[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: ALH 83102 Contributed by: AMN 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Seymchan Crystals - worth a look
Hi Ruben and all, That's one meteorite I wouldn't want to cut as it is too nice the way it is. If it were about 10 times larger then maybe. Best! --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites Quoting Ruben Garcia rubengarcia85...@gmail.com: Here is a really cool cluster of Seymchan Crystals http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Seymchan%20crystal/seymchancrystal002_zps24648839.jpg.html?sort=3o=2 -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ 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 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk Meteorite Delivered…Scriptures?
You see ... they are getting confused there between scriptures, and SAW MARKS!! Lol Wait I may be wrong, my piece has something written on it lets see..ten something .. wait, ten point ...two 'g'? - Wow I wonder what this all means? LOL. Mark -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Alan Sent: 17 September 2013 09:09 To: Meteorite Central Subject: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk Meteorite Delivered…Scriptures? Hello Listers, I find this to be interesting, I wonder what Chelyabinsk meteorite will tell us once the scripture is decoded :) Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html http://meteoritefalls.com/ For many centuries, the workings of the celestial realm were considered wondrous, and frequently indicated the intentions of a higher being. Solar eclipses were times of fear, and fireballing meteorites could indicate a deity’s anger. One can only imagine what our distant ancestors would have made of the Chelyabinsk meteorite that ripped through the Urals regions in Russia in February of this year. Turning an otherwise ordinary morning chaotic with a blinding flash of light and a shockwave that splintered windows throughout Chelyabinsk and the neighboring towns, no superstition was required to make the meteorite’s arrival a frightening event. However, it seems the old days aren’t quite dead. A cult has sprung up around the fallen meteorite, claiming it carries scriptural writings and can only be touched by psychic priests Source: http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/2013/09/17/chelyabinsk-meteorite-delivered-scriptures/ __ 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 __ 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] star wars meteorite
Any news from the field? http://www.tunisia-live.net/2013/09/16/meteor-strikes-tatouine-home-of-star-wars/ __ 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] Group in Russia's Ural Mountains Region Worships Meteorite
Oh my.. http://bit.ly/18btBsQ Regards! Tom __ 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] New Shocked Gabbroic Eucrite with Vessicles!
List- I would like to introduce NWA 8021(provisional), a very highly shocked gabbroic eucrite with vesicles. Prepared slices feature a highly polished front side giving the stone a gorgeous granite look. Once you turn the slices around, you get a great view of the vesicles. The vesicles can be seen on the polished side also, but its hard to capture on camera with my current photography skills. Take a look for yourself and make sure you peek at the backs. I currently have only eight slices available at a reasonable price ($25/g until the meteorite is approved). Find the link below to view the slices and the write-up by Dr. Irving. Hope you like! http://tinyurl.com/AJmetcltrNWA8021 Regards, Aras __ 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] MRO HiRISE Images: September 18, 2013
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES September 18, 2013 o Sinuous Ridge Cutting Across Geologic Units of the Medusae Fossae Formation http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_032620_1780 At this location is an exceptionally long sinuous ridge, possibly an inverted fluvial feature. o Martian Glaciers and Brain Terrain http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033165_2195 This strange-looking surface might be related to flow of the ice, but we still don't have an definite explanation for this mystery. o Two Generations of Windblown Sediments http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033262_1725 This colorful scene is situated in the Noctis Labyrinthus, perched high on the Tharsis rise in the upper reaches of the Valles Marineris canyon system. All of the HiRISE images are archived here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument. __ 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] 35-Year Old ICE Spacecraft Is Approaching Earth in 2014
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/09181511-ice-is-returning-to-earth.html ICE is returning to Earth; but do we have the will to regain control? By Emily Lakdawalla Planetary Society Blog September 18, 2013 In 1978, the International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3) spacecraft began its mission to study Earth's magnetosphere from a position at one of the Earth-Moon libration points -- specifically, the L1 point, located between Earth and the Sun where the two bodies' gravity cancels. In 1983, ISEE-3 was renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) and used the Moon's gravity to send it on to encounter comet Giacobini-Zinner, which it encountered in 1985. Later, ICE performed distant observations of comet Halley. Ever since then, it's been in solar orbit, traveling slightly faster than Earth. It has outdistanced us, traveling very close to 31 times around the Sun in the time that it has taken us to complete 30. And now it's approaching us from behind. It will make its closest approach again in August, 2014. Although out of contact for a long time, the Deep Space Network successfully communicated with it five years ago today, on September 18, 2008. That's the last time we've heard from it, but there's no particular reason to think it's not still functional; the 2008 contact happened after nine years of no communication. When it comes back to Earth, it would be possible to recapture it into a halo orbit (that is, an orbit at the L1 point). But to do that, we'll have to reestablish regular communications with, and control of, the spacecraft. It won't be easy, but it's doable. But it will cost money, and given the current financial problems in Washington, it's unclear where that money will come from. Recognizing they have an uphill battle, ICE's supporters put together a video as well as a Facebook page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=t2YRxdpjce0 It's ironic, really. ICE left Earth in the darkest days of NASA, and it is returning to Earth when NASA is experiencing its biggest crisis since. When it left in 1983, ICE was the last American spacecraft to depart Earth for deep space for six years, until Magellan in 1989. Since then, NASA has expanded across the solar system, but now it's contracting once more. Amid rumors that such great spacecraft as Cassini may see their missions end early for lack of funds, how can we afford spending even a little money on a mission as old as ICE? There's nothing that I can do but be optimistic. I know others are working on the funding problem; let me tell you about the engineering problems, and the science we could achieve. I got an email today from Leonard Garcia, one of several people at different institutions who are trying to figure out how to regain control of ICE and recapture it into halo orbit. We have less than 11 months until Earth close approach and we need to make a trajectory correction maneuver several months before that, he wrote. They need to command its rockets to fire before June 2014. The sooner they do it, the less fuel it will cost. They have plenty -- 150 meters per second worth, more or less -- so as long as they regain control in time, they should have fuel to operate for a while. A big question is whether we even still know how to communicate with the spacecraft. It was built in the 1970s, at the same time as the Voyagers. But we've been in continuous communication with the Voyagers since their launch; the same isn't true of ICE. So the first step is for a team at Goddard Space Flight Center to research that question. Can we figure out how to talk to ICE? What will those communications cost? Once they've confirmed that communications are possible, the next thing we need to do is to assess the spacecraft's health, and the health of its instruments. It wouldn't be worth the effort if all the instruments were dead. There's no reason they should be -- most of the Voyager instruments are still working fine -- but we have to check. What data could ICE send us? Garcia explained its utility in monitoring the solar wind: There are currently a couple of spacecraft serving the science community in [the L1] region and they will be supplemented soon by the DSCOVR satellite. The plasma medium however, can be quite complex and an additional reference point will be of great value if it can be provided at a reasonable cost. As you noted in your 2008 blog about the initial contact with the spacecraft, ISEE-3/ICE has an impressive suite of scientific instruments on board well suited for this effort. But the question of whether it's all worth it comes down to cost. One interesting way that ICE advocates are talking about keeping costs low is to make spacecraft operation a student effort. In an article written for Space News, Daniel Baker explained: At the University of Colorado at Boulder, for example, a space research institute - the Laboratory for Atmospheric
