[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Gold Basin Contributed by: Twink Monrad http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 22 Years Ago Today: Peekskill Meteorite Hit Car
Hi Ron and all, Good post on the Peekskill! Besides the piece that hit the car, two other fragments also fell. Neither of which have been located. Some speculation that they may have landed in the ocean or body of water further to the east. The Car was purchased by AL Lang, a long time meteorite dealer. He and a small consortium of dealers and one collector also bought the meteorite. A number of slices were taken from the meteorite and are on display at museums, as well in private collections. Seems like it was just yesterday. --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites Quoting Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com: http://ehstoday.com/environment/throwback-thursday-there-was-no-way-prevent-famous-fall Throwback Thursday: There Was No Way to Prevent this Famous Fall Thousands of people in the eastern United States saw and heard the greenish Peekskill meteorite as it flashed through the night sky, and one witness said that it crackled like a very loud sparkler. Josh Cable EHS Today October 9, 2014 On Oct. 9, 1992, a meteorite hurtled through space, streaked into the earth's atmosphere and - by the hand of fate - smashed into the trunk of a 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, N.Y. All accidents and injuries are preventable, as the popular saying goes. But sometimes - despite our best efforts to live safely - the universe throws a curveball that we never saw coming. On Oct. 9, 1992, that proverbial curveball was a meteorite that hurtled through space, streaked into the earth's atmosphere and - by the hand of fate - smashed into the trunk of a 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, N.Y. The meteorite plunged to the earth in a dazzling fireball, startling fans at a high school football game and slamming into the Chevy Malibu at 164 mph. According to the History Channel's website: On this day in 1992, 18-year-old Michelle Knapp is watching television in her parents' living room in Peekskill, N.Y., when she hears a thunderous crash in the driveway. Alarmed, Knapp ran outside to investigate. What she found was startling, to say the least: a sizeable hole in the rear end of her car, an orange 1980 Chevy Malibu; a matching hole in the gravel driveway underneath the car; and in the hole, the culprit: what looked like an ordinary, bowling-ball-sized rock. It was extremely heavy for its size (it weighed about 28 pounds), shaped like a football and warm to the touch; also, it smelled vaguely of rotten eggs. The next day, a curator from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City confirmed that the object was a genuine meteorite. Thousands of people in the eastern United States saw and heard the greenish Peekskill meteorite as it flashed through the night sky, and one witness said that it crackled like a very loud sparkler, according to history.com. Scientists later concluded that the Peekskill meteorite was a fragment of a larger stone that broke as it entered Earth's atmosphere. Knapp's driveway was the final stop on a harrowing journey that began in the main asteroid belt in space, between Jupiter and Mars. Fortunately, no one was injured, and the story had a happy ending for Knapp: She sold the Malibu - which she'd just bought for $300 - to a meteorite collector for $10,000. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] 22 Years Ago Today: Peekskill Meteorite Hit Car
Hi Ron and all, Good post on the Peekskill! Besides the piece that hit the car, two other fragments also fell. Neither of which have been located. Some speculation that they may have landed in the ocean or body of water further to the east. I thought the videos showed the fireball broke up into about 60 fragments. The Car was purchased by AL Lang, a long time meteorite dealer. He and a small consortium of dealers and one collector also bought the meteorite. A number of slices were taken from the meteorite and are on display at museums, as well in private collections. Seems like it was just yesterday. Yeah, it does. I bought my first Peekskill back then - which has red car paint on it - about 3 weeks after hit had landed. Ron __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 22 Years Ago Today: Peekskill Meteorite Hit Car
Al wrote: Seems like it was just yesterday. Ron wrote: Yeah, it does. I bought my first Peekskill back then - which has red car paint on it - about 3 weeks after it had landed. I got my 13.3 gr partslice from David New about 4 months after Peekskill demolished Michelle Knapp's car. No red paint but gorgeous brecciation and thick, fresh crust! Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] ADD: Please visit my new Meteorite Art Website
Hello Everyone, I would like to invite you to visit my new Meteorite Art Website. http://hodges-jeffery.artistwebsites.com/ It features some of My Best Meteorite Photography in a variety of formats. Art Prints Framed Prints Canvas Prints Acrylic Prints Metal Prints Greeting Cards Cell Phone Covers It is definitely worth a look, even if you don't intend on buying anything. If you like any of the images, Please leave comments and share them with your friends on Facebook and Pinterest. It really helps me out a lot. Enjoy the show and thank you for visiting, Jeff Hodges http://hodges-jeffery.artistwebsites.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] ADD: Please visit my new Meteorite Art Website
Jeff, Wonderful, Stunning and absolutely worth taking the time to have a look!! This is/was/is a passion of mine too. And, as your site states fine art-- Yes it is All best, John - Original Message - From: jeff hodges via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 7:36 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] ADD: Please visit my new Meteorite Art Website Hello Everyone, I would like to invite you to visit my new Meteorite Art Website. http://hodges-jeffery.artistwebsites.com/ It features some of My Best Meteorite Photography in a variety of formats. Art Prints Framed Prints Canvas Prints Acrylic Prints Metal Prints Greeting Cards Cell Phone Covers It is definitely worth a look, even if you don't intend on buying anything. If you like any of the images, Please leave comments and share them with your friends on Facebook and Pinterest. It really helps me out a lot. Enjoy the show and thank you for visiting, Jeff Hodges http://hodges-jeffery.artistwebsites.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail
Hello all, I took a trip out to the Belmont, AZ Weather Service and stood in front of the camera that took the photo of the smoke cloud 5 or 6 minutes after it had ended. I had the photo in hand to estimate to the best of my ability as to where the clouds were in the sky as related to Fremont Peak that morning. These clouds might have dissipated somewhat and drifted slightly to the south east 5 to 6 min after the fireball passed. I spent over an hour taking readings with my WWII Bendix A-7 sextant, and two WWI British prismatic compasses, averaging the readings of each. (BTW: these compasses are top notch, so good that they were used by sailors lost at sea to find destinations even without a sextant. The WWII Bendix A-7 is a fantastic sextant and very accurate as well) Readings from the compasses: (Magnetic) 35 - 36 degrees Easterly direction. Sextant, after estimating where the clouds were over Fremont Peak. Top cloud (larger one): 13.0 degrees above horizon. Bottom cloud (smaller one): 7.25 degrees above horizon. Average between both as the two clouds are linked in a chain ~8.6 degrees above horizon. The top cloud which is very dispersed after the six or so min after the fireball end at 15:52:32 represents the start of the fireball, and from reports it came in a a very steep angle ~45 degrees from the North East. This fireball was observed from the Belmont location and others West of Flagstaff including my all sky camera, as going DOWNWARD. If it rose up, or remained stationary instead of downward as it did, then it would appear heading toward and above the Belmont Weather station camera. In all sightings west of Flagstaff it went DOWNWARD and to the East. So the higher cloud appears higher in the sky due to the fact that the luminous flight began at about 60 miles or so. The smaller more defined cloud is the lower one to the ground maybe 15 to 20 miles above ground and closer to the Belmont Weather camera than the more distant larger dispersed portion of the smoke cloud. Do the trig. 13, 7.25 degrees above the horizon and an average between the two above the horizon taking into account the downward angle of the Fireball and the average assumed height between the beginning and the end of the event between 60 and 15 miles above the ground. The larger cloud is most likely over 120 miles away from the camera. The lower one most likely over 70 miles away from the camera. And the compass heading of 35-36 degrees is a magnetic heading, keeping in mind the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees to East of the the Celestial Pole which is True North to which my all sky camera is aligned. Draw your lines accordingly from the Belmont Weather Station at Navajo Army Depot along that line of magnetic bearing 35-36 degrees average between the two 35.5 degrees. If you transpose to a map that is aligned to the true Celestial North, be sure to take into account the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees in drawing the line. Steve Schoner. 2014 Best Skin Tighteners A Review List of The Top Performing Skin Tighteners In 2014 http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3331/54388043c33924301c8st02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] FW: 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail
From: astror...@hotmail.com To: scho...@mybluelight.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:59:04 -0500 Hello Steve and all, Thanks for your hard work. When it comes down to a good starting point, say using Kayenta or Hwy 160 as a reference, where would you suggest? I'm going to try to get over to that area Sunday. If there is anyone that has begin a seach for this possible fall, give me a shout. Would like to see a new fall in this area, even though it may be on a Reservation. May have to brush up on my trading skills. Dennis Miller Northwest New Mexico astror...@hotmail.com Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:55:13 + To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail From: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Hello all, I took a trip out to the Belmont, AZ Weather Service and stood in front of the camera that took the photo of the smoke cloud 5 or 6 minutes after it had ended. I had the photo in hand to estimate to the best of my ability as to where the clouds were in the sky as related to Fremont Peak that morning. These clouds might have dissipated somewhat and drifted slightly to the south east 5 to 6 min after the fireball passed. I spent over an hour taking readings with my WWII Bendix A-7 sextant, and two WWI British prismatic compasses, averaging the readings of each. (BTW: these compasses are top notch, so good that they were used by sailors lost at sea to find destinations even without a sextant. The WWII Bendix A-7 is a fantastic sextant and very accurate as well) Readings from the compasses: (Magnetic) 35 - 36 degrees Easterly direction. Sextant, after estimating where the clouds were over Fremont Peak. Top cloud (larger one): 13.0 degrees above horizon. Bottom cloud (smaller one): 7.25 degrees above horizon. Average between both as the two clouds are linked in a chain ~8.6 degrees above horizon. The top cloud which is very dispersed after the six or so min after the fireball end at 15:52:32 represents the start of the fireball, and from reports it came in a a very steep angle ~45 degrees from the North East. This fireball was observed from the Belmont location and others West of Flagstaff including my all sky camera, as going DOWNWARD. If it rose up, or remained stationary instead of downward as it did, then it would appear heading toward and above the Belmont Weather station camera. In all sightings west of Flagstaff it went DOWNWARD and to the East. So the higher cloud appears higher in the sky due to the fact that the luminous flight began at about 60 miles or so. The smaller more defined cloud is the lower one to the ground maybe 15 to 20 miles above ground and closer to the Belmont Weather camera than the more distant larger dispersed portion of the smoke cloud. Do the trig. 13, 7.25 degrees above the horizon and an average between the two above the horizon taking into account the downward angle of the Fireball and the average assumed height between the beginning and the end of the event between 60 and 15 miles above the ground. The larger cloud is most likely over 120 miles away from the camera. The lower one most likely over 70 miles away from the camera. And the compass heading of 35-36 degrees is a magnetic heading, keeping in mind the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees to East of the the Celestial Pole which is True North to which my all sky camera is aligned. Draw your lines accordingly from the Belmont Weather Station at Navajo Army Depot along that line of magnetic bearing 35-36 degrees average between the two 35.5 degrees. If you transpose to a map that is aligned to the true Celestial North, be sure to take into account the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees in drawing the line. Steve Schoner. 2014 Best Skin Tighteners A Review List of The Top Performing Skin Tighteners In 2014 http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3331/54388043c33924301c8st02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] FW: 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail
I would be extraordinarily careful on the reservation, federally protected land, very very iffy hunting out there, not friendly or receptive people to outsiders, and legally could be a nightmare. That being said, I really hope it is found, just unsure of how it would all work out. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Oct 10, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com wrote: From: astror...@hotmail.com To: scho...@mybluelight.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:59:04 -0500 Hello Steve and all, Thanks for your hard work. When it comes down to a good starting point, say using Kayenta or Hwy 160 as a reference, where would you suggest? I'm going to try to get over to that area Sunday. If there is anyone that has begin a seach for this possible fall, give me a shout. Would like to see a new fall in this area, even though it may be on a Reservation. May have to brush up on my trading skills. Dennis Miller Northwest New Mexico astror...@hotmail.com Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:55:13 + To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] 10/04/14 AZ Fireball: Sextant-Compass readings of Belmont, AZ smoke tr ail From: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Hello all, I took a trip out to the Belmont, AZ Weather Service and stood in front of the camera that took the photo of the smoke cloud 5 or 6 minutes after it had ended. I had the photo in hand to estimate to the best of my ability as to where the clouds were in the sky as related to Fremont Peak that morning. These clouds might have dissipated somewhat and drifted slightly to the south east 5 to 6 min after the fireball passed. I spent over an hour taking readings with my WWII Bendix A-7 sextant, and two WWI British prismatic compasses, averaging the readings of each. (BTW: these compasses are top notch, so good that they were used by sailors lost at sea to find destinations even without a sextant. The WWII Bendix A-7 is a fantastic sextant and very accurate as well) Readings from the compasses: (Magnetic) 35 - 36 degrees Easterly direction. Sextant, after estimating where the clouds were over Fremont Peak. Top cloud (larger one): 13.0 degrees above horizon. Bottom cloud (smaller one): 7.25 degrees above horizon. Average between both as the two clouds are linked in a chain ~8.6 degrees above horizon. The top cloud which is very dispersed after the six or so min after the fireball end at 15:52:32 represents the start of the fireball, and from reports it came in a a very steep angle ~45 degrees from the North East. This fireball was observed from the Belmont location and others West of Flagstaff including my all sky camera, as going DOWNWARD. If it rose up, or remained stationary instead of downward as it did, then it would appear heading toward and above the Belmont Weather station camera. In all sightings west of Flagstaff it went DOWNWARD and to the East. So the higher cloud appears higher in the sky due to the fact that the luminous flight began at about 60 miles or so. The smaller more defined cloud is the lower one to the ground maybe 15 to 20 miles above ground and closer to the Belmont Weather camera than the more distant larger dispersed portion of the smoke cloud. Do the trig. 13, 7.25 degrees above the horizon and an average between the two above the horizon taking into account the downward angle of the Fireball and the average assumed height between the beginning and the end of the event between 60 and 15 miles above the ground. The larger cloud is most likely over 120 miles away from the camera. The lower one most likely over 70 miles away from the camera. And the compass heading of 35-36 degrees is a magnetic heading, keeping in mind the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees to East of the the Celestial Pole which is True North to which my all sky camera is aligned. Draw your lines accordingly from the Belmont Weather Station at Navajo Army Depot along that line of magnetic bearing 35-36 degrees average between the two 35.5 degrees. If you transpose to a map that is aligned to the true Celestial North, be sure to take into account the magnetic variation of 10.5 degrees in drawing the line. Steve Schoner. 2014 Best Skin Tighteners A Review List of The Top Performing Skin Tighteners In 2014 http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3331/54388043c33924301c8st02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
