helpers did yeoman work in giving we absentee bidders a chance to participate (and criticize):0} See you next year, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net Sent: Feb 9, 2011 1:02 AM To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction Hi all, Just got back late last night. I spent this afternoon reading how the auction had not gone as well as I had thought at the time. -- I would like to acknowledge it was an error mentioning an absentee bid had hit it's max, even if on a charity item and no such mention at all will be made in the future regardless of the nature of the lot. I also should have unrolled the Giclee print submitted by Michael Gilmer have apologized to him off list, where, of course, most if not all of Such issues would best be addressed. Future auction catalogs will simply state, With Reserve or No Reserve. There will be no indication of what the reserve may be. All consignors will be paid within 10 days or less, absentee bidders will all be contacted and the auction results will be posted on the net (said posting will identify price sold only, of course). -- I would like to thank Suzanne, Lisa Marie Leigh Anne for the Terrific job they all did... And of course a thank you to Ruben for his Making it possible for list members unable to attend in person to be Included. Hope most people enjoyed the show and the auction, Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] TUCSON AUCTION ETIQUETTE/ AN APOLOGY IN ORDER?
Compared to Bonhams and Heritage, Michael's auction proceeded slowly. The big boys run 60 to 90 lots per hour compared to about 40 on Saturday night. The Heritage auctioneer's final word before the hammer falls is 'fair warning', a heartbeat, bang - on to the next lot. If you are going to win something there you had better be prepared and know what your top bid will be. There is no time to dither. Paul Swartz I thought the same thing too. I have never seen an auctioneer close bid so fast. Almost like they were in a hurry. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men Renewed
Woo Hoo..WAY TO GO!!! Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: We are all very fortunate to have two such stellar Representatives for the meteorite community AND, we get to See a bunch more shows! WAY TO GO, DUDES! Michael PS: If anyone thinks this show fails to do anything for the meteorite Community and just generates more, I found a meteorite nuts, then They spent no time at all in Geoff's room. I was there many times and It was PACKED with NEW COLLECTORS drawn to the wonders of the Meteorite world by this show. I personally watched Geoff generously Educate new collectors as well as infuse them with his respect and awe For the beauty of meteorites. (Of course, Lisa Marie AND his wonderful, Beloved Libby also brought brightness and cheer into that room, which Was always THE most packed room at the show). On 2/8/11 9:47 PM, Met. Eric Wichman Escondido e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: Congrats Steve and Geoff on Season 3 of Meteorite men! Regards, Eric On 2/8/2011 8:53 PM, Pete Pete wrote: Great exposure for our passion! Today 4.3 million viewers, tomorrow ze vorld! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNe ws%7CLatestNews http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118031777?categoryid=14cs=1cmpid=RSS%7CNe ws%7CLatestNews Science Channel renews 'Meteorite Men' Series to return for third season By Stuart Miller 'Big Love' says goodbye Exclusive: Science Channel has ordered a third season of Meteorite Men. Produced by the LMNO Cable Group, skein follows co-hosts Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold as the search for outer space objects -- some more than 40 million years old -- that have landed on Earth. Eric Schotz is exec producer. Discovery-owned Science Channel is faring well with An Idiot Abroad, its new skein with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Through two episodes, Idiot -- where Pilkington offers his off-kilter take on the Seven Wonders of the World -- is the net's most-watched series ever in the 25-54 demo and highest rated in 18-49. Since its Jan. 22 premiere, 4.3 million viewers have tuned in. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] AD Zaklodzie and other achondrites
Maybe a silly question, but aside from visual and both being primitive achondrites, is Zaklodzie at all related to Tafassasset? - Original Message - From: Tomasz Jakubowski illae...@wp.pl To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:27 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] AD Zaklodzie and other achondrites Dear List Members, I have a few really good meteorites for sale : - Zaklodzie a rare Primitive Enstatite Achondrite 59.9 slice. Specimen contain all 3 zones what is rare on this meteorite and graphite nodules (last slice available with graphite!!). This is Museum slice of one or rarest subgroup. Size is 137x43x3 mm Photos : https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Zaklodzie59g# More detailed information on email. - Millbillillie individual, 203 gram 99% crusted eucrite, with super fresh fusion crust. Currently hard to find such big ones. https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Millbillillie203g# - two pieces of NWA 2690 - 336 and 337 gram (both with cut window). https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA2690336grams# and https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA2690405g?authkey=Gv1sRgCM_atuimm-CdOQ# (this one still have fragmental glossy crust) - Gao Guenie, beauty individual 756 gram, with regmaglipts few flow lines and strange inclusion (visible on second photo). https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/Gao756g?authkey=Gv1sRgCJj1tJS__P3y0QE# - big sized chondrite breccia NWA, 9.8 kg, huge solid and fresh inside chondrite. https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA98Kg# - beauty crusted, regmaglipted chondrite NWA 1.8 kg https://picasaweb.google.com/illaenus/NWA18Kg# All question please send to my address illae...@gmail.com Kind Regards Tomasz Jakubowski IMCA #2321 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] casting meteorites
Does anyone have a source to have a cast done of an oriented meteorite before cutting? Cheers Steve Dunklee Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] casting meteorites
Aloha Steve, My cast of the Middlesborough was done by GeoEd Ltd of Cornwall, United Kingdom. You can contact Dave to inquire: GeoEd fos...@geoed.co.uk\ gary On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Steve Dunklee wrote: Does anyone have a source to have a cast done of an oriented meteorite before cutting? Cheers Steve Dunklee Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA Hosting Events For Valentine's Night Comet Encounter
Feb. 8, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 a...@jpl.nasa.gov Blaine Friedlander Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 607-254-6235 b...@cornell.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-026 NASA HOSTING EVENTS FOR VALENTINE'S NIGHT COMET ENCOUNTER PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host several live media activities for the Stardust-NExT mission's close encounter with comet Tempel 1. The closest approach is expected at approximately 8:37 p.m. PST, with confirmation received on Earth at about 8:56 p.m. PST on Monday, Feb. 14. Live coverage of the Tempel 1 encounter will begin at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 14 on NASA Television and the agency's website. The coverage will include live commentary from mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., and video from Lockheed Martin Space System's mission support area in Denver. A news briefing is planned for 10 a.m. on Feb. 15. Scheduled participants are: -Ed Weiler, NASA's associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate -Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell University -Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT project manager, JPL -Don Brownlee, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, University of Washington, Seattle To cover the Tempel 1 flyby at JPL, journalists must contact the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011. Valid media credentials are required. Non-U.S. citizens must bring passports. Starting Feb. 14 at 8 p.m., news media representatives can watch live coverage of the control room via a feed to JPL's von Karman Auditorium. The auditorium will remain open through the evening for media. Reporters who will not travel to JPL may call the Media Relations Office to make arrangements to ask questions during the Feb. 15 briefing. Mission coverage schedule (all times PST and subject to change): 8:30 to 10 p.m., Feb. 14: Live NASA TV commentary begins from mission control; includes coverage of closest approach and the re-establishment of contact with the spacecraft following the encounter. Midnight to 1:30 a.m., Feb. 15: NASA TV commentary will chronicle the arrival and processing of the first five of 72 close-approach images expected to be down linked after the encounter. The images are expected to include a close-up view of the comet's surface. 10 a.m., Feb. 15: News briefing Starting on Feb. 9, NASA TV will air Stardust-NExT mission animation and b-roll during its Video File segments. For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv Live commentary and the news conference also will be carried live on one of JPL's Ustream channels. Viewers during events can engage in a real-time chat and submit questions to the Stardust-NExT team at: http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2 The public can watch a real-time animation of the Stardust-NExT comet flyby using NASA's new Eyes on the Solar System Web tool. JPL created this 3-D environment, which allows people to explore the solar system directly from their computers. It is available at: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes This flyby of Tempel 1 will give scientists an opportunity to look for changes on the comet's surface since it was visited by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft in July 2005. Since then, Tempel 1 has completed one orbit of the sun, and scientists are looking forward to monitoring any differences in the comet. During its 12 years in space, Stardust became the first spacecraft to collect samples of a comet (Wild 2) in 2004, which were sent in 2006 to Earth for study. The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft and manages day-to-day mission operations. A press kit and other detailed information about Stardust-NExT is available at: http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov -end- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stardust Celebrates Twelve Years With Rocket Burn
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-042 Stardust Celebrates Twelve Years With Rocket Burn Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 08, 2011 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft marked its 12th anniversary in space on Monday, Feb. 7, with a rocket burn to further refine its path toward a Feb. 14 date with a comet. The half-minute trajectory correction maneuver, which adjusts the spacecraft's flight path, began at about 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) on Monday, Feb. 7. The 30-second-long firing of the spacecraft's rockets consumed about 69 grams (2.4 ounces) of fuel and changed the spacecraft's speed by 0.56 meters per second (1.3 mph). NASA's plan for the Stardust-NExT mission is to fly the spacecraft to a point in space about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from comet Tempel 1 at the time of its closest approach. During the encounter, the spacecraft will take images of the surface of comet Tempel 1 to observe what changes have occurred since a NASA spacecraft last visited. (NASA's Deep Impact flew by Tempel 1 in July 2005). Along with the high-resolution images of the comet's surface, Stardust-NExT will also measure the composition, size distribution and flux of dust emitted into the coma, and provide important new information about how comets evolve. Stardust was launched on Feb. 7, 1999. This current Stardust-NExT target is a bonus mission for the comet chaser, which flew past comet Wild 2 in 2004 and returned particles from its coma to Earth. While its sample return capsule parachuted to Earth in January 2006, mission controllers were placing the still-viable spacecraft on a path that would allow NASA the opportunity to re-use the already-proven flight system if a target of opportunity presented itself. In January 2007, NASA re-christened the mission Stardust-NExT (New Exploration of Tempel), and the Stardust team began a four-and-a-half year journey for the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1. The spacecraft has traveled more than 3.5 billion miles since launch. For more information about Stardust-NExT, please visit: http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov . DC Agle (818) 393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. a...@jpl.nasa.gov 2011-042 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] casting meteorites
By coincidence, I contacted Dave today on a similar matter and I am sure he will be able to oblige. Regards, Kieron -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Gary Fujihara Sent: 09 February 2011 16:40 To: Steve Dunklee Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] casting meteorites Aloha Steve, My cast of the Middlesborough was done by GeoEd Ltd of Cornwall, United Kingdom. You can contact Dave to inquire: GeoEd fos...@geoed.co.uk\ gary On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Steve Dunklee wrote: Does anyone have a source to have a cast done of an oriented meteorite before cutting? Cheers Steve Dunklee Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere
Martin,List, Interesting that you mention bubbles in Maskelynite. I have a great picture taken by Tom Phillips of an amazing River Of Maskelynite With Bubbles Although this is from an unclassified meteorite it does check out pretty well both visually in thin section but, the chemistry is also correct for either a Lunar or a Martian meteorite, I'm sure Blain won't mind me mentioning that; At this Tucson Gem Show Blain Reed has acquired an amazing piece of hardware. It is called an XRF for X-ray Florescence. This is a hand held portable gun like instrument that when held up to the rock gives you an average of the chemistry it sniffs out of the rock. Blain was kind enough to use this machine to collect reading from known Lunar rocks in his collection (this way he knows they are in fact Lunar's) With this info he can compare the Known data with new Candidates. This for a small fee and it only takes about a minute. AMAZING . Blain rocks. In this way he has determined that this rock I show here with the river Of Maskelynite and Bubbles has a very good chance at being either Lunar of Martian. Apparently they are quite similar in this way. Although, The Numbers are dead on Lunar for this one. . Not only are the bulk amounts correct but so, are the Ratios. Especially the Fe/ Mn and so forth. Please see the attached pics and share your opinion. Any Scientists out there want to take a look? I also have another that Tom Phillips photographed that also checks out both Chemically and petrographically as Lunar or Martian but, with no visible river yet? It looks like mostly Olivine? But this ones Fe/Mn is definitely in the Martian Range. Very Cool. http://www.flickr.com/photos/13030472@N07/?saved=1 Any and all comments welcome. Email for more pics. Best regards, Carl Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de wrote: Hi Walter, only a remark... for not being the same thing like with the ominous purple halite-crystals containing liquid water in Zag, which are described in literature - but so far noone of the collectors ever found one in any of their 175kgs of slices... :-) Those inclusions in the Martian shock glasses - you can really have them as a collector too!! The fresh-shergottite-series - NWA 2975/2986/4766 seq.. there the maskelynite is still so fresh, that it is translucent. So it's possible without special equipment and special preparation to spot these inclusions in the maskelynite with a simple microscope under low magnification in cut surfaces. And you know what? Here and there these maskelynite patches contain little bubbles! A while ago a collector loaded up a photo he made from such a bubble out of that NWA-series in the German forum. Fascinating isn't it? So, dear collectors, I'm sure many of you have samples form that Martian, let's hunt for bubbles! Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Walter Branch Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011 04:31 An: MeteorList Betreff: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere Hello Everyone, I feel like an idiot. I know that trapped atmospheric gases have been found in some martian meteorites but for some unexplained reason, I had always thought that the gases had been incorporated in the rock at the time of formation. I always wondered how gases from the martian atmosphere could have been trapped in a rock at the time it formed, particularly an igneous rock in an underground magma chamber. Well, thanks to William Cassidy, the man who founded ANSMET, I now realize my assumption was wrong. Cassidy makes it clear that gasses became trapped in martian rocks at the time of the impact which launched the rock from the surface. The rather lengthy quote below is from Cassidy's book Meteorites, Ice and Antarctica an excellent book (see more after the quote). From pages 119-121 EETA 79001 was an important find for another reason. It contained proof that SNC meteorites come from Mars. This meteorite had been highly shocked during the impact that ejected it from the martian surface, and one of the shock effects was to produce pods of glass that had been melted from the constituent minerals of the meteorite by the transient heating generated by shock pressures. The melts that were formed were partly injected along cracks in the rock and partly retained as molten beads at the sites where they formed. Cooling occurred immediately behind the shock wave and the beads were chilled to glass before they could crystalize. Apparently the crater forming asteroid had built up a lense off compressed atmosphere in front of it during it's lengthy trajectory toward the surface of the planet. When it struck the surface it injected highly compressed air into the target rock, and
Re: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere
Hi List. (Sorry if this is a duplicate post.) I have the remnants of a 550gr Brahin slice that definitely has bubbles in the olivine in a few spots. Any comments? - Original Message - From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere Martin,List, Interesting that you mention bubbles in Maskelynite. I have a great picture taken by Tom Phillips of an amazing River Of Maskelynite With Bubbles Although this is from an unclassified meteorite it does check out pretty well both visually in thin section but, the chemistry is also correct for either a Lunar or a Martian meteorite, I'm sure Blain won't mind me mentioning that; At this Tucson Gem Show Blain Reed has acquired an amazing piece of hardware. It is called an XRF for X-ray Florescence. This is a hand held portable gun like instrument that when held up to the rock gives you an average of the chemistry it sniffs out of the rock. Blain was kind enough to use this machine to collect reading from known Lunar rocks in his collection (this way he knows they are in fact Lunar's) With this info he can compare the Known data with new Candidates. This for a small fee and it only takes about a minute. AMAZING . Blain rocks. In this way he has determined that this rock I show here with the river Of Maskelynite and Bubbles has a very good chance at being either Lunar of Martian. Apparently they are quite similar in this way. Although, The Numbers are dead on Lunar for this one. . Not only are the bulk amounts correct but so, are the Ratios. Especially the Fe/ Mn and so forth. Please see the attached pics and share your opinion. Any Scientists out there want to take a look? I also have another that Tom Phillips photographed that also checks out both Chemically and petrographically as Lunar or Martian but, with no visible river yet? It looks like mostly Olivine? But this ones Fe/Mn is definitely in the Martian Range. Very Cool. http://www.flickr.com/photos/13030472@N07/?saved=1 Any and all comments welcome. Email for more pics. Best regards, Carl Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de wrote: Hi Walter, only a remark... for not being the same thing like with the ominous purple halite-crystals containing liquid water in Zag, which are described in literature - but so far noone of the collectors ever found one in any of their 175kgs of slices... :-) Those inclusions in the Martian shock glasses - you can really have them as a collector too!! The fresh-shergottite-series - NWA 2975/2986/4766 seq.. there the maskelynite is still so fresh, that it is translucent. So it's possible without special equipment and special preparation to spot these inclusions in the maskelynite with a simple microscope under low magnification in cut surfaces. And you know what? Here and there these maskelynite patches contain little bubbles! A while ago a collector loaded up a photo he made from such a bubble out of that NWA-series in the German forum. Fascinating isn't it? So, dear collectors, I'm sure many of you have samples form that Martian, let's hunt for bubbles! Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Walter Branch Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011 04:31 An: MeteorList Betreff: [meteorite-list] EETA 79001 and the Martian Atmosphere Hello Everyone, I feel like an idiot. I know that trapped atmospheric gases have been found in some martian meteorites but for some unexplained reason, I had always thought that the gases had been incorporated in the rock at the time of formation. I always wondered how gases from the martian atmosphere could have been trapped in a rock at the time it formed, particularly an igneous rock in an underground magma chamber. Well, thanks to William Cassidy, the man who founded ANSMET, I now realize my assumption was wrong. Cassidy makes it clear that gasses became trapped in martian rocks at the time of the impact which launched the rock from the surface. The rather lengthy quote below is from Cassidy's book Meteorites, Ice and Antarctica an excellent book (see more after the quote). From pages 119-121 EETA 79001 was an important find for another reason. It contained proof that SNC meteorites come from Mars. This meteorite had been highly shocked during the impact that ejected it from the martian surface, and one of the shock effects was to produce pods of glass that had been melted from the constituent minerals of the meteorite by the transient heating generated by shock pressures. The melts that were formed were partly injected along cracks in the rock and partly retained as molten beads at the sites where they formed. Cooling
[meteorite-list] Mobil test
Just testing to see if I can post by phone Sent from my iPhone __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Adios Tucson
This was my first trip to Tucson, Meteorite Central, and what a thrill it was. Who do I run into first? In shorts and no socks, yet it was about 32F, but the Big Kahuna (Gary Fujihara) himself. Must have lava flowing in those veins, Gary has a big spirit and you feel it when he lights up a room or even a sidewalk. Don't let that wild and crazy exterior fool you he is a 'Big Head' and extremely knowledgeable about meteorites and their value. It was great to see the luminaries who light up the constellations of meteorites, Ann Black, Geoff N, Steve A and the self effacing (not) Oregonians, Edwin Thompson (ET) and Patrick Thompson. It was also nice to meet some quieter (more like Canadians) but exceeding knowledgeable people like Jim 'Bones' Shorten and others. This is the one place where you can have a beer with some Swede's (the Davidssons), Northern Africans (Mohamed et.al.), and some Russians (Serge, Dimas et. al.) all at the same table. I'm not sure what language was spoken, sounded to me like Klingon or maybe Esperanto. The international aspect was great with Alain Caron who's shop I stumbled upon while in Paris years ago and Erich Haiderer and his overflowing room and courtyard of stuff. Oh for a seemingly quiet guy don't get Erich started about his harrowing meteorite expeditions, Africa, Norway etc. I'm sure he could write a book, maybe he should, giant radioactive spiders, etc. I've enjoyed the relative heat of Tucson Az compared to Alberta Canada. Relative to Alberta even when Tucson just experienced its lowest temperatures on record. So cold in fact that several of the Kit Peak telescopes are out of commission. Hopefully the Mount Lemmon scopes Richard Kowalski uses fared better so he can find more asteroids cum meteorites for us to find. It was great to have him there at the awards night for the much deserved Harvey award. Chao, back to Burrry Alberta -Brian Moore __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/02/italy-great-bolide-fireball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
whats a super bolide? GeoZay In a message dated 2/9/2011 2:08:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, drtan...@yahoo.com writes: Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
..uuuhhhmm.a BIG one? - Original Message - From: geo...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 whats a super bolide? GeoZay In a message dated 2/9/2011 2:08:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, drtan...@yahoo.com writes: Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
Hi Dirk, In that top video, the bright blue star right of center is Sirius. The dimmer star at top center is Procyon. The third bright star at the right side (above the bolide) is Betelgeuse. If you look very closely, you can see the 3 belt stars of Orion, and the bolide passed just to the left of them. Wherever this camera is located, the bolide terminated at a bearing of around 240 degrees (i.e. WSW). I can give a more precise azimuth once I know the camera's location. --Rob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of drtanuki Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:08 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/02/italy-great-bolide-fir eball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
Looks like the real deal Get your tickets now and pack you bags. Greg S. Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:08:13 -0800 From: drtan...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/02/italy-great-bolide-fireball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: 5025 gram Canyon Diablo with Glenn Huss number
Hello, I have a 5025 gram Canyon Diablo meteorite for sale with Glenn Huss number. It was purchased from Al Lang and was part of the Herfurth collection. Very nice meteorite displays well in multiple positions. $2500 plus shipping and insurance. Contact me off list if interested for pictures. Thanks __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 -- probably wet
Hi All, Looks like that video was taken from this observatory location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistoia_Mountains_Astronomical_Observatory 44d 03' 47 N (44.06306) 10d 38' 15 E (10.6375) Based on these coordinates, and assuming a date/time of 8 February 2011 23:24:00 UT, the starting and ending coordinates of the bolide were: Start: Az 229, El 28 End:Az 227, El 17 Unfortunately, you can't go far in this direction (about 40 km) before you are over the Ligurian Sea. If the terminal burst was at, say 20 km altitude, then this would have been 64 km away (i.e. wet). The only hope is if the terminal burst was at very low altitude. For instance, for a 12-km burst, the distance is 39 km -- right on the coastline south of Viareggio. --Rob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Matson, Robert D. Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:34 PM To: drtanuki; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Hi Dirk, In that top video, the bright blue star right of center is Sirius. The dimmer star at top center is Procyon. The third bright star at the right side (above the bolide) is Betelgeuse. If you look very closely, you can see the 3 belt stars of Orion, and the bolide passed just to the left of them. Wherever this camera is located, the bolide terminated at a bearing of around 240 degrees (i.e. WSW). I can give a more precise azimuth once I know the camera's location. --Rob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of drtanuki Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:08 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/02/italy-great-bolide-fir eball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] List intro
Just wanted to give an intro I have been watching the list for some time but have been unable to post (some glitch with my home pc) but have very much enjoyed following the list. I am a hunter for the most part I love the thrill of the hunt never knowing what I may find last time I found a WWII bomb I hunt the dry lakes and desert areas of the south west mostly solo have not found much yet but did fing about 900 grams of the yellend last oct. Still looking for that cold find just got to keep looking. So any way glad to be part of the list and Thanks to all for all the great info. Bryan Couch Wildomar Ca Dare to fail __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD Abee EH4 IMB for sale
9 g = $950 cash or trade (euc., ahow, diog, buzzard, portalles, park forest, marjahlati, peekskill, BIG NWA slices display pieces) email for pix. Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
Superbolide If the magnitude of a bolide reaches -17 or brighter it is known as a superbolide.[9][11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid#Superbolide On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:10 PM, geo...@aol.com wrote: whats a super bolide? GeoZay In a message dated 2/9/2011 2:08:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, drtan...@yahoo.com writes: Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Looking for an All Sky Camera host, OT just a little
Greetings List, A little off topic, but not too much. I'm a host for an All Sky Camera through Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM. I have been trying to get things set up for some time and hope to be operational within a week. The reason for my post; I'm in Lake Station, In. A camera is soon to be operational in Terre Haute, In and we need one more host to establish a good baseline . Preferably the host would be either in the Lafayette, Kokomo, In area or in or around Bloomington Il. You would have to have a PC that you can devote entirely to the camera. The software used is called Sentinel. The PC used to run the Sentinel Software must meet minimum requirements: 1 GHz Processor 1 GB Ram 500 GB - 1 TB Hard Drive CD ROM drive 1 Spare PCI slot available An Internet connection so the camera can be treated as a network. The software currently runs only on Windows machines. XP is the preferred version to run with the software. Sandia provides the camera and housing, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157626015869010/detail/ This will give you an idea of what the unit looks like. Sandia also provides a Hauppage Video Capture Card that installs in the PCI slot on your PC and of course the Sentinel software. It is the responsibility of the host to install the camera in a suitable location (with as much sky view as possible). Supply 110 V AC to the unit and to run a coax cable from the camera to your PC. Once everything is set up you program the system to activate above a certain light thresh hold and the system will capture any and all events. Lots of times birds, airplanes etc .etc. A good amount of meteors and hopefully on occasion a bolide event. It is up to the host to go through the events captured and weed out the garbage, of course look for entering meteoritic material. The camera housings are not all the same as you can see in the above photos and the innards vary also, but to give you a general idea, here are the specs on one system: *CCD Hi-Cam Tech HB-710E / SONY Image Device: 1/2 Interline Transfer CCD Total Pixels: 811 x 508 Effective Pixels: 768 x 494 Pixel Size: 8.4 x 9.8 Resolution: 580 TV Lines *Lens Rainbow L163VDC4P Focal Length: 1.6 ~ 3.4mm Aperture: 1:1.4 Angular Field of View: 180° x 114.1° at 1.6mm 84.3° x 55.8° at 3.4mm Iris: Auto-Iris *Housing 4 PVC pipe Flanged fittings 5 Acrylic Dome Height: around 20 tall *Internal Components Heating Elements Thermostat Air Circulating Fan All 110v AC This is obviously not a first come first served deal. The host has to be someone who will give this the proper attention it deserves. If you're interested, please contact me off list. There are already at least 3? List members who are hosting cameras. I consider it an honor to be a host and hope you would feel the same. Any questions, please contact me off list and I'll do the best I can to answer them. Thanks for your time. Best, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011
I doubt, Italy zones is not type USA desert or city's, we are under control the coordinates for calculate where is fall. Only to hope is not fall in the sea matteo M come Meteorite Meteoriti i...@mcomemeteorite.it http://www.mcomemeteorite.it http://www.mcomemeteorite.org Mindat Gallery http://www.mindat.org/gallery-5018.html ChinellatoPhoto Servizi Fotografici http://www.chinellatophoto.com Da: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com A: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Data: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:56:06 -0800 Oggetto: Re: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Looks like the real deal Get your tickets now and pack you bags. Greg S. Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:08:13 -0800 From: drtan...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Italian Superbolide 8FEB2011 Dear List: Just breaking news! A superbolide over Italy! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/02/italy-great-bolide-fireball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Anyone still at Tucson or close?
I need a favor from someone still at the Inn Suites or close to it. Email off list. Thanks. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
Happy (almost) Valentine's Day you romantic meteorite lovers ;) Here is a special gift for you or a loved one. One of a kind... and it's for sale. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2325830l=fe968f7381id=1198211324 Email offers only off-list. Thank you, Jaime ;) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
