[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions Ending Very Soon, Low Bids
Hello List, i have a few auctions at ebay ending very soon: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=221161397063ViewItem=_ssn=gipometeoritesrt=ncLH_Auction=1 Many thanks for looking! Carsten __ 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] AD - 20% off sale! updates, big meteorite sale $100 FREE??
Sorry, forgot to include a link to some new material not yet on the website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wandering-Star-Meteorites/252302821456481 It includes some Katol thin sections for sale too... Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wandering-Star-Meteorites/252302821456481 On Saturday, November 30, 2013 5:54 PM, Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com wrote: MASSIVE UPDATES to the website today, check out the Exclusives under the meteorites for sale tab. Some incredible NEW meteorites being offered for the very first time. Some really interesting material, inclusions, chondrules and everything else to make you say wow! www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com http://www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com/meteorites-for-sale.html Here you will find NEW NWA 7963 and 8140, both limited amounts available. Enjoy 20% off or buy $500 and get $100 FREE!!! Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites __ 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] Rocket Burn Puts Indian Probe on Course to Mars
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/pslv/c25/131130departure/ Rocket burn puts Indian probe on course to Mars BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW November 30, 2013 India's first robotic Mars probe set sail for the red planet Saturday with a vital rocket burn to catapult the spacecraft out of the realm of Earth's gravity and into interplanetary space. The Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first Mars probe, is due to enter orbit around the red planet on Sept. 24, 2014, two days after NASA's MAVEN Mars probe arrives. Saturday's crucial maneuver was timed for the precise moment necessary to send the spacecraft toward Mars, and it had to go off without a hitch. India's space agency said the orbiter's burn was successful, with the spacecraft's main engine firing more than 22 minutes starting at 1919 GMT (2:19 p.m. EST) to gain speed and break free of Earth's gravitational influence. Following the completion of this maneuver, the Earth orbiting phase of the spacecraft ended. The spacecraft is now on a course to encounter Mars after a journey of about 10 months around the sun, the Indian Space Research Organization said in a written statement. The $72 million mission has a trip of more than 400 million miles ahead of it. The probe will fly halfway around the sun while moving out toward the orbit of Mars, intercepting the red planet Sept. 24 for another major rocket maneuver to place itself into orbit. If the probe arrives successfully, India's space agency will become the fourth entity to have a mission reach Mars. The United States, Russia and the European Space Agency have already done it. The Mars Orbiter Mission launched Nov. 5 on India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the smaller but more reliable of the nation's two rockets. The PSLV was not powerful enough to put the nearly 1.5-ton spacecraft on a direct trajectory to Mars. Instead, engineers devised a departure profile that put the probe into an oval-shaped orbit around Earth and used its on-board engine to gain speed and altitude throughout November, eventually generating enough energy to escape the planet's grasp. Indian controllers used the time to activate the spacecraft's systems and research payloads, including the mission's camera which snapped a photo of Earth. All systems on the spacecraft are performing well, according to ISRO. The decision to launch on the PSLV removed the risk of launching on India's larger failure-prone Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, which could have put the mission immediately on the path to Mars. But it also raised other risks. The probe repeatedly passed through Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. Indian officials mitigated the threat by beefing up the craft's computers with radiation shielding. And it meant the probe had to carry more propellant, leaving less room for scientific instruments and decreasing the fuel left over to survey Mars once it arrives there. The Indian mission carries about 33 pounds, or 15 kilograms, of scientific instrumentation. Operating from a perch taking the spacecraft from just above the Martian atmosphere to a peak altitude of nearly 50,000 miles, the Mars probe will observe the planet with five science instruments, gathering data on the history of the Martian climate and the mineral make-up of its surface. The mission carries a color imaging camera to return medium-resolution pictures of the Martian surface, a thermal infrared spectrometer to measure the chemical composition of the surface, and instruments to assess the Mars atmosphere, including a methane detector. Scientific assessments of methane in the Martian atmosphere have returned mixed results. Methane is a potential indicator of current microbial life on Mars, but some types of geologic activity can also produce trace levels of the gas. Following up on detections from ground-based telescopes and Europe's Mars Express orbiter, NASA's Curiosity rover measured no methane in the Martian atmosphere when it sucked air into its internal instrument suite on several occasions since landing in August 2012. But India says the Mars Orbiter Mission's prime purpose is technological, not scientific. First and foremost, India should be able to orbit a spacecraft around Mars, ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan told India's NDTV television network before the mission's launch. We are moving from Earth's orbit to the orbit of Mars through a long cruise phase around the sun. The mission's ground team plans several course-correction burns over the 10-month trip to Mars, with the first set for Dec. 11. The midcourse maneuvers will tweak the probe's trajectory to arrive at Mars at the right time and in the correct position in September 2014. __ 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] Long March Rover Blasts Off with Chinese Lunar Rover (Chang'e 3/Yutu)
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/131201launch/ Long March rocket blasts off with Chinese lunar rover BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW December 1, 2013 A six-wheeled robotic rover named Yutu rode a Long March rocket into space Sunday on China's first lunar landing mission, marking an auspicious start to a four-day journey to the moon. The Yutu rover, mounted on a stationary rocket-powered landing platform, will touch down on the moon Dec. 14. If it makes it, the Chinese mission will be the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon since 1976. The lunar landing mission is named Chang'e 3, the third Chinese lunar probe following a pair of orbiters launched in 2007 and 2010. Packed with a ground-piercing radar, cameras, spectrometers and plutonium-powered heaters, the rover lifted off at 1730 GMT (12:30 p.m. EST) Sunday from the Xichang launching base in southern China's Sichuan province. Launch occurred at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time Monday. The liftoff was broadcast on Chinese state television. The 185-foot-tall Long March 3B rocket ignited its eight liquid-fueled first stage and booster engines and climbed away from its mountainous launch pad, shedding the liquid-fueled boosters and first stage a few minutes later. A hydrazine-fueled second stage and hydrogen-fueled third stage propelled the Chang'e 3 lander on a direct four-day trajectory to the moon, where it will brake into orbit Dec. 6. The robotic spacecraft separated from the Long March third stage at 1749 GMT (12:49 p.m. EST), drifting away from the rocket in spectacular live video views beamed back to Earth from cameras affixed to the launcher. The video showed the Chang'e 3 probe firing rocket thrusters. Plumes of exhaust were illuminated by the sun as the craft flew into sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. The spacecraft deployed its four landing legs and power-generating solar panels a few minutes later, and officials at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center declared the launch a success. On behalf of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and the command headquarters, I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have been part of the project, said Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the Xichang launch base. And my thanks also go to all the friends who have been helping us throughout the whole process. The Chang'e probe is on the way to the moon. Of course, it's a symbol of China's national power and prowess, Zhang said in post-launch remarks translated into English on China's state-run television. Over the next few days, Chang'e 3 will adjust its path toward the moon three times to set up for a critical rocket burn to enter lunar orbit Dec. 6. Landing on the moon is scheduled for Dec. 14 in a region known as Bay of Rainbows, or Sinus Iridum, on the upper-left part of the moon as viewed from Earth. Many of the mission's specifications and objectives remained secret until the week of launch, when China rolled out details in a press briefing and through official state-owned media outlets. The lander carries a bipropellant rocket engine designed to adjust its power level and pivot to control the probe's descent from an altitude of 15 kilometers, or about 9 miles, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. The probe is equipped with terrain recognition sensors to feed data into the lander's computer, which can autonomously guide the spacecraft to a flat landing zone clear of boulders, craters and steep inclines. That's a first for an unmanned mission, and all robotic landers up to now had to risk settling on to rock fields or other unwelcoming terrain, including NASA's Curiosity rover when it touched down on Mars. The four-legged lander will hit the lunar surface at a speed of less than 8.5 mph, and each leg features a device similar to a shock absorber on a car to cushion the impact, according to a paper published in Science China by members of the mission's development team. Some time after landing, the probe will deploy a ramp for the Yutu rover to drive on to the lunar surface to begin its exploration mission. The rover has a mass of 140 kilograms, or about 308 pounds, and carries radioisotope heater units to keep the spacecraft warm during the two week-long lunar nights. The heaters are likely powered by small quantities of plutonium-238, the isotope of plutonium preferred for space missions, according to respected space researcher Dwayne Day, who discussed the rover's heaters in a story published in the Space Review. The Yutu rover carries advanced radars to study the structure of the lunar crust at shallow depths along its path, and it is outfitted with spectrometers to detect the elements making up the moon's soil and rocks, said Pei Zhaoyu, a spokesperson for the Chang'e 3 mission, in a report by Xinhua. Four navigation and panoramic cameras are mounted on the rover to return high-resolution images from the moon. The mission also has an
Re: [meteorite-list] Long March Rover Blasts Off with Chinese Lunar Rover (Chang'e 3/Yutu)
Hi Ron and List, Has anyone heard anything regarding the optical telescope deployed on this rover? Have the Chinese released any specifications on it? I'm just curious what type of telescope it is and what they plan to observe with it. Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 12/1/13, Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov wrote: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/131201launch/ Long March rocket blasts off with Chinese lunar rover BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW December 1, 2013 A six-wheeled robotic rover named Yutu rode a Long March rocket into space Sunday on China's first lunar landing mission, marking an auspicious start to a four-day journey to the moon. The Yutu rover, mounted on a stationary rocket-powered landing platform, will touch down on the moon Dec. 14. If it makes it, the Chinese mission will be the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon since 1976. The lunar landing mission is named Chang'e 3, the third Chinese lunar probe following a pair of orbiters launched in 2007 and 2010. Packed with a ground-piercing radar, cameras, spectrometers and plutonium-powered heaters, the rover lifted off at 1730 GMT (12:30 p.m. EST) Sunday from the Xichang launching base in southern China's Sichuan province. Launch occurred at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time Monday. The liftoff was broadcast on Chinese state television. The 185-foot-tall Long March 3B rocket ignited its eight liquid-fueled first stage and booster engines and climbed away from its mountainous launch pad, shedding the liquid-fueled boosters and first stage a few minutes later. A hydrazine-fueled second stage and hydrogen-fueled third stage propelled the Chang'e 3 lander on a direct four-day trajectory to the moon, where it will brake into orbit Dec. 6. The robotic spacecraft separated from the Long March third stage at 1749 GMT (12:49 p.m. EST), drifting away from the rocket in spectacular live video views beamed back to Earth from cameras affixed to the launcher. The video showed the Chang'e 3 probe firing rocket thrusters. Plumes of exhaust were illuminated by the sun as the craft flew into sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. The spacecraft deployed its four landing legs and power-generating solar panels a few minutes later, and officials at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center declared the launch a success. On behalf of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and the command headquarters, I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have been part of the project, said Zhang Zhenzhong, director of the Xichang launch base. And my thanks also go to all the friends who have been helping us throughout the whole process. The Chang'e probe is on the way to the moon. Of course, it's a symbol of China's national power and prowess, Zhang said in post-launch remarks translated into English on China's state-run television. Over the next few days, Chang'e 3 will adjust its path toward the moon three times to set up for a critical rocket burn to enter lunar orbit Dec. 6. Landing on the moon is scheduled for Dec. 14 in a region known as Bay of Rainbows, or Sinus Iridum, on the upper-left part of the moon as viewed from Earth. Many of the mission's specifications and objectives remained secret until the week of launch, when China rolled out details in a press briefing and through official state-owned media outlets. The lander carries a bipropellant rocket engine designed to adjust its power level and pivot to control the probe's descent from an altitude of 15 kilometers, or about 9 miles, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. The probe is equipped with terrain recognition sensors to feed data into the lander's computer, which can autonomously guide the spacecraft to a flat landing zone clear of boulders, craters and steep inclines. That's a first for an unmanned mission, and all robotic landers up to now had to risk settling on to rock fields or other unwelcoming terrain, including NASA's Curiosity rover when it touched down on Mars. The four-legged lander will hit the lunar surface at a speed of less than 8.5 mph, and each leg features a device similar to a shock absorber on a car to cushion the impact, according to a paper published in Science China by members of the mission's development team. Some time after landing, the probe will deploy a ramp for the Yutu rover to drive on to the lunar surface to begin its exploration mission. The rover has a mass of 140 kilograms, or about 308 pounds, and carries radioisotope heater units to keep the spacecraft warm during the two week-long lunar nights. The heaters are likely powered by small
[meteorite-list] AD - Stellar Christmas Gifts - Nothing but Winners!
Hello, Everyone! Happy Holidays to all! Christmas will be here shortly and we have some stellar Meteorite Knives and Letter Openers for that special someone that is hard to find just the right gift for. Check them out here: http://www.kdmeteorites.com/MeteoriteKnives.html Don't forget to scroll all the way down to see the Letter Openers. We now have some Damascus knives handcrafted by Mastersmith J. Neilson - wait until you see the Meteorite Damascus! These knives actually look like they have meteorite in them instead of a typical damascus look. We have a few slices of Winner, South Dakota available - there was only one piece found so what is on the website is it. You should get yours while you can! http://www.kdmeteorites.com/WinnerMeteoritesForSale.html And, the awesomely named Nothing, a very rare IID iron! This was also a single find, so material is limited. What is on our website is it. http://www.kdmeteorites.com/NothingMeteoritesForSale.html Last but not least, we have some very stunning faceted Admire Meteorite Peridot available: http://www.kdmeteorites.com/AdmireGemstonesforSale.html This is a perfect addition to your meteorite collection wether you put into jewelry to make that special gift or just add it to your collection. Thank you for looking! Keith and Dana -- Keith and Dana Jenkerson kdmeteorites.com 4596 N. Vickie Lane Kingman, AZ., 86409 928-399-0140 __ 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 - Stellar Christmas Gifts - Nothing but Winners!
Hello, Everyone! Happy Holidays to all! Christmas will be here shortly and we have some stellar Meteorite Knives and Letter Openers for that special someone that is hard to find just the right gift for. Check them out here: http://www.kdmeteorites.com/MeteoriteKnives.html Don't forget to scroll all the way down to see the Letter Openers. We now have some Damascus knives handcrafted by Mastersmith J. Neilson - wait until you see the Meteorite Damascus! These knives actually look like they have meteorite in them instead of a typical damascus look. We have a few slices of Winner, South Dakota available - there was only one piece found so what is on the website is it. You should get yours while you can! http://www.kdmeteorites.com/WinnerMeteoritesForSale.html And, the awesomely named Nothing, a very rare IID iron! This was also a single find, so material is limited. What is on our website is it. http://www.kdmeteorites.com/NothingMeteoritesForSale.html Last but not least, we have some very stunning faceted Admire Meteorite Peridot available: http://www.kdmeteorites.com/AdmireGemstonesforSale.html This is a perfect addition to your meteorite collection whether you put into jewelry to make that special gift or just add it to your collection. Thank you for looking! Keith and Dana -- Keith and Dana Jenkerson kdmeteorites.com 4596 N. Vickie Lane Kingman, AZ., 86409 928-399-0140 __ 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: Unclassified Contributed by: Todd Parker http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.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
[meteorite-list] Japan Fireball Meteors 29 and 30 NOV2013
List, Japan Fireball Meteors 29 and 30 NOV2013 Some nice photos and videos- lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ 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
