[meteorite-list] meteorite-related: Aug. 11 OSIRIS-REx Live Matchpoint Rehearsal
Greetings Meteorite-friends! Tomorrow is a very important milestone for the OSIRIS-REx mission - the final rehearsal before sample collection! We invite you all to join us for a live play-by-play on Twitter August 11 at 2:30 EDT on Twitter@osirisrex (https://twitter.com/OSIRISREx) The OSIRIS-REx team will conduct its Matchpoint Maneuver Rehearsal over the Nightingale Site on asteroid Bennu. There will be a 16 minute one-way communication delay between the spacecraft and Earth. So the event commands will be uploaded to the spacecraft and the maneuver will be conducted autonomously. The low gain antenna will transmit data to Earth with images and science data downlinked when the rehearsal is completed. For more details on the Matchpoint Maneuver see: https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasas-osiris-rex-is-one-rehearsal-away-from-touching-asteroid-bennu We hope that all of you are doing well and that you and your families are staying healthy! Best regards and onward to Bennu! Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] William H. Mason III
Dear Meteorite-Friends, I, too, am very sad to hear this news. Bill Mason always had a kindly smile, cheery greeting, and treated everyone with respect. He freely shared his extensive knowledge of adhesives and coatings and results of his experiments to preserve meteorites. I recall his stories of placing a formerly rusty Nantan in a fish tank to test his methods! And, he advised me when I agreed to restore a large, fragile slab of Brenham that I discovered was being held together by the ugly yellow lacquer I was asked to remove. With his help it was delivered just in the nick of time for a public exhibit. -Dolores Hill On 8/6/2020 6:43 AM, Gary Fujihara via Meteorite-list wrote: This news saddens me also as Bill was a stalwart protector of meteorites through his research and development of Paleobond products. Bill also took in sick meteorites to rehabilitate, often as with for me, seeking no compensation for his work. Bill “Rusty” Mason will be missed but his legacy lives on. Sent from Gary's iPhone On Aug 6, 2020, at 3:32 AM, Matt Morgan via Meteorite-list wrote: Sad to hear this. He was a very intelligent and kind person and certainly left his mark on our community. Matt - Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites Https://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80228 On Aug 4, 2020, at 11:26 AM, "tracie paleobond.com <http://paleobond.com> via Meteorite-list" <mailto:meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>> wrote: It is with great sadness that we share our esteemed mentor and partner William H. Mason III passed peacefully Sunday evening August 2, 2020. Bill was a great friend and scientist. His contributions to the preservation of fossils, minerals and meteorites will be an everlasting legacy. He lived 88 years of fun, laughter and joy helping people solve problems. He will be sorely missed by his friends and family. No plans have been made at this time due to Covid to honor him as a group. We encourage all of you to be kind and do something for your friend and neighbor in his honor. We’ll announce on the PaleoBOND website and facebook page when a future celebration of his life will occur. Thank you in advance for your friendship and support of PaleoBOND for over the last 40 years. John and I will strive to carry on in his footsteps. Tracie Bennitt PaleoBOND 1067 E. US Highway 24 #191 Woodland Park, CO 80863 651-227-7000 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] meteorite-related: Summer Science Saturday Comes to You!
Greetings Meteorite Friends! We hope you are all doing well! This year the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory _Summer Science Saturday_ is coming to you! So this time, everyone can join us! What: Summer Science Saturday presents OSIRIS-REx Zoom Lecture by Professor Dante Lauretta Date: Saturday, August 1, 2020 Time: 1:00 PM (Arizona - Mountain Standard Time) Register for Zoom access: lpl.arizona.edu/outreach/groups-activities/sss We invite you to join us for this special Zoom lecture by Professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, as he describes exciting mission findings and the final preparations for sample collection. The spacecraft is scheduled to acquire a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu in October and then return it to Earth in 2023. You will have to register for the Zoom. Go to the “Register Here” link on the Summer Science Saturday website: lpl.arizona.edu/outreach/groups-activities/sss. _If you have any questions, please contact:_ Maria Schuchardt (email address: mari...@lpl.arizona.edu) Space Imagery Center Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Best regards, Dolores Hill University of Arizona - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] slightly off topic - Interesting request from NASA PDS
Greetings Meteorite-List! We hope all of you and your families are staying healthy and safe! _I am passing on an inquiry that is a little out of the ordinary_ - a request for your feedback from the team at NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) https://pds.nasa.gov/ . The PDS is where NASA spacecraft data and images (including OSIRIS-REx) are archived for access by researchers and the public. Some of you may be familiar with it already and some may not have explored it yet. Here is your opportunity to give your opinion and help NASA improve the PDS. See below. -Dolores Hill The Planetary Data System (PDS) is kicking off a User Study as a follow-on to the PDS Survey and next steps towards our Data Services Initiative. This Initiative and User Study are integral parts of enhancing the ways that we can serve you, our planetary science community. More specifically, we are looking for volunteers to help us get a better understanding of our how our community currently uses the PDS, but also how we can improve to meet your needs. The study will include individual interviews/discussions (~45-60 minutes), and some future help with playing around with some of the ideas we put together. We are looking for folks across pretty much any domain and experience level that interacts with the PDS including, but not limited to: Scientists, Tool developers, Data providers (R, missions, local data dictionary stewards), Educators, Students, International partners, Amateur astronomers, Discipline Node personnel, and NASA Management. _If you would like to help, please send an email to _pds-opera...@jpl.nasa.gov <mailto:pds-opera...@jpl.nasa.gov>_ stating which of the above groups you fall into (this could be more than one), and we will reach out to plan next steps._ Thank you in advance for your assistance and helping us better understand our community, so we can improve the PDS to meet your needs and further scientific exploration. For more technical details: abstract:https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetdata2019/pdf/7105.pdf <https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetdata2019/pdf/7105.pdf> poster: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetdata2019/eposter/7105.pdf -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] The Fall of Aguas Zarcas - One Year ago (and the Buzz has not worn off)
Thanks Kevin... and Greetings Meteorite Friends, I would like to add a _big thank you from the scientific community_, too! New discoveries were made in the field of extraterrestrial organics because of the quick recovery of pre-rain samples and even ordinary dirt from the site. We are grateful to all who provided samples for research. Best regards to all especially in these challenging times, Dolores Hill _University of Arizona_'s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory ;-) On 4/23/2020 10:32 AM, Kevin Kichinka via Meteorite-list wrote: Team Meteorite: Measured by volume or number, Costa Rica will win every Scarlet Macaw competition. But she will linger in last place when it comes to recovered meteorites. More seem to fall in Morocco in one day, than the sole kilo of stone that fell here in 1857. That is, until a few minutes past nine o'clock at night one year ago today, when around 25-30kg was added to the goodie bag. Enjoying 'home court advantage', I was the first foreign hunter on site and later wrote about my astounding experience for the July, 2019 edition of the Meteorite Times, Paul Harris and Jim Tobins' essential, bi-monthly on-line magazine. While we all cool our jets under self-inflicted house arrest, if you haven't read this feature or realize its worth a second viewing- I'll suggest it will completely remove your mind from the horrors the world presently faces, replaced with a few chuckles, instants of fresh comprehension, and moments of awe. Read it here: *https://www.meteorite-times.com/fall-of-aguas-zarcas-cm2/* In December past, I returned with Blaine and Blake Reed to clean up what ever was still laying around. In my follow-up feature in the Met Times, the first science on the met is previewed, courtesy of Buckyball World champion Greg Shanos. I share the details of a fun trade of pre-rain AZ CM2 to Blaine for specimens of Bolivian fall Aiquile, PAL Sericho and the DIO NWA 5484, a visual twin to Mars life suspect ALH84001. The 'Meteorite Man' Robert Haag submits a fantastic travelogue of his ten days in-country, along with some deeper profundities that any fan-of-the-man will delight in - LOL!!!. All of this is embedded inside a story of a life in Costa Rica, told under the guise of meteorite hunting. Make sure to click on the linksyou will not regret the detours. The feature begins and ends with two of the most breath-taking photos of a falling meteorite in flight ever published. Read it here: *https://www.meteorite-times.com/high-noon-in-aguas-zarcas-where-the-reed-bros-ride-again/* * Lastly. Forever thoughts, memories and strength to all of my friends and acquaintances here, in our time of universal distress. I've 'been with you' for twenty-five years now. You've been with me as I've written here and for JSchiff's 'Meteorite', about the Mars' meteorites we hold in esteem, along with researchers who took us 'inside the rock' to its elemental core, and together with museum curators in London, Paris and Chicago that allowed us to see their secret treasures. I wrote a daily blog back to the m-list during two expeditions to Bolivia, when the internet was our new toy. Writing from a town next to the Salar de Uyuni, the salt flats where I though a black rock ought to stand out, a single skinny cable next to a 19th century train track carried my words to you. Imagine Bolivia, a place where few chose to become tourists, where Butch Cassidy and the Kid called Sundance went to 'get away from it all'. A place where 'you were there' when a team of your friends recovered the country's first authenticated meteorite. And I'll always smile when I think about the prize fight that was a court battle with JPL web-master Ron Ballke, as we argued the evidence (or lack thereof) in regards to a dog "left like ashes in a moment" by the Nakhla meteorite in Egypt. You the court ruled, 'Long live the dead dog'. /Ojala,/ that we may together continue these adventures. Please do not 'travel off the trail' of common sense, instead steadfastly cling to the route of uncommon sense. Take all precautions to shield yourself from these clouds of molecular terror threatening our lives and and everything important. It seems that we are in a race where the finish line is not known, and we have become unwilling participants in a marathon where the course is thick with land mines. The mountain is high. But one's every careful step is one step closer to the yet unseen summit, because it does exist. Some will slip from a careless step and fall into a dark infinity, an indescribable infinity without a tomorrow. Endure and survive. Now join me. On to Aguas Zarcas! Kevin Kichinka Nine Degree N x 50km south of the AZ strewn field Costa Rica "The Art of Collecting Meteorites" available on Amazo
[meteorite-list] In case you didn't see it: OSIRIS-REx images of Checkpoint rehearsal
Greetings Meteorite Friends! I just had to share these... In case you didn't see it, here are some images of Bennu from yesterday's OSIRIS-REx Checkpoint rehearsal! Wow! Enjoy! https://www.asteroidmission.org/checkpoint-rehearsal-movie/ Best regards to all, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Meteorite related: Live! OSIRIS-REx Checkpoint Rehearsal April 14
Greetings Meteorite_List Friends, Tomorrow is a very important milestone for the OSIRIS-REx mission! The OSIRIS-REx team will conduct its first Checkpoint Rehearsal over the Nightingale Site on asteroid Bennu. This includes conducting the full sequence from departing from "safe-home" orbit to arranging the solar arrays into their "Y-wing" configuration, fully deploying the TAGSAM arm, and moving to the "Matchpoint" close to Bennu's surface. In addition, the team will confirm the important Natural Feature Tracking navigation system and acquire more images for the onboard atlas of rocks and features. Some of you have followed us since the beginning of the mission and some are new supporters. Thank you for your loyal support! _We invite you all to join us for a live play-by-play on Twitter. Coverage begins April 14 2:45 PM EDT at https://twitter.com/OSIRISREx._ For more details on the Checkpoint Maneuver see: https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=rehearsal-time-for-nasas-asteroid-sampling-spacecraft We hope that all of you are doing well and that you and your families are staying healthy! We look forward to resuming in-person outreach activities and seeing some of you soon. Best regards, clear skies, and _onward to Bennu for amazing samples_! Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Invitation: FREE Nov. 7 book talk about Gerard Kuiper & Apollo 11
Greetings Meteorite-Friends! If you happen to be in the Tucson area next week, you might enjoy this free event as an interesting way to connect several interests at once! Note the book's author is well-known meteoriticist Derek Sears. You will also be treated to an amazing special exhibit about the moon, moon maps and atlases, and the Apollo program that contains historical items including original books by Copernicus and Galileo(!) and personal memorabilia from Gerard Kuiper and Ewen Whitaker (ends Dec. 20). See the special globe, projector, and camera that were used to make the Rectified Lunar Atlas - set up for the first time in 50 years. Kuiper and Apollo: A Talk for the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Landing Thursday November 07, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM University of Arizona Main Library - Special Collections (located at the east end of the UA Library kitty-corner SW from LPL) 1510 East University Blvd. Tucson, Arizona Author Derek Sears presents his biography Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science and describes the life of a man who lived through some of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century and ended up creating a new field of scientific research, planetary science. As NASA and other space agencies explore the solar system, they take with them many of the ideas and concepts first described by Gerard P. Kuiper. Derek W. G. Sears was a professor at the University of Arkansas for thirty years and is now a senior research scientist at NASA. He has published widely on meteorites, lunar samples, asteroids, and the history of planetary science. Introduction by Dr. Timothy Swindle, Director of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Please RSVP here so UA Special Collections can provide enough refreshments: https://give.uafoundation.org/NetCommunity/events/KuiperApollo Perhaps I'll see you there! Best regards, Dolores Hill __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Fwd: In Memoriam - Dr. Mike D. Reynolds
Hello meteorite friends, I have sad news that Dr. Mike Reynolds passed away yesterday. See note below from Matt Will of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO). -Dolores Hill Forwarded Message Subject:In Memoriam - Dr. Mike D. Reynolds Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:28:18 -0500 From: Matthew Will Hi all, I am writing to inform you that ALPO Board member and former ALPO Executive Director Mike Reynolds passed away late this afternoon. Mike was also our coordinator for both the the Eclipse Section and the Mercury and Venus Transits Section. I hope to have more information concerning his passing and arrangements that will be made for him later this week. Mike had an extraordinary knowledge and track record in his coverage of total solar eclipses. He was a highly respected colleague, a very good friend, and he will be greatly missed. More information about Mike and his life will appear in an upcoming issue on the Journal. Best regards, Matt Matthew L. Will Secretary and Treasurer Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) PO Box 13456 Springfield, IL 62791-3456 USA Email addresses: matt.w...@alpo-astronomy.org or matthew.w...@att.net ALPO Web Site: http://www.alpo-astronomy.org __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Reminder: Wednesday - Free meteorite-related lecture at UA
Dear Meteorite Friends, Reminder! I take this opportunity to cordially invite you to an interesting free, meteorite-related, public lecture at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona located at 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona. I would like to point out that it was Mike Nolan and team who determined Bennu's spinning top shape - and got it perfect!! Not many astronomers have the luxury of spacecraft flybys to validate their work. Come enjoy another great LPL speaker. October 16th at 7 pm Hear Dr. Michael Nolan, OSIRIS-REx Science Team Chief, speak about "Twenty Years of Bennu: From Arecibo to Orbit". He will relate the amazing story of asteroid Bennu from initial detection to astounding discoveries! For other upcoming lectures: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/evening-lectures Thank you to all those who regularly attend LPL public events and stop by to say hello! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] free meteorite-related lectures at UA-LPL
Dear Meteorite Friends, I take this opportunity to cordially invite you to several very interesting free, meteorite-related, public lectures at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona located at 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona. _Sept. 18th at 7pm _ Come meet new LPL faculty member Dr. Jessica Barnes who will speak on "_The Geological History of the Moon from the Perspective of Unopened Apollo Samples_". Her team is one of the few selected to study Apollo samples carefully preserved since they were collected on the moon 50 years ago! _October 16th at 7 pm _ Hear Dr. Michael Nolan, OSIRIS-REx Science Team Chief, speak about"_Twenty Years of Bennu: From Arecibo to Orbit_". He will relate the amazing story of asteroid Bennu from initial detection to astounding discoveries! For other upcoming lectures: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/evening-lectures Thank you to all those who regularly attend LPL public events and stop by to say hello! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Spacefest 2019 (meteorite-related)
Greetings Meteorite Friends,_ If you happen to be in the Tucson area this weekend__August 9-10 (Fri. and Sat.)_, we cordially invite you to stop by and visit the free STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics) area in front of the Main Ballroom at _Spacefest 2019_ held at Starr Pass Resort and say "hello"!In addition to the OSIRIS-REx tables, U. of Arizona/Lunar & Planetary Lab graduate students will be there with impressive planetary globes and our friends at the Planetary Science Institute will have some meteorites on display (and to hunt). The STEAM area includes many more family friendly activities. For more information see here: https://www.spacefest.info/?page_id=6270 Spacefest brings together famous space artists, astronauts, authors, scientists, historians, and space aficionados. Some talks and panels are free with a "day pass" and some require reservations (and extra fee). Events take place from today 8/8/2019 through Sunday, 8/11/2019. For those who can't come, mark your calendar for next year! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] OSIRIS-REx Bennu Mappers still needs you!
Greetings Meteorite Friends, The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission still needs your help. So the original Bennu Mappers CosmoQuest program has been extended. I am writing to invite our friends in the meteorite community to continue (or start) mapping craters, boulders, and rocks on asteroid Bennu. See here for details: https://bennu.cosmoquest.org/ I know many of you have enjoyed exploring and mapping some weird boulders and rocks on Bennu's surface. THANK YOU!! I can't wait until the sample returns in 2023 for the "rest of the story"! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Today!: LPL's Summer Science Saturday Apollo 11 Celebration
Dear Meteorite Friends, I apologize for the late notice... Please join us TODAY for LPL's Summer Science Saturday in Tucson, Arizona to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing! There will be incredible displays of historical hardware and presentations worthy of the milestone and looking forward to the future exploration. And there will be an Apollo 12 specimen on display, too! Even David Mann who makes our thin sections will show off materials from his days at the Lunar Receiving Lab. See here for more information on today's activities and related activities known as "moonfest" that take place over the next few months: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sss https://flandrau.org/Apollo Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Meteorite-related project needs help!
Greetings Meteorite_List Friends, Here is a meteorite-related, short term project you might enjoy from the comfort of your home that will have real impact! From now until July 10th you can help the OSIRIS-REx mission map rocks, boulders, and craters on asteroid Bennu via CosmoQuest's Bennu Mappers project! Your help is greatly appreciated and it gives you a chance to explore amazing images... "meteoroids in situ on their parent body"! Personally I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the variety of rocks on Bennu; absolutely breathtaking and intriguing with better images to come! The data acquired by Bennu Mappers and the science team will inform decisions on the best possible sites for the Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) collection. See here for more details: https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasa-invites-public-help-asteroid-mission-choose-sample-site https://bennu.cosmoquest.org/ Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] lunar meteorite-related: new Apollo 11 film
Greetings Meteorite-List friends and lunar meteorite admirers, Before we identified lunar meteorites that collided with Earth, the only samples of the moon for research came from the Apollo and Luna missions. _We invite you to enjoy __*Apollo 11*_, a new film premiering this Friday at The Loft Cinema in Tucson, Arizona. It contains never-before-seen footage from this historic mission to the moon. Watch it on the biggest screen in southern Arizona (perhaps all of Arizona?) and feel the adventure as you ride along with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. (Be sure to select "screen 1" showtimes). See here for more information: https://loftcinema.org/film/apollo-11/ Staff from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will greet you before the evening showings on Friday and display moon maps made by Gerard Kuiper's team that helped determine landing sites and assisted astronauts with crater identification. We will also display modern moon globes and a disk from the University of Arizona's Bicentennial Moon Tree whose seeds traveled to the moon and back on Apollo 14. In addition, for LPL's _Apollo50 Celebration on July 20, 2019_, we are looking for those who worked on some aspect of the Apollo missions. We want to hear your story! Contact Maria Schuchardt at mari...@lpl.arizona.edu if you would like to share your contribution or a family member's contribution. Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] meteorite-related: Today! OSIRIS-REx: Opportunity to submit questions for mission experts
Greetings meteorite friends, Please excuse the short notice for a meteorite-related opportunity to submit questions to OSIRIS-REx mission experts! (NOW) See below. The info and the link to the page on the mission website are below. Facebook users can also post your questions as comments on this post: https://www.facebook.com/OSIRISREx/photos/a.188106444635520/1871961876249960/ Mission Website Link: https://www.asteroidmission.org/bennu-twitter-chat-agu-2018/ <https://www.asteroidmission.org/bennu-twitter-chat-agu-2018/> Last week – after a two-year, two-billion-kilometer journey – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at its destination <https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-osiris-rex-spacecraft-arrives-at-asteroid-bennu>: an ancient near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. OSIRIS-REx is the first spacecraft to visit Bennu and the first U.S. mission to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth. After the sample is delivered to Earth in 2023, generations of scientists will study it to help unlock the mysteries of the early Solar System. Yesterday, initial science results <https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-newly-arrived-osiris-rex-spacecraft-already-discovers-water-on-asteroid> from the spacecraft’s close-range studies of Bennu – including the detection of water locked in the clay minerals on the asteroid – were released at the AGU fall meeting in Washington, DC. *Today* (*Tuesday, Dec. 11) from 3-4 pm ET (1-2 pm MT)*, experts from the OSIRIS-REx team will answer questions on Twitter about the mission and the discoveries made about Bennu so far. *Use the hashtag #BennuChat on Twitter to submit your questions.* *What:* Experts from the OSIRIS-REx mission will answer questions about asteroid Bennu and what’s next for OSIRIS-REx *When:* Tue. Dec. 11, 2018 3-4 pm ET (1-2 pm MT) *Where:* Use the hashtag #BennuChat on Twitter; Facebook users can also post questions as comments on this post: https://www.facebook.com/OSIRISREx/photos/a.188106444635520/1871961876249960/ *Who:* Mission experts including: * Dante Lauretta <https://osirisrex.arizona.edu/our-team> – OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator and Professor, University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab * Jason Dworkin <https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/290/jason-dworkin/> – OSIRIS-REx Project Scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center * Vicky Hamilton <http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Ehamilton/VEH/Home.html> – OSIRIS-REx Lead Spectral Scientist and OTES Deputy Instrument Scientist, Southwest Research Institute * Carl Hergenrother <https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/288/carl-hergenrother/> – OSIRIS-REx Astronomy Lead, University of Arizona * Keara Burke <https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ua-undergrad-works-id-osirisrex-touchdown-site> – OSIRIS-REx Image Processing Intern and Undergraduate Student, University of Arizona Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] meteorite-related (Wednesday OSIRIS-REx on PBS NewsHour and more!)
Greetings meteorite friends! This is a meteorite-/related/ post... I thought you might be interested in asteroid Bennu as the OSIRIS-REx mission prepares to explore and collect a sample of regolith for return to Earth. The mission is passing some important milestones soon: * *Nov. 28* The OSIRIS-REx mission and team will be featured on this Wednesday’s PBS NewsHour. Check your local listing. We hope you enjoy it! * *Dec. 1-2* ASTEROID AHOY! NASA’s OSIRIS-REX ARRIVES AT BENNU For those who might be in the Tucson, Arizona area this weekend, stop by Flandrau Science Center on the University of Arizona campus for "Asteroid Ahoy!" weekend! Meet-and-greet OCAMS lead Dr. Bashar Rizk at 2pm on Saturday, Mission Principal Investigator Dr. Dante Lauretta at 2pm on Sunday, and fellow OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors who will guide visitors in mission-related hands-on-activities. See here for details: https://flandrau.org/news/2018/12/asteroid-ahoy-nasa%E2%80%99s-osiris-rex-arrives-bennu-%E2%80%93-flandrau-event * *Dec. 3* The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft officially arrives at Bennu! Watch live-streaming from Lockheed Martin Space mission control provided by NASA TV. * *Dec. 10-14* Watch for exciting news from OSIRIS-REx at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in Washington, D.C. There will be a special press conference announcing scientific discoveries at Bennu on Dec. 10. Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] meteorite-related: Bennu!
Greetings Meteorite-List Friends! I just can't resist sending this hot-off-the-press link to asteroid Bennu! It could be related to meteorites in our collections... or not. See this hot-off-the-press link to asteroid Bennu at 100 pixels taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018 from a distance of about 205 miles (330 km): https://www.asteroidmission.org/20181029t1019ut_bennu/ I am sure you will agree that it is a bold, beautiful and interesting place already! Best regards! Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] NEW Meteorite Fall In Phoenix/Glendale Arizona
Congratulations to all involved! -Dolores Hill On 8/20/2018 7:24 AM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list wrote: Here is the link https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-science/2018/08/20/valley-first-recorded-meteorite-fall-happened-glendale-asu-scientist/1022652002/ On Aug 19, 2018 9:03 PM, "Ruben Garcia" <mailto:rubengarcia85...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi all, Be sure and read the article in tomorrows edition of the Arizona Republic. -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia www.RubenMrMeteoriteGarcia.com <http://www.RubenMrMeteoriteGarcia.com> __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] slightly OT fun: Just in time: new OSIRIS-REx Valentines!
Greetings Friends of the Meteorite-List! /A little off topic/... I thought you might enjoy it anyway (there are drawings of asteroids on the Valentines). Do you need a last minute Valentine that is out-of-this-world? Download yours now from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and pass along to all your meteorite buddies: https://www.asteroidmission.org/galleries/collectibles/ Perhaps some clever person would like to create a set using meteorite themes... Best regards, Dolores -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] OT: Special Presentation of OSIRIS-REx Images and Data from Earth Gravity Assist
Greetings Friends on the Meteorite_List! I am sending a (slightly) off-topic post I think you will enjoy because it relates to meteorite parent bodies. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to carbonaceous asteroid Bennu! As you may know, the spacecraft made its successful Earth Gravity Assist (EGA) flyby past Earth on Sept. 22nd. The Science Team continues to work hard to process and evaluate their data and systems by taking advantage of this calibration opportunity. I am sending information on a very special opportunity 6 pm Thursday night (TOMORROW Sept. 28) for those who might be in the Tucson area: SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER– NEW PHOTOS OF EARTH FROM OSIRIS-REX Come see a special presentation of newly-released photos taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it flew past Earth on its journey to asteroid Bennu! UA professor Dante Lauretta, leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission team, will show photos in the EOS Planetarium Theater and talk about the Earth Gravity Assist on Thursday, September 28, 6pm at the Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium located on the University of Arizona campus. In addition, following Dr. Lauretta’s presentation there will be a screening of the fulldome planetarium show ASTEROID: MISSION EXTREME produced by National Geographic. Admission $5. Tickets may be purchased in advance here: http://flandrau.org/events/orex-flyby-2017 or in person at the Flandrau front desk. For more information about the Earth Gravity Assist (EGA) see the OSIRIS-REx mission website for news stories: http://www.asteroidmission.org/ For EGA images and animations of the approaching spacecraft among the stars see the mission Gallery>Photographs: http://www.asteroidmission.org/galleries/#spacecraft-imagery For EGA images and data of Earth taken by spacecraft instruments see the mission Gallery>Spacecraft Imagery: http://www.asteroidmission.org/galleries/#photographs Next stop: Bennu! Best regards to meteorite, astronomy and space program aficionados everywhere, Dolores Hill _* *_ -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Mars, Close-up in Tucson (was Re: The Niagara Falls of Mars)
Greetings Friends on the Meteorite-List! I agree those are absolutely amazing Mars images!! If they sparked your interest, we invite you to stop by the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson this Saturday from 10am-2pm for a free Summer Science Saturday open house. We are celebrating 10 years of imaging _*Mars, Close-up!*_ Don't miss the 1 pm presentation by HiRISE Camera's Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen and see Mars images on the big screen. There will be something for everyone!_* *_ See here for details: https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sss I apologize to those who live far away! I just didn't want visitors who happen to be in the area to miss this opportunity. Best regards to all! Dolores Hill On 7/12/2017 4:56 PM, Paul via Meteorite-list wrote: The Niagara Falls of Mars, NASA, MRO, June 28, 2017 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia21763/the-niagara-falls-of-mars yours, Paul H. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Special Mars HiRISE event at the Lunar and Planetary Lab
Dear Meteorite-List Friends, I have a special meteorite "parent-body" posting that might be of interest to collectors of Martian meteorites especially: Come celebrate incredible images of the Martian surface from *NASA's HiRISE* mission on *Thursday, May 11 from 6-8pm* at the University of Arizona's *Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) Kuiper Building in Tucson, Arizona*! The University of Arizona Press cordially invites you to join us in celebrating the release of _/Mars: Pristine Beauty of the Red /__/Planet/_, the most outstanding and uniquely curated selection of Mars orbital images ever assembled in one volume. Enjoy remarks from College of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz, LPL Director (and meteoriticist) Tim Swindle, HiRISE Principal investigator Alfred McEwen, Deputy PI Candice Hansen-Koharcheck & Outreach Coordinator Ari Espinoza. What better way to envision the variety of settings and terrains from which Martian meteorites were ejected? We hope to see you all there! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] slightly off-topic: Desert Gold Diggers?
Hello meteorite friends, Please excuse this odd off-topic inquiry: Does anyone belong to the Desert Gold Diggers Club in Tucson, AZ or have contact information for club officers? I was asked to give a OSIRIS-REx mission presentation tomorrow evening but have not been able to make contact with anyone through the website. Thanks and best regards to all! Dolores __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] You are invited to Summer Science Saturday: Countdown to Lift-off! OSIRIS-REx spacecraft pre-launch event
The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory invites you to _*Summer Science Saturday: Countdown to Lift-off! OSIRIS-REx spacecraft pre-launch event *_ Saturday, August 27 from 10am - 4 pm Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sss For questions contact organizer Maria Schuchardt at: mari...@lpl.arizona.edu Come celebrate and learn how will we collect the sample without landing on asteroid Bennu and why it will take until 2023 for the sample return. This is the last opportunity to hear the most up-to-date information about the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and current status of the spacecraft directly from Deputy P.I. Ed Beshore prior to launch from Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 8. A distinguished panel of OSIRIS-REx science team members will be available for Q rare opportunity for detailed inside information on the 3 cameras built by UA, how we selected Bennu, our target, and made more observations so we know what to expect when we arrive. In addition, come see special mission exhibits and asteroid-related hands-on activities led by OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors. Other planetary science, world-renowned artists and literature groups will be accompanied by live space music. Visitors can visit the newly-renovated Flandrau Science Center next door for free, too. There will be something for everyone! Make a day of it - there will be a food truck with a variety of delicious options and you can enjoy your food in air-conditioned comfort. Hope to see you there! Best regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] The ASU - WMAT Meteorite Expedition and Recovery
Hearty congratulations to all involved! Best regards, Dolores Hill On 6/29/2016 5:16 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list wrote: Hi all, I have a few of the most recent articles regarding our hunt here. http://www.mrmeteorite.com -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] for Asteroid Day!: Space Drafts Asteroids Night June 29
Greetings Asteroid and Meteorite Aficionados! Celebrate *Asteroid**Day* with "Space Drafts/Astronomy on Tap" at Borderlands Brewery (119 E. Toole Ave.) in Tucson, Arizona, June 29th at 7:30 pm! This interesting set of free talks will celebrate*asteroid facts and exploration*! Join Dr. Vishnu Reddy (Planetary Sciences Institute) for /Get Rich or D//ie: Separating Facts from Fiction about Asteroids a//nd Meteors/ and Dani Della Giustina (OSIRIS-REx Image Processing Working Group Lead) for /Insider's Scoop: the OSIRIS-REx Mission to Sample an Asteroid./ Hope to see you there! Dolores Hill _Here is more information from the organizers:_ Come a few minutes early to grab your pizza+beer and reserve a chair. Try your chance at trivia during the talks to win astro-themed prizes! Space Drafts is free and open to all ages (of humans and dogs alike). Space Drafts is sponsored by Empire Pizza, and you can order by the slice -- any pizza revenue/tips will go to the joint LPL/Steward outreach fund! Space Drafts t-shirts designed by James Keane will also be for sale. If you are on Facebook, please let us know if you are planning on attending (www.facebook.com/events/186989788362570/) to help us plan for pizza. You are also welcome to bring your own food. You can follow current space news, and future events on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceDrafts, Wordpress: http://astronomyontap.org/locations/tucson-az/ or on twitter at @Space_Drafts -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] NASA Invites Public to Send Artwork to an Asteroid (OSIRIS-REx)
Greetings Meteorite_list friends! If you missed the chance to send your name to Bennu, here is another opportunity to extend your reach beyond Earth! Consider submitting one of your microscope images as inspiration for exploration, fireball photo or maybe a nice scene that inspired you while out in field hunting for meteorites. Note that all artistic expression is welcome. I seem to recall some poets on the meteorite-list. Best regards, Dolores Hill On 2/19/2016 4:08 PM, Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list wrote: February 19, 2016 RELEASE 16-019 NASA Invites Public to Send Artwork to an Asteroid NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. This will be the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study. OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in September and travel to the asteroid Bennu. The #WeTheExplorers campaign invites the public to take part in this mission by expressing, through art, how the mission's spirit of exploration is reflected in their own lives. Submitted works of art will be saved on a chip on the spacecraft. The spacecraft already carries a chip with more than 442,000 names submitted through the 2014 "Messages to Bennu" campaign. "The development of the spacecraft and instruments has been a hugely creative process, where ultimately the canvas is the machined metal and composites preparing for launch in September,' said Jason Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "It is fitting that this endeavor can inspire the public to express their creativity to be carried by OSIRIS-REx into space." A submission may take the form of a sketch, photograph, graphic, poem, song, short video or other creative or artistic expression that reflects what it means to be an explorer. Submissions will be accepted via Twitter and Instagram until March 20. For details on how to include your submission on the mission to Bennu, go to: http://www.asteroidmission.org/WeTheExplorers "Space exploration is an inherently creative activity," said Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for OSIRIS-REx at the University of Arizona, Tucson. "We are inviting the world to join us on this great adventure by placing their art work on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, where it will stay in space for millennia." The spacecraft will voyage to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of at least 60 grams (2.1 ounces) and return it to Earth for study. Scientists expect Bennu may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of the water and organic molecules that may have made their way to Earth. Goddard provides overall mission management, systems engineering and safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. The University of Arizona, Tucson leads the science team and observation planning and processing. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver is building the spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages New Frontiers for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. For more information on OSIRIS-Rex, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex -end- __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] OT- Send your Valentine an asteroid-themed Valentine
Greetings Meteorite List! And you can send one or more asteroid-themed retro, space-themed cards. See Feb. 10 Facebook posting for OSIRIS-REx mission and Happy #ValentinesDay from the OSIRIS-REx team! Download and share all eight cards: http://bit.ly/1KBfo0hValentines! Best regards, Dolores Hill On 2/12/2016 11:45 PM, drtanuki via Meteorite-list wrote: List, OT- Send your Valentine a MARS Valentine -FREE eCard via NASA http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2016/02/send-your-loved-one-valentine-from-mars.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Don't miss two special events in October at UA-LPL!
Greetings Meteorite Friends! We invite everyone to two very special free events in October that you won't want to miss! Both will be held at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson (https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/): October 16 (5-9pm) and October 17-18 (1-5pm) Art of Planetary Science Exhibition (https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/) This widely acclaimed event showcases both /scientific //data as art/ and /art that represents planetary science/. I got a sneak peek at some of the fantastic artwork that was submitted. It gets better and more creative every year. Come see meteorite art displayed by friends on this very list and be inspired for next year. October 30 4:30-5:30pm Moon Tree Celebration (http://arboretum.arizona.edu/celebrating-moon-tree) This very special commemoration will honor the UA's Bicentennial Moon Tree whose seeds were carried to the moon and back by Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa in 1971. The keynote speaker is Jack Roosa, son of astronaut Stuart Roosa. This may be the first time The University of Arizona's Moon Tree has been officially honored since its planting. Don't miss it! NASA documents it as one of only 64 surviving moon trees located around the world. At 4 pm there will be a variety of exhibits and posters to enjoy, too. We celebrate interconnections to this special Tree via the Apollo moon program, founding of the Lunar & Planetary Lab, poetry, UA Campus Arboretum, and A.E. Douglass' contributions to both astronomy and tree-ring research. Afterwards we will screen the Desert Moon movie about LPL's contributions to lunar exploration narrated by astronaut Mark Kelly and enjoy a Star Party with Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association on the UA Mall. We hope to see you soon! Kind regards, Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Ceres' Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail
Hello fellow meteorite (and asteroid) aficionados, Yes. There is a mapping spectrometer in the visual and infrared on board the Dawn spacecraft: VIR, the hyperspectral imaging spectrometer onboard Dawn, with a spectral range 0.25-5.1 μm http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/1365.pdf Don't worry; we all want to know about those mysterious bright spots on Ceres. Yesterday I heard a talk by Matthew Izawa (U. of Winnipeg) on this very topic. From the Planetary Sciences Institute website: http://www.psi.edu/ Composition of Ceres’ Bright Spots Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Matthew Izawa Abstract: The dwarf planet Ceres, located at a mean solar distance of ~2.8 Astronomical Units, is the largest (diameter ~950 km) object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Several evolution models suggest a differentiated body with potential geologic activity. One of the objectives of the Dawn mission during the Ceres encounter is to search for signs of past or present geological activity, including processes that might be linked to observations of transient water vapour events. One of the most striking features of Ceres’ surface are localized bright areas, which are commonly associated with impact craters. Of particular interest is a bright pit on the floor of a 90.5 km diameter crater named Occator that shows signs of activity in the form of water ice sublimation. I will present evidence that the Ceres bright spots are hydrated salt deposits, using a combination of Dawn Framing Camera (FC) multispectral observations, laboratory spectroscopy, and geochemical data from carbonaceous chondrite leaching experiments. Based on previous spectroscopic mineral identifications, a range of candidate high albedo materials were investigated including ice, Mg-carbonates, brucite, saponite and ammonium saponite, (Mg,Na) sulphate salts, and (Mg,Na) halide salts. Of these, the best matches are to mixtures of hydrated Mg sulfates along with dark ‘average Ceres material’, which may be broadly analogous to aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrite. The bright spots may be forming as a result of sublimation of water from brines exposed near the surface, leaving behind a chemical lag deposit of former solutes, which are predicted on experimental and theoretical grounds to be dominated by MgSO_4 hydrates. Best regards, Dolores Hill UA-Lunar and Planetary Laboratory https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://www.asteroidmission.org/ On 9/11/2015 12:00 PM, Greg B. via Meteorite-list wrote: There is now a very close up high resolution of the bright spots in one of the craters. Why are we still in the dark as to the composition of the bright material? Does NASA have a spectrometer on the craft. If so why can't they determine what the white substance is composed of. If they do not have a spectrometer on the craft. ..what were they thinking!! Greg B. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] moon-rock-related Moon Tree Celebration at LPL! Mark your calendars!
Greetings Meteorite and Space Program aficionados (we know you go hand-in-hand): I send an invitation to a very special Moon Tree Celebration on Friday, October 30 from 4:30-5:30 pm at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) in Tucson, AZ. It is free and open to the public! We know space program enthusiasts will be especially excited to come celebrate! (At 4 pm there will be a variety of exhibits and posters). As far as I know, this is the first time The University of Arizona's Moon Tree (eastern sycamore) has been officially honored since its planting. The keynote speaker is Jack Roosa, son of astronaut Stuart Roosa who took 400-500 seeds to the moon and back on Apollo 14 in 1971. The whereabouts of only 64 surviving trees are known around the world. Everyone is invited to this free event that is sure to have something for everyone as we celebrate interconnections to this special Tree via the Apollo program, founding of the Lunar Planetary Lab, poetry, tree science, and A.E. Douglass' contributions to both astronomy and dendrochronology. Afterwards we will screen the Desert Moon movie narrated by astronaut Mark Kelly and have a Star Party with Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association on the UA Mall. The event is jointly sponsored by the UA Poetry Center, UA Campus Arboretum and UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. For more information contact me and/or visit the Campus Arboretum website: http://arboretum.arizona.edu/celebrating-moon-tree. Hope to see you there! Dolores Hill Lunar Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Needed: New asteroid observer for CSS
Greetings meteorite friends, I thought some of you might be interested in this astronomical job opening with the U. of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey (see below). Regards, Dolores Hill The Catalina Sky Survey has just posted a new job opening. I'm betting that a lot of you would qualify for the job. See the qualifications at: www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=212974 http://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=212974 Get your resumes in as soon as possible! Best, -Rik Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona 1629 University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 Member Communication and Public Engagement Team Co-Lead Target Asteroids! Citizen science program of the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Co-Coordinator Target NEOs! Observing Program of the Astronomical League __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon with LPL!
Greetings Meteorite-List friends! We cordially invite anyone in the Tucson-area to join us as we celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon, learn about current lunar research and next steps in space exploration, too! _*Everything Lunar: Celebrating the Past, Exploring the Future*_ will be held at the Lunar Planetary Laboratory on the University of Arizona campus on Sunday, July 20 from 10am-4pm. This is a free, family event with something for everyone! We'll have activities for children, exhibits about the Moon, Apollo artifacts, and lectures! For more information and maps see http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ or contact Maria Schuchardt at 520-621-4861 (email: mari...@lpl.arizona.edu) The Lunar Planetary Laboratory was originally founded by Gerard Kuiper to map the moon. It was quickly enlisted to support the nation's missions to the moon. Apollo-era scientists Ewen Whitaker and Dr. Spencer Titley and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) researchers Dr. Veronica Bray and Dr. Julia Bodnarik will be available to answer questions at the July 20th event. See if you can stump Jim Scotti, of LPL Space Watch fame, who knows (almost) everything about the Apollo program! In addition, you will have the rare opportunity to tour LPL's Electron Microprobe Laboratory. Meteoriticist Dr. Tim Swindle will give an interesting talk about continuing research on lunar samples. IMCA board member Dr. Larry Lebofsky will show meteorites to the public and I will have original Apollo sample photos, notes, and data from Dr. Michael Drake's research. And there is much more! Come relive those exciting moments when the whole world celebrated mankind's first footsteps on the moon! Hope to see you there! Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona 1629 University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 Member Communication and Public Engagement Team Co-Lead Target Asteroids! Citizen science program of the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Co-Coordinator Target NEOs! Observing Program of the Astronomical League __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Off topic... interesting event at LPL!
Greetings Meteorite-list, We cordially invite you to an upcoming event at the University of Arizona's Lunar Planetary Lab on July 20. It is a bit off-topic regarding meteorites. However, you might enjoy hearing about cutting-edge research in planetary science exploration and trying fun hands-on activities, too. Best regards, Dolores Hill */ SUMMER SCIENCE SATURDAY/* */Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite/* (Tucson, AZ) – The University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is hosting a free, family-oriented, public event on Saturday, July 20, 2013, from 10:00am – 4:00pm in the Kuiper Space Sciences building, 1629 E. University Blvd., on the University of Arizona campus. There are activities for the entire family. ·Children’s activities: Physics Factory, comets, volcanoes, magnets, and more. ·An egg drop contest for high school students. We provide the materials and students provide the ingenuity to create a safe vessel for an egg to be dropped from various heights. This activity begins at 11:00 am. ·Three lectures by Lunar and Planetary Laboratory research scientists: 1:00 pm, /Jupiter and Beyond/, Alfred McEwen, Ph.D., Professor of Planetary Sciences 2:00 pm, /Uranus: The Planet that Woke Up/, Michael Sussman, Ph.D., Research Associate 3:00 pm, /Exoplanets: Exploration, Discovery, and Understanding,/ Rob Zellem, Planetary Sciences graduate student Website: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sic/sss/ */ /* http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sic/sss/ -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ Office phone: 520-621-6106 (answering machine) Communication and Public Engagement Team Co-Lead Target Asteroids! and Target NEOs! citizen science OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ 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] Off topic... interesting event at LPL!
Greetings Meteorite-list, We cordially invite you to an upcoming event at the University of Arizona's Lunar Planetary Lab on July 20. It is a bit off-topic regarding meteorites. However, you might enjoy hearing about cutting-edge research in planetary science exploration and trying fun hands-on activities, too. Best regards, Dolores Hill */ SUMMER SCIENCE SATURDAY/* */Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite/* (Tucson, AZ) – The University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is hosting a free, family-oriented, public event on Saturday, July 20, 2013, from 10:00am – 4:00pm in the Kuiper Space Sciences building, 1629 E. University Blvd., on the University of Arizona campus. There are activities for the entire family. ·Children’s activities: Physics Factory, comets, volcanoes, magnets, and more. ·An egg drop contest for high school students. We provide the materials and students provide the ingenuity to create a safe vessel for an egg to be dropped from various heights. This activity begins at 11:00 am. ·Three lectures by Lunar and Planetary Laboratory research scientists: 1:00 pm, /Jupiter and Beyond/, Alfred McEwen, Ph.D., Professor of Planetary Sciences 2:00 pm, /Uranus: The Planet that Woke Up/, Michael Sussman, Ph.D., Research Associate 3:00 pm, /Exoplanets: Exploration, Discovery, and Understanding,/ Rob Zellem, Planetary Sciences graduate student Website: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sic/sss/ */ /* http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/sic/sss/ -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ Office phone: 520-621-6106 (answering machine) Communication and Public Engagement Team Co-Lead Target Asteroids! and Target NEOs! citizen science OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf __ 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] Science Downtown: Tucson Lands on Mars
For those who missed LPL's Summer Science Saturday and those who just can't get enough of Solar System activities, here is another opportunity! We invite anyone in the Tucson area to join us this Saturday for a day-long pre-celebration of the Mars Science Laboratory - Curiosity Landing to be held at _Science Downtown_ located at 300 E. Congress! We hope to have some real Martians (meteorites) on display, too. See below for more information. In addition, this may be your last chance to see the marvelous exhibits from the UA's College of Science at Science Downtown. See you there! Dolores Hill ___ Science Downtown is pleased to announce Tucson Lands on Mars a day to celebrate the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory on Saturday, August 4 from 10am - 5pm. Science Downtown Mars Day will feature guest speakers Peter Smith (Phoenix mission PI), Alfred McEwen (HiRISE instrument PI) and Shane Byrne (HiRISE Co-I) and activities such as make your own volcano, make a crater, paint a planet, hunt for meteorites, and control robotic arms. Also included are demos, tours, raffles, movies, presentations, food, and more. Admission will be $9 for adults, $5 for children, and $7 for students, seniors, and military. All Groupons, including expired, will be honored. Presentation Schedule 12 PM - Shane Byrne (HiRISE Co-I) 1 PM - Steve Larson (Catalina Sky Survey PI) 2 PM - Alfred McEwen (HiRISE PI) 3 PM - Peter Smith (Phoenix PI) For more information: sciencedowntown.org __ 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] AD(?) - Sikhote-Alin in tree
Dear meteorite-list, I cannot resist commenting on this issue. I have studied dendrochronology and I am very familiar with the UA Tree-Ring Lab (LTRR). It is much more complicated than one might realize. In addition to number of tree-rings/years, the growth _/pattern/_ is extremely important in cross-dating a tree sample according to a particular regional chronology. Depending on the species and/or environmental conditions, there may even be missing rings or double rings. The number of rings also depends on when the tree first started growing and when it died (naturally or was cut down) or was sampled by increment core. I have seen fascinating photos of supposed Sikhote-Alin meteorites stuck in trees and invited the owners to allow LTRR experts to examine them. So far the owners seem to get cold feet. LTRR has scientists and visiting researchers who have first-hand experience with Russian trees and forests. They are happy to provide assistance: http://ltrr.arizona.edu/ If authentic, the samples might aid studies of biological effects of meteorite impacts. It would be best if the original location of the tree is known; another case for careful documentation. Regards, Dolores Hill Lunar Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona John Birdsell wrote: Hi Tedgood point. If a tree branch was collected many, many years ago, it could have fewer growth rings, and might also be expected to show some signs of its age. -J I have seen three specimens that exceed 80 years and several that are too young, so be careful. A Russian dealer friend of mine says that all of the genuine specimens were gathered years ago, but some may have been kept for future sale as we know the Arab dealers do with meteorites. Be careful out there. Ted Bunch - Original Message From: John Birdsell johnbirds...@yahoo.com To: John Birdsell johnbirds...@yahoo.com; Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com; impact...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 10:25:22 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD(?) - Sikhote-Alin in tree One year's growth should be represented by a light colored early growth band AND a dark colored late growth band... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochronology - Original Message From: John Birdsell johnbirds...@yahoo.com To: Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com; impact...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 10:04:33 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD(?) - Sikhote-Alin in tree Count the annual growth rings in the base of the branchif a tree was alive in 1947 there should be more than 64. -J - Original Message From: Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com To: impact...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 8:35:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD(?) - Sikhote-Alin in tree Hi, While I am not challenging the integrity of Anne's specimen, there is something I should share: about a decade ago I was informed by an unimpeachable source as to the existence of what is basically a nursery outside of Vladivostok where SAs have been wedged into the knots and the forked limbs of a rapidly growing specie of tree for later harvest. I was informed that branches are frequently bound around the meteorite to assist in the embedment. I saw one such example and it was...impressive. Little scary, right? In an effort that provides a faster turnaround, I was recently informed lightning rods are being inserted into strategic locations in Saharan sands in the effort to produce and harvest flared saharite---the beautifully flanged Saharan fulgurites. Certainly less scary as there is no effort to deceive. Clever, actually---and yet bothersome as well. d, On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:23 PM, impact...@aol.com wrote: Hello, Since Michael Blood mentionned Sikhote-Alins embedded in trees in his latest Market Trends article, and warned everybody against them. And since I have received a few questions about the one I aquired a few months ago, let me try to set the record straight: First, here are 2 pictures, the whole thing, and a close-up: _http://www.impactika.com/images/satree.jpg_ (http://www.impactika.com/images/satree.jpg) _http://www.impactika.com/images/satree2.jpg_ (http://www.impactika.com/images/satree2.jpg) It is much bigger than any I have seen before, and the Sikhote-Alin is truly inside the tree. And a member who happens to be an hoticulturist looked at the pictures and wrote: Looks pretty real to me Anne! It probably impailed itself into the tree and then the tree grew around it, which explains the bark around it. (Thank you Craig!) Also I counted the rings, not easy, but there are at least 45. And I trust the Russian dealer I bought it from. So, yes I believe that it is the real/authentic deal, not a scam. And if you want to have a better look
Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt? Warning!
Dear Graham and Meteorite_List, Thanks Richard! You know I'm busy -ha! Here is some information on the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter tours during the Tucson Gem Show time frame: http://skycenter.arizona.edu/ There is a fee and reservations required for these tours; I am not sure if they are daytime or nighttime: Jan. 29 and 30 Tour groups at Biosphere 2 and the Flandrau Science Center will enjoy views of Mars via _remote_ observing from Mt. Lemmon (Note that Jan. 30 is the same night as the free Arizona Meteorite Exhibition). Feb. 13 and 14 on Mt. Lemmon Feb. 24 and 25 on Mt. Lemmon These activities are independent of the Arizona Meteorite Exhibition. So for more specific information on times and travel arrangements call (520) 626-8122 or email skycen...@as.arizona.edu mailto:skycen...@as.arizona.edu. I hope to see many of you soon! Dolores Hill Richard Kowalski wrote: It is a 6.5 hours drive from Grand Canyon Village to Tucson, if you don't stop and don't run into traffic. Dolores is eternally busy, so I'm not that surprised she hasn't had a chance to respond. The trip up to Mt. Lemmon is a separate event hosted by the people at the Mt. Lemmon Sky Center. I'm not sure of the date, but Dolores might have that information I'm sure once she has it she'll post it here. Thank you and I'm glad you have a slice of TC3. As Anne Black said, she'll have samples for sale in her room. I'll probably be in and out of her room several times the first few days as well, and with Geoff as her room mate, I imagine that room will a hub of non-stop activity. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 1/17/10, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: From: ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Group Meteorite Hunt? Warning! To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 2:44 PM Hi Richard Wow..I was 'hanging around' those trees then when I visited the Flandrau Centre during my last Tucson show then? Thinking of doing a mad drive down from the Grand Canyon for that evening at the Kuiper Space Sciences building. Have you heard any more about/had anything to do with a trip up to the observatory that has been mentioned. Congratulations on your discovery of 2008 TC3 and thus Almahatta Sitta by the way...never got round to saying that, but have my slice sitting proudly at the front of my collection. Regards, Graham __ 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] Arizona Meteorite Exhibition and Happy New Year!
Dear Meteorite Enthusiasts, Happy New Year! We know many of you are making travel plans to come to the Tucson Show. In addition to the Show, there are many exciting meteorite events not to be missed! *We cordially invite you to attend a **special public “Arizona Meteorite Exhibition,” January 30, 2010 from 6-9 pm on the University of Arizona campus in the Kuiper Space Sciences Building Atrium.* The event coincides with but is not meant to compete with the Tucson Gem Mineral Show. It will be the kick-off event to the Lunar Planetary Laboratory’s 50^th Anniversary Year. This *first-ever Arizona Meteorite Exhibition will acknowledge and honor finders of Arizona meteorites, classifiers, and important collections* by exhibiting as many Arizona meteorites as possible. *More than 95 separate meteorites* have been recovered and recognized in the state of Arizona since 1891. Among them are *special finds that are of both historical and scientific importance*. Rather than just a collection of inanimate rocks, we will have *exhibits and posters* that will emphasize connections between people and research, especially as they relate to Arizona meteorites, history, and institutions. Arizona is host to *prestigious centers of meteorite, planetary science, geology, and archaeology research* that have been at the forefront of many scientific and engineering endeavors. Many are among our *exhibit partners and sponsors* – Portland State University’s Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory (UA alumni), Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona Museum of Natural History, Museum of Northern Arizona, UA Mineral Museum, Flandrau Science Center, Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, and others. * Exciting public talks *by Dante Lauretta and Edward Beshore will highlight current meteorite research and the discovery and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3/Almahata Sitta (ureilite). The Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will provide *telescopes* *for stargazing*. There will be opportunities to take a *tour* with the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter on a different night to *see the telescope on Mt. Lemmon where TC3 was discovered* by Richard Kowalski. Because this will be such a unique opportunity to have so many Arizona meteorites and their finders together at the same time, we plan to conduct a *_Meteorite Memory Project_* to video record finders’ stories of recovery and identification. The official record of the Meteoritical Bulletin does not always have an appropriate venue for such information. It is an important part of the historical record nonetheless. *We cordially invite you to share your story.* * This is a great opportunity to meet and socialize with fellow meteorite enthusiasts and researchers. Light snacks will be available during the Exhibition. **Come and enjoy!* For more information and directions see: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ and *http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/location/* We hope to see you soon! Kind regards, Dolores H. Hill, Sr. Research Specialist Maria Schuchardt, Data Manager, LPL NASA Space Imagery Center Lunar Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] On a Sad Note...........
I am sorry to hear about Jim Smaller's passing. He was a kind, generous person who was genuinely interested in the meteorites he recovered. He was one of those people with a lot to brag about... who didn't. -Dolores Hill UA - Lunar Planetary Lab Ruben Garcia wrote: Hi all, I was shocked, saddened, and surprised to learn that our good friend, teacher, and meteorite hunter Jim Smaller - A.K.A. Paleface - passed away on Oct 25th, 2009. For those of you that didn’t know Jim or never had the opportunity to learn from or hunt with Jim you missed out. Jim was never egotistical, self serving, or an attention seeker. Instead he was a patient, kind and generous man that would go out of his way to help or instruct anyone. Jim knew more about metal detecting than anyone else I know and his may meteorite finds proved it. With the loss of Jim Kriegh I thought the meteorite world would never be the same. With the loss of Jim Smaller it can't be. I just added Jim to my tribute page along with Jim Kriegh. http://www.mr-meteorite.net/tributepage.htm __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites From Vatican Collection On Display At California Planetarium
Hi fellow meteorite enthusiasts, In case you wanted to see the meteorites on loan from the Vatican collection... Cranbrook Institute of Science is outside Detroit, Michigan. It is a wonderful place that inspired many amateur and professional scientists. Enjoy, Dolores Hill At 09:26 AM 8/1/2002, Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4907576BRD=982PAG=461dept_id=467992rfi=6 Meteorites hit Cranbrook By BOB GROSS The Oakland Press July 31, 2002 BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The little boy who haunted the halls of the Cranbrook Institute of Science grew up to be an astronomer and curator of the Vatican's meteorite collection. I grew up at 15 Mile and Cranbrook, said Brother Guy Consolmagno. Every weekend I'd ride my bicycle up here and wander through the exhibits. That's what inspired me to become a scientist. Consolmagno was back at Cranbrook on Tuesday to deliver specimens from the Vatican's meteorite collection, including a piece of rock that was blasted from the surface of Mars by some kind of impact and fell to Earth about 1,000 years ago in the Dar al Gani region of the northern Sahara Desert in Libya. It's the first time the Vatican has ever lent any specimens from its collection of meteorites - and Cranbrook gets to keep them for three years. The Vatican meteorites, specimens from Cranbrook's own collection and several meteorites on loan from the National Museum of Natural History will be on display this fall in the lobby of the institute's planetarium as part of a new exhibit called Rocks from Space. This little exhibit is going to have some cool stuff in it, said John Zawiskie, geologist and museum educator, as he accepted the meteorite samples. Thank you very much. Michael Stafford, acting director of the institute, said the loan of the specimens presents a unique opportunity for Cranbrook and residents. We have specimens that spend most of their time in Rome, he said. Now Oakland County residents are going to be able to see them in their own back yard. The samples on loan from the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gondolfo - the pope's summer home - include a piece of a meteorite that fell near Allegan in 1889 and a piece of a meteorite that fell near Ensisheim in the Alsace region of France in 1492. The Thunderstone, as it's called, has an interesting history. It was seized upon by the Emperor Maximilian as a portent of victory. After he defeated a larger French army, the stone was bolted to the door of the Ensisheim church, said Zawiskie, where it stayed for 300 years. It was taken down during the French Revolution and the greater part of it remains in the Ensisheim town hall. The specimens, together with a vial of chondrules - rocky matter that was swept together to form rocky planets and asteroids - weigh about 200 grams. Consolmagno carried the specimens to Cranbrook in a small 5-by-3-inch wooden box. They are literally priceless, having value only to scientists and collectors. See that little fragment at the bottom? said Consolmagno as he removed the Mars rock from a plastic zippered bag. Some crazy collector would pay a thousand dollars for that. Earth not likely to be hit by meteor It's nice to know that a newly discovered 1.2-mile-wide asteroid will miss the Earth in 2019. But the chances weren't all that great to begin with, said Brother Guy Consolmagno. The odds of being hit by a car crossing the street are much greater, said Consolmagno, curator of the Vatican meteorite collection and a native of Birmingham. He was at the Cranbrook Institute of Science on Tuesday to deliver samples of meteorites on loan from the Vatican's collection. Last week, preliminary calculations of the orbital path traveled by asteroid 2002 NT7 suggested the space rock had about a 1-in-250,000 chance of plowing into the Earth on Feb. 1, 2019. Such an impact would cause devastation on a continental scale. Follow-up observations during the weekend showed the asteroid and the Earth won't meet - at least for now, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday. An asteroid collision with the Earth 63 million years ago likely caused dinosaurs to become extinct. Such an event today, said Consolmagno, would have such enormous consequences that it would be useful to know where these things are. Useful - and perhaps lucrative. The net worth of the metal alone in a 1-kilometer asteroid is something like 100 trillion dollars, said Consolmagno. How much would it cost to go up there and collect it? About the same amount. But the cost will come down as humans become more used to living in space, he said, and when that happens, it's useful to know which gold mine is coming toward us. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites From Vatican Collection On
Hi Ron, Yes. Oakland County, Michigan. I guess that shows why we have to carefully specify some meteorite names and locations, too. :-) Dolores At 10:44 AM 8/1/2002, Ron Baalke wrote: --=_5581976==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Hi fellow meteorite enthusiasts, In case you wanted to see the meteorites on loan from the Vatican collection... Cranbrook Institute of Science is outside Detroit, Michigan. Oops, I assumed Oakland county was in California. Is there also an Oakland county in Michigan? Ron Baalke __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
