[meteorite-list] New GA post on the NC event of 13 Jul
Howdy ladies and gents The meteorite gods are fickle creatures who love to mess with people. At Battle Mountain they dropped a meteorite fall onto the only mountain in a sizable swath of gently rolling sage brush and salt flats, forcing everyone to search on mountainsides populated by rattelsnakes. In Addison, AL they plunked a meteorite fall with uncanny precision onto a national forest surrounded by farmlands and pastures (which didn't receive a single meteorite as far as we can tell). And now they've learned a new trick - drop meteorites into the middle of thunderstorms to mess up the radar signatures. They did it in Connecticut earlier this year with a fall that doesn't appear on radar at all. And now they've done it again with the prominent North Carolina fireball from a couple of days ago. They're sneaky, these meteorite gods. Luckily Rob Matson has a sharp eye, and may have found a small meteorite signature in amongst all the thunderstorm clutter. http://wp.me/p2AyTK-iV Galactic Analytics' transition to working with the Planetary Science Institute continues. Any subscriptions purchased for this and later events will go to PSI, a non-profit research institution. Cheers, The GA/PSI team __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
July 15, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harring...@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514 dwea...@stsci.edu [2] / vill...@stsci.edu RELEASE 13-215 NASA Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet. The moon, designated S/2004 N 1, is estimated to be no more than 12 miles across, making it the smallest known moon in the Neptunian system. It is so small and dim that it is roughly 100 million times fainter than the faintest star that can be seen with the naked eye. It even escaped detection by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which flew past Neptune in 1989 and surveyed the planet's system of moons and rings. Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., found the moon July 1, while studying the faint arcs, or segments of rings, around Neptune. "The moons and arcs orbit very quickly, so we had to devise a way to follow their motion in order to bring out the details of the system," he said. "It's the same reason a sports photographer tracks a running athlete -- the athlete stays in focus, but the background blurs." The method involved tracking the movement of a white dot that appears over and over again in more than 150 archival Neptune photographs taken by Hubble from 2004 to 2009. On a whim, Showalter looked far beyond the ring segments and noticed the white dot about 65,400 miles from Neptune, located between the orbits of the Neptunian moons Larissa and Proteus. The dot is S/2004 N 1. Showalter plotted a circular orbit for the moon, which completes one revolution around Neptune every 23 hours. The Hubble Space Telescope is a cooperative project between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc., in Washington. For images, video, and more information Neptune's new moon, visit: http://hubblesite.org/news/2013/30 For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/hubble -end- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD- Monday Night Special Auctions Ending
Dear List Members, I have some great Monday Night Special Auctions Ending in about four hours. All were started at just 99 cents with no reserve. I do not have auctions ending tomorrow night but will resume my normal schedule next week. I also lowered the prices of some items in my store and enabled the Make Offer option. Please take a look if you can spare a few moments, Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking, Kind Regards, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Impactites ending soon on eBay: Crooked Creek, Serpent Mound, Kentland, Sudbury...
Hi Listoids, I have some awesome impactites up for sale on eBay ending within the next few hours all started at bargin prices and still there, so some deals to be had for sure. Some of these are very rarely available on the collectors market, if ever. Even if not in the market to purchase, they are very much worth having a look at. For sale I currently have the following; 320g slice of monomict breccias from the Serpent Mound Impact Crater, Ohio's only confirmed impact site. - http://tinyurl.com/luq4xbk 165g End cut of impact melt breccias from the Crooked Creek Impact Crater in Crawford County, Missouri- BIN $30 - http://tinyurl.com/nlzgplk 515g Corner Cut of Crooked Creek Impact Melt Breccia - http://tinyurl.com/kndlgkv 295g Slice of Crooked Creek Impact Breccia w/ vesicular texture - http://tinyurl.com/lby8d9h 125g Slice of Crooked Creek melted and fractured Chert - http://tinyurl.com/mczw27j 535g Full Slice of Polymict Dike Breccia from Kentland Impact Crater in Indiana, US- BIN $50.00- http://tinyurl.com/og3b9kt 470g Full slice of Impact Melt Breccia from Kentland Crater in Indiana, US- BIN $50.00- http://tinyurl.com/qehn4vt 165g Slice of Sudbury's Black Onaping with fantastically shaped and colorful inclusions. - http://tinyurl.com/m8sgtct 80g awesome slice of plastically deformed fault rock from Kentland, IN impact crater - http://tinyurl.com/pjuon2l Combined shipping within US. International buyers welcome! Thank you for the consideration! Brandon D. IMCA #9312 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad, reduced prices.
Greetings fellow enthusiasts, Sorry if this posts twice. I have a few specimens that I'd like to offer, please contact me off list if you're interested. No trades at this time please. 1. Mreira - Beautiful complete stone, 96% + fusion crusted. The back of this stones displays a rich brown, fresh fusion crust which has a nice write up on Dr. Send Buhl's awesome website, see: http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Meteorite_fusion_crust_2.htm This specimen has in indented area of the back side which is iridescent. Many specimens of this meteorite display an iridescence on very fresh specimens. Fell: 12-16-12 Appears to be an L6 chondrite with a brecciated interior. This meteorite has been submitted for classification. I'm dying to see the inside, but this specimen is too nice to cut. The specimen weighs 89.2 grams.This material is selling elsewhere for up to $14 a gram. Price: $9 a gram. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157634504943362/ _ 2. NWA - This is an unclassifed specimen that I have cut to show the interior. The weight of the specimen is 24.6 grams. POSSIBLE HED. Price $11 a gram. OBO See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157634499264879/ _ 3. NWA - Another unclassifed meteorite. Weight 6.14 grams. I think this is a CK, but am not certain, so no set price. I'll entertain offers on all of these pieces for the next 24 hours. See:http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157634506900322/ __ Paypal please! Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Carancas and Odessa plus Nikon/Leitz microscope objectives and eyepieces
Hi all, I have changed some 'buy it now' listings on ebay to auctions with $0.99 start prices and reduced the reserve prices by a substantial amount :-) I also have some Leitz and Nikon microscope objective lenses and eyepieces. Please see links below: 4g Carancas meteorite with nice slickensides *Good size stable specimen (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251305123776?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) 2 x pieces (2 x matched fragments) of Carancas meteorite weighing 1.6 grams (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251305124224?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) Gorgeous polished and etched complete slice of Odessa meteorite weighing 108.5g (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251293893016?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) Please take a look if interested :-) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com 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: NWA 869 Contributed by: Ray Watts http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
