[meteorite-list] a moment of pleasure
Hi listees, it's been around for many years, but still worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjU6qB5uxDcfeature=related Enjoy Werner Schroer Australia __ 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 that is not important - test
Hi List, This is only a test. I had Dome Problems with the list so that's Why i make this Test. Test Test Test Test zart tart! Cheers David Gesendet mit der kostenlosen WEB.DE iPhone App ___ Ihr WEB.DE Postfach immer dabei: die kostenlose WEB.DE Mail App für iPhone und Android. https://produkte.web.de/freemail_mobile_startseite/ __ 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] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Tatahouine Contributed by: Fabien Kuntz 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] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature
The way it works is that meteorites are named based on how much certainty we have about where they come from. When we think the coordinates are accurate, we can name them after very local features. For things like NWA and Sahara meteorites, we have some confidence that they come from northwest Africa and the Sahara in general, but not much more than that. The hallmark of the Nova series is that we don't have any good information about where they were found, or, in some of the early ones, we thought that information was false. Nova 011 simply turned up in a market in Russia.There is no accompanying find story. Perhaps it's from Russia, perhaps it's an NWA, who knows. If there was some kind of find story indicating a local origin, we might have named it differently, perhaps South Russia or something like that. Jeff On 4/20/2012 12:20 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote: Greetings Bulletin Geeks, There are 3 new approvals today. Two NWA's - a CK5 and L5. And one new Nova find - an iron from Russia. Question - it has been my understanding that Nova names are reserved for those meteorites with dubious location data. So, why is it that many of the Labenne finds have not been renamed as Nova finds? And this new Russian iron seems to have find data similar to the majority of NWA's, so why aren't more NWA's classified as Novas? Is it because there are just too many NWA's? 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 __ 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 Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature
Hi Mike and all! 3.4 Meteorites of unknown or poorly known provenance. (a) Withheld information. Where the source of a new meteorite cannot be determined due to the withholding of geographic information by a collector or other party, the name should be chosen to reflect the smallest geographic feature identifying the collection location with certainty. If the location information is too vague, or is uncertain or disputed, the name Nova followed by the next available three-digit number should be adopted as the permanent name. (b) Transported meteorites. When the provenance of a new meteorite cannot be determined due to a lack of sufficient historical information, it should be named after the locality where it was first recognized. For meteorites found in institutions such as universities and museums, the name may be either that of the institution, the collection, or the city in which the institution is located. In accordance with§3.6, the names of people, even if part of the official name of the collection, should be avoided. (c) Meteorites found in large numbers. In cases where many meteorites are found and distributed or sold without careful documentation of provenance, a numbered sequence of generic names should be used as in §3.3c, wherein the prefix reflects the geographic area in which the meteorites were most likely recovered (e.g., Northwest Africa, for meteorites coming from marketplaces in Morocco). That might help answer your questions. - Original Message - From: Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:20 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova,and a Question regarding Nomenclature Greetings Bulletin Geeks, There are 3 new approvals today. Two NWA's - a CK5 and L5. And one new Nova find - an iron from Russia. Question - it has been my understanding that Nova names are reserved for those meteorites with dubious location data. So, why is it that many of the Labenne finds have not been renamed as Nova finds? And this new Russian iron seems to have find data similar to the majority of NWA's, so why aren't more NWA's classified as Novas? Is it because there are just too many NWA's? 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 - MikeG Web: http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter: http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS: http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 --- __ 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] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General
Hi List Check this out; http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/45848.htm Link to actual court documents: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf -- Mike -- Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature
Hi Jeff, should Paris then not rather have been named a Nova too than a Paris? (From the Bulletin Database: Paris Unknown location (..) History: This sample was in an auction box lot bought by Jean-Jacques Corré at the Hotel des Ventes in Paris. The box was part of the estate of Jean Simon Colonna-Cimera, an Ingénieur des Mines, who supervised mines in foreign countries and in the French Colonies. Corré thought that the stone might be a meteorite but kept it for 7 years before attempting to have it identified. Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff Grossman Gesendet: Montag, 23. April 2012 13:46 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature The way it works is that meteorites are named based on how much certainty we have about where they come from. When we think the coordinates are accurate, we can name them after very local features. For things like NWA and Sahara meteorites, we have some confidence that they come from northwest Africa and the Sahara in general, but not much more than that. The hallmark of the Nova series is that we don't have any good information about where they were found, or, in some of the early ones, we thought that information was false. Nova 011 simply turned up in a market in Russia.There is no accompanying find story. Perhaps it's from Russia, perhaps it's an NWA, who knows. If there was some kind of find story indicating a local origin, we might have named it differently, perhaps South Russia or something like that. Jeff __ 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: April 13-17, 2012
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Benefits From Brighter Skies and Small Dust Cleaning of Solar Panels - sols 2922-2926, April 13-17, 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. The solar insolation has been improving and the rover has benefitted from some small dust cleaning events. Radio Doppler tracking passes for the geo-dynamic investigation were performed on Sols 2922, 2924, and 2925 (April 13, 15 and 16, 2012). Since resuming in-situ (contact) science with the robotic arm instruments, the team has continued work on the Microscopic Imager mosaic they have been building over the winter, with additional pieces acquired on Sols 2924 and 2926 (April 15 and 17, 2012). Each of these was followed by a placement of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) for an overnight integration on the rock target Amboy. As of Sol 2926 (April 17, 2012), solar array energy production was 342 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.504 and a solar array dust factor of 0.525. 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
[meteorite-list] Steve Curry -- the law catches up
It couldn't happen to a nicer yoyo. Everyone will, I believe, be very happy when this thorn in the collective side of meteorite science is removed. I'm still not sure if it's deliberate deception or simple self delusion. Remember the preacher who was told by God that he had an authentic Mars meteorite? Best! Tracy Latimer __ 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] Brazilian April 20th big fireball videos (3 videos)
Hello, I have gathered 3 videos of this fireball on this address: http://www.meteorito.com.br/mt_artigos.php?id=8 Can it be space junk? Cheers, Andre Moutinho __ 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] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD)
Hi list. does anyone have any american meteorite museum meteorites with the AMM label forsale for under $300? Let me know off list. -- 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] POP QUIZ ANSWER
Hello Listers I would like to thank everyone for sending in there answers for POP QUIZ FRIDAYS. The question: Moissanite was discovered 1st with which meteorite? Answer: Canyon Diablo meteorite, in 1893 by Dr. Ferdinand Henri Moissan I would like to congratulate Lois M for sending me the correct answer and he will be winning a free NWA 1836 meteorite fragment that comes from Steve Arnold from the Meteorite Men. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAY'S - Win a free meteorite! Shawn Alan photophlow at yahoo.com Fri Apr 20 19:16:31 EDT 2012 * Previous message: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature * Next message: [meteorite-list] AD - Inventory Liquidation = Make an offer! * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hello Listers Its POP QUIZ FRIDAY'S The name of the game: Be the 7th Listers to email me off the List with the correct answer and you will win a free NWA 1836 meteorite fragment that comes from Steve Arnold from the Meteorite Men. Question: Moissanite was discovered 1st with which meteorite? Good Luck Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ * Previous message: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature * Next message: [meteorite-list] AD - Inventory Liquidation = Make an offer! * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Meteorite-list mailing 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] Lyrid meteors?
Wondering if anyone else saw any Lyrid meteors over the weekend. I was out at a dark-sky star party Friday night, about 90 miles north of L.A., and saw an amazingly long-lasting meteor around 9:30pm slowly streak across the northern sky, from east to west. It traveled parallel to the horizon, between the Big and Little Dippers, emanating from around Bootes and finally terminating in Auriga. Almost as bright as Venus, it must have lasted 6-8 seconds and covered 100-120 degrees of sky. It began to produce a long, green ion trail after about 1 second of incandescence. Truly incredible. I was surprised no one else in my group saw it. Perhaps if I had yelled out meteor!... north!, instead of just wow... wow... wow ;^) Around 2:00am there was another impressive one, though definitely not a Lyrid. It was at least as bright as Venus, but only lasted a second or two. It was falling from Corvis, and fragmented into multiple pieces which fell away still glowing. Nice. Sky conditions were very good - seeing, as well as transparency. I suspect Saturday night was even better, since we had a layer of fog over the city. Linton __ 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] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD)
BWAAA H HA!!! - Original Message - From: steve arnold chicagosteve1...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] american meteorite museum mets and labels )AD) Hi list. does anyone have any american meteorite museum meteorites with the AMM label forsale for under $300? Let me know off list. -- 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 __ 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] Lyrid meteors?
Didn't see any, but my camera caught quite a few, including some nice fireballs. http://www.cloudbait.com/science/lyrid2012.html Chris *** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com On 4/23/2012 2:33 PM, Linton Rohr wrote: Wondering if anyone else saw any Lyrid meteors over the weekend. I was out at a dark-sky star party Friday night, about 90 miles north of L.A., and saw an amazingly long-lasting meteor around 9:30pm slowly streak across the northern sky, from east to west. It traveled parallel to the horizon, between the Big and Little Dippers, emanating from around Bootes and finally terminating in Auriga. Almost as bright as Venus, it must have lasted 6-8 seconds and covered 100-120 degrees of sky. It began to produce a long, green ion trail after about 1 second of incandescence. Truly incredible. I was surprised no one else in my group saw it. Perhaps if I had yelled out meteor!... north!, instead of just wow... wow... wow ;^) Around 2:00am there was another impressive one, though definitely not a Lyrid. It was at least as bright as Venus, but only lasted a second or two. It was falling from Corvis, and fragmented into multiple pieces which fell away still glowing. Nice. Sky conditions were very good - seeing, as well as transparency. I suspect Saturday night was even better, since we had a layer of fog over the city. Linton __ 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 help in locating the 4/22 sighting near Turlock, CA
I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the next day or two. ___ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.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] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General
Mike and Listers Mike great posting and I like to point this out from the web article and thank Blaine Reed for his hard work :) Attorney General John Suthers says in his complaint that he received a packet of materials from Blaine Reed, an experienced meteorite dealer, in November 2011, which described: 1) the sale of rocks falsely labeled as meteorites 2) eBay auctions conducted by respondents Curry and Uncompahgre Meteorites falsely advertising that purchases were partially tax deductible and 3) the composition of specimens falsely described as meteorites which respondent Curry donated to the Montrose Historical Society. Thank you Blaine :) for taking your time and hard work to help put a stop to Steve's madness in selling FAKE METEORITES. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ [meteorite-list] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General Mike Jensen meteoriteplaya at gmail.com Mon Apr 23 09:44:53 EDT 2012 * Previous message: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day * Next message: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: April 13-17, 2012 * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hi List Check this out; http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/45848.htm Link to actual court documents: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf -- Mike -- Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com * Previous message: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day * Next message: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: April 13-17, 2012 * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Meteorite-list mailing 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] Steve Curry in trouble with CO State Attorney General
After all these years of being warned by many,many meteorite collectors and sellers of of his fraudulent claims and attempted sales, this guy just didn't have enough sense to stop before it was to late. He became addicted like a drug addict is to heron. It seems he just couldn't stop once he got started. To embarrassed to admit he was wrong. Makes me wonder if he actually may be happy and thankful it's finally over. Richard Lipke - Original Message - Hi List Check this out; http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/45848.htm Link to actual court documents: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf -- Mike -- Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 303-337-4361 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.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
[meteorite-list] Small Meteoroid Explodes Over California
Space Weather News for April 23, 2012 http://spaceweather.com SIERRA FIREBALL DECODED: An explosion over California that rattled homes across at least two states on Sunday, April 22nd, has been analyzed by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office: It was a natural meteoroid the size of a mini-van. Analysts say the space rock exploded in the atmosphere with an energy equal to nearly 4 kilotons of TNT and might have sprayed the Sierra Nevada mountains with meteorites. Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information. AURORA WATCH: At the time this alert is being written on April 23rd, a minor geomagnetic storm is underway. The storm is likely due to Earth's passage through the wake of a CME that swept past our planet earlier in the day. __ 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] Cassini Spacecraft Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring
April 23, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jcc...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-128 CASSINI SPACECRAFT SEES NEW OBJECTS BLAZING TRAILS IN SATURN RING WASHINGTON -- Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. The results will be presented tomorrow at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria. The penetration occurred in the outermost of Saturn's main rings, called the F ring, which has a circumference of 550,000 miles (881,000 kilometers). Scientists are calling the trails in the F ring mini-jets. Cassini scientists combed through 20,000 images and found 500 examples of these rogues during the seven years Cassini has been at Saturn. Beyond just showing us the strange beauty of the F ring, Cassini's studies of this ring help us understand the activity that occurs when solar systems evolve out of dusty disks that are similar to, but obviously much grander than, the disk we see around Saturn, said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. Scientists have known relatively large objects can create channels, ripples and snowballs, or clumps of icy material, in the F ring. However, scientists did not know what happened to these snowballs after they were created. Some were broken up by collisions or tidal forces in their orbit around Saturn. Scientists now have evidence some of the smaller ones survived, and their differing orbits mean they go on to strike through the F ring on their own. I think the F ring is Saturn's weirdest ring, and these latest Cassini results go to show how the F ring is even more dynamic than we ever thought, said Carl Murray, a Cassini imaging team member based at Queen Mary University of London, U.K. These findings show us that the F ring region is like a bustling zoo of objects from a half-mile (0.8-kilometer) in size to moons like Prometheus a hundred miles (160.9 kilometers) in size, creating a spectacular show. These small objects appear to collide with the F ring at gentle speeds about 4 mph (2 meters per second). The collisions drag glittering ice particles out of the F ring with them, leaving a trail of 20-110 miles (40-180 kilometers) long. In some cases, the objects traveled in packs, creating mini-jets that looked exotic, like the barb of a harpoon. Other new images show grand views of the entire F ring and the swirls and eddies from the different kinds of objects moving through and around it. Saturn's rings are comprised primarily of water ice. The chunks of ice that make up the main rings spread out 85,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) from the center of Saturn. Scientists believe the rings' average thickness is approximately 30 feet (10 meters). The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. New images and movies of the mini-jets are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20120423.html For information about Cassini, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/cassini -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
Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA
Brian! I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. Witness directions LPS all over the placeneed more cameras! Will be interested in seeing what comes of this! Jim - Original Message - From: Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the next day or two. ___ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.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
[meteorite-list] Planetary Resources Will Unveil Plans to Mine Near-Earth Asteroids
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/science/space/in-pursuit-of-riches-and-travelers-supplies-in-the-asteroid-belt.html?_r=1 In Pursuit of Riches, and Travelersâ Supplies, in the Asteroid Belt By KENNETH CHANG New York Times April 23, 2012 Perhaps it will be a platinum rush that finally opens up the final frontier. On Tuesday, a new company called Planetary Resources Inc. will unveil its plans to mine asteroids that zip close by Earth both to provide supplies for future interplanetary travelers and to bring back precious metals like platinum. The venture may sound far-fetched - perhaps along the lines of Newt Gingrich's campaign promise to colonize the moon - but it has already attracted some big-name investors, including Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google, as well as profitable technology development contracts. If you believe that resources in space are critical towards a space-faring future, you will inevitably come to the result that the asteroids - in fact, the near-Earth asteroids - are the steppingstones to the rest of the solar system, Eric C. Anderson, one of the company's co-founders, said in a telephone interview. He was quick to add that the company's business premise was not as impractical as it might sound. Because an asteroid is devoid of air and its gravitational pull is negligible, getting there is relatively easy. Unlike landing on the moon or Mars, a robotic mining spacecraft would not need parachutes or a large engine to fly up to and attach itself to a small asteroid. There are probably about 1,500 near-Earth asteroids that are energetically easier to reach than the surface of the moon, Mr. Anderson said. Some of the asteroids are icy - up to 20 percent water - and the water could be drawn out by melting the ice. The water could be taken to supply stopovers for future astronauts or broken down into breathable oxygen or propellant for spacecraft on interplanetary missions. Other asteroids are rocky and metallic. A throng of robotic mining spacecraft could grind up pieces of the asteroid and smelt it to capture precious metals within. Platinum - which is used for jewelry, electronics components and automobile catalytic converters - fetches about $1,500 an ounce these days, so a single spacecraft would not have to bring back a lot of it for the enterprise to make money. More common metals like iron could perhaps be used as raw materials in space factories, churning out spacecraft and other structures. Mr. Anderson and Peter H. Diamandis, the other founder of Planetary Resources, are already in the space tourism business with a company called Space Adventures, which has arranged eight trips to the International Space Station. While that venture has been a reasonably good success story, Mr. Diamandis said, the realization, at least for us, was it wasn't on track to really drive humanity opening the space frontier at the level that we desire. About three years ago, Mr. Diamandis recalled, he and Mr. Anderson asked the question, So what's next? They set up Planetary Resources a couple of years ago, but have kept quiet about it until now. The president and chief engineer is Christopher A. Lewicki, who previously worked as a manager on Mars missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Based in Bellevue, Wash., the company employs about 25 engineers and has development contracts for technologies like laser communications that it believes it will need for prospecting and mining missions. The company is cash flow positive, already, Mr. Anderson said. In addition to the leaders of Google, investors include Ross Perot Jr., chairman of Perot Systems; and Charles Simonyi, a former chief software architect for Microsoft and one of the space tourists who has visited the space station. Thomas D. Jones, a former NASA shuttle astronaut and James Cameron, the filmmaker and deep-sea explorer are advisers. Mr. Anderson declined to say exactly how much money the company has raised. It's plenty, Mr. Anderson said. The collective net worth of our investors is like $50 billion, and they know what they're getting into. The plan is to launch the first spacecraft - a small telescope to find small nearby asteroids - within the next two years. Next, the company would send out a batch of small explorers to visit some of them. Actual mining would begin after that, first targeting water and then platinum. From meteorites that have landed on Earth, scientists know that some asteroids have concentrations of platinum 20 times that of ore in a platinum mine on Earth. But the concentration of the platinum would still be tiny - perhaps a few hundred atoms per million - and the company would need to develop robotic technology to extract the element from the rocks. To do large, large-scale mining of asteroids, you're talking about decades, Mr. Anderson said. One possibility the company is considering is to nudge a small asteroid, perhaps one as long as a football field, into an orbit around Earth
Re: [meteorite-list] Bye Bye Mr. C.
Bye Bye Mr. C. A blow by blow investigative analysisGreat read! CO Denver County District Court 2nd JD Filing Date: Apr l8 2012 2:27PM MDT Filing ID: 43713466 Review Clerk: Kyle T. Gustafson http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf Davio R. __ 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-Tissint thin sections
Hello List members, For all the thin section collectors out there. We are expecting at least four thin sections of Tissint to arrive next week. These are expertly prepared and double polished to a half micron finish and covered rectangular slides with slightly ground corners just like all of our thin sections. Our wonderful thin section maker tried to fulfill the request for the largest surface area possible but he said that when he started to cut with his isomet saw that the specimen began to fragment so he turned it sideways to cut in two and so the surface area of each thin section will be roughly 15 x 15mm. We were hoping for 15 x 30. So we are cutting the price in half since we will be getting more slides than expected. If you want to get the jump on one of these slides before they get here rather than waiting for the second run since this initial run is small then feel free to reserve one of these thin sections. The price is $500.00 for each slide. There will be only four this time. If you miss out on the first run feel free to get your name on the list for the second shipment. We also have a few remaining thin section of NWA 6695; our beautiful howardite with the CM2 inclusions. We also still have a few small thin slices cut by Marlin Cilz and some small individuals of this pretty little howardite. Drop us a line at etmeteori...@hotmail.com Thanks to all of you thin section collectors for your interest. Best regards, E.T. __ 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] Looking for help in locating the 4/22sightingnear Turlock, CA
Hey List, Brian, regarding the sonics et al out here...I'm in Davis, near Sacramento, and am ready to scour the Kingsbury Grade report, etcwondering whether anyone can direct to a doplar signature? Rattled windows and sonic booms don't point to our normal annual meteor showers. -Richard Montgomery - Original Message - From: Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com To: Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22sightingnear Turlock, CA Brian! I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. Witness directions LPS all over the placeneed more cameras! Will be interested in seeing what comes of this! Jim - Original Message - From: Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the next day or two. ___ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.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 __ 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] Meteor event, Cal-Nev-AZ
I found a 46 gram chondrite near bouse. Want the gps to it? Ruben shows it in one of his Quartzsite videos 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] Met Bulletin Updates - 12 New NWA's - CO, Win, Brach, Euc, Meso, and others.
Greetings Bulletin Watchers, There are 12 new approvals today and these include some very interesting achondrites. 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 and happy huntings, MikeG --- Galactic Stone Ironworks - MikeG Web: http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter: http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS: http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 --- __ 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] Lyrid meteors?
Hi Linton, Nice report. It makes me want to go out with the scope rig more often. I don't get to observe very often now, but several years ago I had a great run of seeing bolides. But this was before I was introduced to meteorites, so I didn't make the realization that those same bolides could be dropping stones. Since learning about meteorites, I'd see a bolide and then imagine where it will fall and what it's history was before it landed here. I haven't seen any good ones in a long time. If I go out with the purpose of observing a bolide, I never spot any. But I had a great run a few years back. This was around summer of 2008, and I saw more bolides in a span of ~3 months than I usually see in the average year or two. I'd make notes, but never really documented any useful information about them. Any future meaningful bolide observations I make will be posted here also, in the hopes that maybe someone can find some meteorites. Best regards and clear dark skies, MikeG -- --- Galactic Stone Ironworks - MikeG Web: http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter: http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS: http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 --- On 4/23/12, Linton Rohr linton...@earthlink.net wrote: Wondering if anyone else saw any Lyrid meteors over the weekend. I was out at a dark-sky star party Friday night, about 90 miles north of L.A., and saw an amazingly long-lasting meteor around 9:30pm slowly streak across the northern sky, from east to west. It traveled parallel to the horizon, between the Big and Little Dippers, emanating from around Bootes and finally terminating in Auriga. Almost as bright as Venus, it must have lasted 6-8 seconds and covered 100-120 degrees of sky. It began to produce a long, green ion trail after about 1 second of incandescence. Truly incredible. I was surprised no one else in my group saw it. Perhaps if I had yelled out meteor!... north!, instead of just wow... wow... wow ;^) Around 2:00am there was another impressive one, though definitely not a Lyrid. It was at least as bright as Venus, but only lasted a second or two. It was falling from Corvis, and fragmented into multiple pieces which fell away still glowing. Nice. Sky conditions were very good - seeing, as well as transparency. I suspect Saturday night was even better, since we had a layer of fog over the city. Linton __ 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] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA
I'm in the Bay Area and am up for any field searches... Keith Wandry On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote: Brian! I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. Witness directions LPS all over the placeneed more cameras! Will be interested in seeing what comes of this! Jim - Original Message - From: Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the next day or two. ___ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.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 Keith Wandry ke...@lobstershack.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
Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA
I am in the Bay Area as well and willing to search though would have to be this weekend. Mendy From: Keith Wandry ke...@lobstershack.com To: Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA I'm in the Bay Area and am up for any field searches... Keith Wandry On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote: Brian! I imagine a lot of people are looking at this one. However, I am using the S.W.A.G. method and I'll say it is more North. Witness directions LPS all over the placeneed more cameras! Will be interested in seeing what comes of this! Jim - Original Message - From: Brien Cook cont...@briencook.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Looking for help in locating the 4/22 sightingnear Turlock, CA I'm in Sacramento and have been following this sighting since yesterday morning. I've pulled some data and maps and I'm narrowing in on the location. Is anyone else working this one as well? If so, I'd like to join forces with anyone who's in the area and interested. I could go down there in the next day or two. ___ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.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 Keith Wandry ke...@lobstershack.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
[meteorite-list] Meteor event, Cal-Nev-AZ
What quartzite video??? Ruben shows it in one of his Quartzsite videos - Bill Hall Anyone have a link to this video? Paul G __ 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] Rainbow effect in an specimen of NWA 4478 Lodranite
Dear list members, I received, just today, two Lodranite specimens: an 11.42g end-cut of NWA 4478 and a 9.71g end-cut of NWA 6075. Both specimens are beautiful and the NWA 6075 exhibits an interesting shimmer effect. However, when I looked at the face of the NWA 4478, I was shocked to see what can only be described as a rainbow about 2mm x 3mm (see image in link, will try to get better one up in the next few days). http://www.meteoritesusa.com/blog/nwa-4478-lodranite-mystery-rainbow-feature / Now the first thing that came to mind is that some oil was trapped in the structure and created the thin-film physical effect (think oil slick). On further inspection, there were no other areas that displayed the same effect though there are similar areas where oil could get trapped. I remembered seeing something similar on the www.meteorites.com.au website in an Al Mahbas specimen, but this looks distinctly different. Oil contaminant or a genuine unusual feature in this lodranite - help me solve the mystery. Thank you and any information provided to help me solve the mystery will be used in any updates to the blog post. Mendy __ 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
