[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Dhofar 1085 http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ 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: New meteorite book in Spanish
What!?, I'm from the very same province of San Miguel de Deiro, (about 60 miles away) It's a small world! I'll take a copy. Recently I also find myself receiving 'Man and impact in the Americas', 'A guide to Serpent Mound' and 'The sacred landscape: A guide to the remains in the Newark Area', by E.P. Grondine, to surprisingly find in them references about the ancient inhabitants of my own village. BTW, very unfortunate words, Mr. Farmer. Education and culture is not a matter of language nor income. Best regards, Leo Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:26:26 -0800 From: countde...@earthlink.net To: m...@meteoriteguy.com CC: impactometeor...@gmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Ah! You stepped in crapMike. And after all those meteorites I bought from you over the last two years! My paternal great grandfather, and my maternal grandfather, were both Galician Spaniards. My family founded the city of San Miguel de Deiro Galicia Spain (GOOGLE IT). I read, write, and speak Spanish. I employ three Mexicans (legally) in my household. My daughter. Teresa Louisa, is married to a Mexican businessman and I have two latino grandsons, Vincente Antonio and Laurencito Benitez. Lawrence is marrying a Spanish speaking Colombian beauty in June. What I posted was intellectual humour that sailed by your thick, unsophisticated, head. If you meant to demean me as a racistit failed miserably. Guido -Original Message- From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com Sent: Feb 19, 2012 3:23 PM To: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net Cc: David Allepuz dalle...@telefonica.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, impactometeorito impactometeor...@gmail.com, i...@cazameteoritos.es i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Could you possibly be more racist? Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi David, Congratulations on your achievement! The largest market for your new book will be the United States secondary school system. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: David Allepuz dalle...@telefonica.net Sent: Feb 19, 2012 11:53 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: impactometeorito impactometeor...@gmail.com, i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Hello meteorite friends, I'ts not easy to find meteorite books in other language than English. That's why we decided to write one. We invite you all, in special Spanish speakers (and readers!), to visit our web and have a look. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Now, in Spanish: Hola amigos, Ya debeis haber comprobado que no es facil encontrar libros de meteoritos que no sean en Inglés. Por eso nos decidimos a escribir uno. Os invitamos a todos, y en especial a los hispanohablantes a visitar nuestra web y valorar el libro. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Thank you / Muchas gracias y saludos ! David Allepuz José Vicente Casado Authors, friends, and meteorite hunters ! www.cazameteoritos.es (Spanish) www.meteorits.cat (Catalan) __ 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 __ 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: New meteorite book in Spanish
My bad, Michael, now I see that I misunderstood your signature as been the head of the 'controversial' e-mail. Sorry for the mistake. Kindest regards, Leo Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish From: m...@meteoriteguy.com Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:59:57 -0700 To: supeind...@hotmail.com jesus christ, his email was meant as a political statement that too many people in the USA speak spanish, soy uno, estudie espanol y estudias latino-americanos en la universidad. Decir que el mejor cliente son las escuelas secundarias fue politico. mike Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Feb 20, 2012, at 5:32 AM, Leoncio Cividanes Álvarezsupeind...@hotmail.com wrote: What!?, I'm from the very same province of San Miguel de Deiro, (about 60 miles away) It's a small world! I'll take a copy. Recently I also find myself receiving 'Man and impact in the Americas', 'A guide to Serpent Mound' and 'The sacred landscape: A guide to the remains in the Newark Area', by E.P. Grondine, to surprisingly find in them references about the ancient inhabitants of my own village. BTW, very unfortunate words, Mr. Farmer. Education and culture is not a matter of language nor income. Best regards, Leo Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:26:26 -0800 From: countde...@earthlink.net To: m...@meteoriteguy.com CC: impactometeor...@gmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Ah! You stepped in crapMike. And after all those meteorites I bought from you over the last two years! My paternal great grandfather, and my maternal grandfather, were both Galician Spaniards. My family founded the city of San Miguel de Deiro Galicia Spain (GOOGLE IT). I read, write, and speak Spanish. I employ three Mexicans (legally) in my household. My daughter. Teresa Louisa, is married to a Mexican businessman and I have two latino grandsons, Vincente Antonio and Laurencito Benitez. Lawrence is marrying a Spanish speaking Colombian beauty in June. What I posted was intellectual humour that sailed by your thick, unsophisticated, head. If you meant to demean me as a racistit failed miserably. Guido -Original Message- From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com Sent: Feb 19, 2012 3:23 PM To: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net Cc: David Allepuz dalle...@telefonica.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, impactometeorito impactometeor...@gmail.com, i...@cazameteoritos.es i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Could you possibly be more racist? Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi David, Congratulations on your achievement! The largest market for your new book will be the United States secondary school system. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: David Allepuz dalle...@telefonica.net Sent: Feb 19, 2012 11:53 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: impactometeorito impactometeor...@gmail.com, i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Hello meteorite friends, I'ts not easy to find meteorite books in other language than English. That's why we decided to write one. We invite you all, in special Spanish speakers (and readers!), to visit our web and have a look. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Now, in Spanish: Hola amigos, Ya debeis haber comprobado que no es facil encontrar libros de meteoritos que no sean en Inglés. Por eso nos decidimos a escribir uno. Os invitamos a todos, y en especial a los hispanohablantes a visitar nuestra web y valorar el libro. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Thank you / Muchas gracias y saludos ! David Allepuz José Vicente Casado Authors, friends, and meteorite hunters ! www.cazameteoritos.es (Spanish) www.meteorits.cat (Catalan) __ 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
[meteorite-list] NWA 1685/ THE BLACK NWA
Good morning list.I was just told that after 10 years dean bessey's black nwa that he sold 10 years ago has finally been finished being classified.It is one of the most beautiful stones I have ever seen.It will be amazing to see what it is classified as. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ 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 - 4.03g complete individual (100% crusted) Puerto Lapice
Hello, if interesting : http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-01.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-02.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-03.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-04.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-05.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-06.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-07.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-08.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-09.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-10.JPG http://www.wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapice4.03g-11.JPG Fabien Fabien Kuntz Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) Animation scientifique et technique WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017) www.wwmeteorites.com __ 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] Zelimir Gabelica / Ensisheim Show 2012
List, Here is our announcement of this year's Ensisheim show. - John ___ Dear list members, I am sending this on behalf of Zelimir Gabelica who cannot be reached by email at this moment. Sorry for all of you who have had no luck getting in touch with him. Zelimir is currently in a rehabilitation center where he is recovering from a pulmonary embolism after coronary artery bypasses. Unfortunately there are no internet facilities in this hospital where he will be staying for several more weeks. As co-chair of the Ensisheim-Meteorite show with Zelimir and Jean-Marie Blosser (Grand Maître of the Confraternity of the Ensisheim Meteorite Guardians), let me take this opportunity to confirm to all of you that Ensisheim 2012 is well scheduled for this June. Below you will find a brief summary of the main features of this 13th edition. Show dates: Saturday June 16 to Sunday June 17, 2012. Friday June 15 is the usual dealers day devoted to table and booth set up. The Regency Palace rooms are open exclusively to dealers (14:00 - 18:00) and not to the public. Dealers may also continue to set up their booths on Saturday morning (7:30 9:30) before the official show opening at 9:30. The Regency Palace rooms close on Friday at 18:00 and the opening ceremonies then start on the main square: inaugural address, enthroning ceremonies, friendly drink before the dinner party (more details in later emails). Show theme: Historical meteorites This year, we have three plenary lectures related to this theme: 1/ Dr. Ludovic FERRIERE, Curator of the rock collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria (Lecture's title to be communicated later) 2/ Mr Jean-Marie BLOSSER (The history of the Ensisheim meteorite) 3/ Dr. Alain CARION (The new French meteorite of Draveil) Table reservation procedure As every year, please write to Zelimir for table reservation at his usual email address (zelimir.gabel...@uha.fr). Please, can all of you who already reserved and those who are planning to make table reservation, confirm with him again and/or write to him but only at the end of March, when he will be able again to get in contact with all of you? Sorry for this trouble but it will greatly facilitate this administrative task when Zelimir will be home again! I thank you very much for your understanding. Needless to say, the fun and friendly show ambience is guaranteed again simply by your presence for this 2012 Ensisheim-Meteorite! More news later. My best wishes to all, Sabine Dr Sabine Valange, Maître de Conférences Université de Poitiers Institut de Chimie, des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, ex-LACCO) ENSIP, Bâtiment B1, 1 rue Marcel Doré, F-86022 Poitiers Cedex, FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)5 49 45 40 48 Fax : +33 (0)5 49 45 33 49 E-mail : sabine.vala...@univ-poitiers.fr __ 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] Zelimir Gabelica / Ensisheim Show 2012
Thanks, Sabine John. But above all, dear Zelimir: I wish you a quick and even more a total recovery! Your friendly and open-minded spirit is indispensable not only for the Ensisheim meeting, but for the whole meteorite community as well! Best wishes, and best as ever, Matthias - Original Message - From: Kashuba mary.kash...@verizon.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 6:45 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Zelimir Gabelica / Ensisheim Show 2012 List, Here is our announcement of this year's Ensisheim show. - John ___ Dear list members, I am sending this on behalf of Zelimir Gabelica who cannot be reached by email at this moment. Sorry for all of you who have had no luck getting in touch with him. Zelimir is currently in a rehabilitation center where he is recovering from a pulmonary embolism after coronary artery bypasses. Unfortunately there are no internet facilities in this hospital where he will be staying for several more weeks. As co-chair of the Ensisheim-Meteorite show with Zelimir and Jean-Marie Blosser (Grand Maître of the Confraternity of the Ensisheim Meteorite Guardians), let me take this opportunity to confirm to all of you that Ensisheim 2012 is well scheduled for this June. Below you will find a brief summary of the main features of this 13th edition. Show dates: Saturday June 16 to Sunday June 17, 2012. Friday June 15 is the usual dealer's day devoted to table and booth set up. The Regency Palace rooms are open exclusively to dealers (14:00 - 18:00) and not to the public. Dealers may also continue to set up their booths on Saturday morning (7:30 - 9:30) before the official show opening at 9:30. The Regency Palace rooms close on Friday at 18:00 and the opening ceremonies then start on the main square: inaugural address, enthroning ceremonies, friendly drink. before the dinner party (more details in later emails). Show theme: Historical meteorites This year, we have three plenary lectures related to this theme: 1/ Dr. Ludovic FERRIERE, Curator of the rock collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria (Lecture's title to be communicated later) 2/ Mr Jean-Marie BLOSSER (The history of the Ensisheim meteorite) 3/ Dr. Alain CARION (The new French meteorite of Draveil) Table reservation procedure As every year, please write to Zelimir for table reservation at his usual email address (zelimir.gabel...@uha.fr). Please, can all of you who already reserved and those who are planning to make table reservation, confirm with him again and/or write to him but only at the end of March, when he will be able again to get in contact with all of you? Sorry for this trouble but it will greatly facilitate this administrative task when Zelimir will be home again! I thank you very much for your understanding. Needless to say, the fun and friendly show ambience is guaranteed again simply by your presence for this 2012 Ensisheim-Meteorite! More news later. My best wishes to all, Sabine Dr Sabine Valange, Maître de Conférences Université de Poitiers Institut de Chimie, des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, ex-LACCO) ENSIP, Bâtiment B1, 1 rue Marcel Doré, F-86022 Poitiers Cedex, FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)5 49 45 40 48 Fax : +33 (0)5 49 45 33 49 E-mail : sabine.vala...@univ-poitiers.fr __ 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 __ Hinweis von ESET Smart Security, Signaturdatenbank-Version 6900 (20120220) __ E-Mail wurde geprüft mit ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ 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] trade/cash offer
Hi again list.I am looking for a piece of the NWA 1685 black nwa if anyone has any that they would willing to let go.Please off list.Preferably a individual or a nice fragment in the 30 to 75 gram range. -- Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. __ 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] Help with an iron from Morrocco
Hello everyone I bought a small iron from Siad in Tucson. He though the iron was Zagora, I cut it and it was not silicated so I etched it and would like some help in identifying the etch. Thanks in advance. http://www.meteoritefinder.com/catalog/nwabig.htm -- Mike Miller Kingman Az 86409 www.meteoritefinder.com EBay ID flattoprocks IMCA #2232 __ 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] Help with an iron from Morrocco
Hello Mike, I'm know i'm way off base with the find time, locale--etc; but these remind me of this etch. There is one more I have but can't seem to locate it at this time. John L #1896 http://encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/test/24047_14396_2639.jpg http://encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/test/5266_18390_2639.jpg http://encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/test/5262_14453_2639.jpg http://encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/test/7817_19083_2639.jpg - Original Message - From: Mike Miller meteoritefin...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Help with an iron from Morrocco Hello everyone I bought a small iron from Siad in Tucson. He though the iron was Zagora, I cut it and it was not silicated so I etched it and would like some help in identifying the etch. Thanks in advance. http://www.meteoritefinder.com/catalog/nwabig.htm -- Mike Miller Kingman Az 86409 www.meteoritefinder.com EBay ID flattoprocks IMCA #2232 __ 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] Met Bulletin Update - this one makes me hungry
it clearly says the meteorite was found near the town of Corn. i was born in oklahoma and this town was always the butt of jokes. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2012, at 7:38 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, There is another new Met Bulletin update today. NonCom has been busy lately. :) This update contains 3 NWA ungrouped achondrites and one food item meteorite - Corn. I guess for this newly approved Oklahoma meteorite, NonCom didn't use the closest geographic feature or town, they used the first thing within sight of the find area - a field of Corn. When it experienced the heat of atmospheric re-entry, it didn't form fusion crust, it made popcorn. ;) Linky - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=sfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=1pnt=Normal%20tabledr=page=0 Best regards, MikeG -- * Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone *** __ 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] Puerto Lapice, pictures of Leonard, Marie and the today find...
Congrats, of course as a Eucrite, puerto lapice will survive for decades in pristine condition in the field. It will always be one of my favorite meteorite hunts I have ever done. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Fabien Kuntz wwmeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: Sonny, and List you mean like this :-) http://wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapiceMarie01.JPG http://wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapiceMarie02.JPG http://wwmeteorites.com/Images/PuertoLapiceMarie03.JPG Today last day of the trip, Marie found her first, lovely, completetely crusted Puerto Lapice... Close to the five years after the fall now, hunt is realy hard and specimens rare, but looks-like the first day (more or less ;-) Will try to picture this specimen, the best of the trip, better when come back home... Fabien Fabien Kuntz Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) Animation scientifique et technique WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017) www.wwmeteorites.com __ 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] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish
Could you possibly be more racist? Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi David, Congratulations on your achievement! The largest market for your new book will be the United States secondary school system. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: David Allepuz dalle...@telefonica.net Sent: Feb 19, 2012 11:53 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: impactometeorito impactometeor...@gmail.com, i...@cazameteoritos.es Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: New meteorite book in Spanish Hello meteorite friends, I'ts not easy to find meteorite books in other language than English. That's why we decided to write one. We invite you all, in special Spanish speakers (and readers!), to visit our web and have a look. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Now, in Spanish: Hola amigos, Ya debeis haber comprobado que no es facil encontrar libros de meteoritos que no sean en Inglés. Por eso nos decidimos a escribir uno. Os invitamos a todos, y en especial a los hispanohablantes a visitar nuestra web y valorar el libro. http://www.cazameteoritos.es/librometeoritos.htm Thank you / Muchas gracias y saludos ! David Allepuz José Vicente Casado Authors, friends, and meteorite hunters ! www.cazameteoritos.es (Spanish) www.meteorits.cat (Catalan) __ 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] LRO Reveals Recent Geological Activity on the Moon
Feb. 20, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones / Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 / 5017 nancy.n.jo...@nasa.gov / william.a.steigerw...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-055 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALS RECENT GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY ON THE MOON WASHINGTON -- New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft show the moon's crust is being stretched, forming minute valleys in a few small areas on the lunar surface. Scientists propose this geologic activity occurred less than 50 million years ago, which is considered recent compared to the moon's age of more than 4.5 billion years. A team of researchers analyzing high-resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) show small, narrow trenches typically much longer than they are wide. This indicates the lunar crust is being pulled apart at these locations. These linear valleys, known as graben, form when the moon's crust stretches, breaks and drops down along two bounding faults. A handful of these graben systems have been found across the lunar surface. We think the moon is in a general state of global contraction because of cooling of a still hot interior, said Thomas Watters of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, and lead author of a paper on this research appearing in the March issue of the journal Nature Geoscience. The graben tell us forces acting to shrink the moon were overcome in places by forces acting to pull it apart. This means the contractional forces shrinking the moon cannot be large, or the small graben might never form. The weak contraction suggests that the moon, unlike the terrestrial planets, did not completely melt in the very early stages of its evolution. Rather, observations support an alternative view that only the moon's exterior initially melted forming an ocean of molten rock. In August 2010, the team used LROC images to identify physical signs of contraction on the lunar surface, in the form of lobe-shaped cliffs known as lobate scarps. The scarps are evidence the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today. The team saw these scarps widely distributed across the moon and concluded it was shrinking as the interior slowly cooled. Based on the size of the scarps, it is estimated that the distance between the moon's center and its surface shrank by approximately 300 feet. The graben were an unexpected discovery and the images provide contradictory evidence that the regions of the lunar crust are also being pulled apart. This pulling apart tells us the moon is still active, said Richard Vondrak, LRO Project Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. LRO gives us a detailed look at that process. As the LRO mission progresses and coverage increases, scientists will have a better picture of how common these young graben are and what other types of tectonic features are nearby. The graben systems the team finds may help scientists refine the state of stress in the lunar crust. It was a big surprise when I spotted graben in the far side highlands, said co-author Mark Robinson of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, principal investigator of LROC. I immediately targeted the area for high-resolution stereo images so we could create a three-dimensional view of the graben. It's exciting when you discover something totally unexpected and only about half the lunar surface has been imaged in high resolution. There is much more of the moon to be explored. The research was funded by the LRO mission, currently under NASA's Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. LRO is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. For more information about LRO and related images on the finding, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/lunar-graben.html -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] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 13-17, 2012
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 13-17, 2012 o Wind Erosion (13 February 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5825 o Sulci Gordii (14 February 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5826 o Tharsis Volcanics (15 February 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5827 o Daedalia Planum (16 February 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5828 o Arsia Mons 'Ripples' (17 February 2012) http://themis.asu.edu/node/5829 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. __ 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] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: February 09-14, 2012
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rock Studies Continue for Opportunity - sols 2860-2865, February 09-14, 2012: Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for the winter, Opportunity is conducting regular radio Doppler tracking measurements to support geo-dynamic investigations of the planet, in-situ (contact) science investigations of the rock target, Amboy, including an extended Microscopic Imager mosaic, and continued collection of the 13-filter (stereo) 360-degree Greeley panorama. The Mossbauer spectrometer is currently on the surface target Amboy and is collecting a very long, (multi-sol) integration. Radio Doppler tracking passes were performed on Sols 2861 (Feb. 10, 2012) and 2863 (Feb. 12, 2012). More segments of the Greeley panorama were collected. As of Sol 2865 (Feb. 14, 2012), solar array energy production was 274 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.678 and a solar array dust factor of 0.467. Total odometry is unchanged at 21.35 miles (34,361.37 meters). __ 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
