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http://phys.org/news/2015-06-scientists-methane-mars-meteorites.html __ 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] Methane detected in several Martian Meteorites
The occurrence of methane in Martian rock samples adds strong weight to models whereby any life on Mars is/was likely to be resident in a subsurface habitat, where methane could be a source of energy and carbon for microbial activity. http://phys.org/news/2015-06-scientists-methane-mars-meteorites.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150616/ncomms8399/full/ncomms8399.html __ 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] Northern California wonder about mysterious light in sky Sep 12th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y56lgc0JuGw http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2014/sep/12/two-makes-it-true-ufo-sightings-reported-humboldt Any ideas? A missile likely? But US denies any launch. A Russian SLBM (as the Bulava)? __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 100 years, 606 witnessed falls Visualized
http://visualizing.org/visualizations/fireball-outer-space __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Japan 8.9 Earthquake
Also very glad to hear Dirk and his wife are okay. To Gary and others in the Tsunami path--Please take every precaution and stay safe! Tsunami Travel Times: http://lat.ms/tsunamimap On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:54 AM, Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com wrote: Be advised the warning is now for the US West coast too. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Fri, 3/11/11, Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com wrote: From: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Japan 8.9 Earthquake To: Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:51 AM Thanks for the update RIchard. A big shout out to all our Hawaii people, 3:00 am expected arrival time of potential tsunami. Ted, Matthew, Tracy and Dr Murakami, I hope you guys are safe! gary On Mar 10, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote: Glad ot hear Dirk is OK. Tsunami warning now extended to Hawai'i. I grabbed the current USGS plot of the earthquake as displayed by Google Earth. Apparently the area has been pretty active this past week. Anyone can take a look here, even without a Facebook account. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2084336id=1350196047l=1f0c4d1dea -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ 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 Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ 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] More on the Moon's Core
Science Daily has an article on a recent re-analysis of data on the Lunar interior in the journal Science: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110106144751.htm Featuring a nice cameo appearance by a slice of NWA 5000 According to the team's findings, published Jan. 6 in the online edition of Science, the Moon possesses an iron-rich core with a solid inner ball nearly 150 miles in radius, and a 55-mile thick outer fluid shell. The Moon's deepest interior, especially whether or not it has a core, has been a blind spot for seismologists, says Ed Garnero, a professor at the School of Earth and Space Exploration in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The seismic data from the old Apollo missions were too noisy to image the Moon with any confidence. Other types of information have inferred the presence of a lunar core, but the details on its size and composition were not well constrained. Abstract Here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6015/309.abstract?sid=be6f3534-235f-4bc2-b1bc-7269845cdab0 __ 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] Sex on the Moon
New Book and probably a Movie on the 2002 theft of lunar rocks and samples from Martian Meteorite ALH84001 at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center: http://bit.ly/moonsex http://www.ology.com/screen/social-network-producers-teaming-sex-moon Time-line of the events: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072202a.html Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to value the stolen lunar and Martian material at between $2.5 million and $7 million. The court determined that it cost $50,800 per gram to collect the lunar samples (in 1962-1973 dollars). The stolen sample of ALH84001 was valued at $1.8 million based on the market value of similar Martian meteorites. __ 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] All-New Meteorite Men in Australia Tonight
Anyone that would like live-chat during the commercials about the show or anything else meteoritical, feel free to do so at: http://www.meteoritechat.com Happy Holidays, Whitney On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Notkin geok...@notkin.net wrote: Dear Listees: For those who are interested, the penultimate Season Two episode of Meteorite Men will air in the US tonight at 9 pm Eastern and Pacific on Science Channel and Science Channel HD, with a later repeat in some markets. Show times are here: http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=48.16200.126184.36729.2 This was our first trip to Australia, and one of my favorite adventures ever — the famous and puzzling Mundrabilla strewnfield. I fell in love with Australia and definitely plan on returning. We hope you enjoy the show! Sincerely, Geoff N. www.aerolite.org www.meteoritemen.com __ 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] Ultracarbonaceous micrometeorites
A new study of (likely) cometary dust is published in Science: http://tinyurl.com/39w6wyt http://tinyurl.com/33dcy97 According to the scientists, the ultracarbonaceous micrometeorites, which are about 0.1 millimetre (mm) in size and contain between 50% to 80% carbonaceous material, are unique because no other laboratory has meteorites of this kind in its collection. Thanks to the results of this exciting research, further investigations have been initiated involving the CSNSM, the University of Lille 1, the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and the French Natural History Museum. In their analyses, the CSNSM team used an ion microprobe to show that the micrometeorites' hydrogen isotopic composition has a very high deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratio. 'Primitive interplanetary dust is expected to contain the earliest solar system components, including minerals and organic matter,' the authors write. 'We have recovered, from central Antarctic snow, ultracarbonaceous micrometeorites whose organic matter contains extreme deuterium excesses (10 to 30 times terrestrial values), extending over hundreds of square micrometres.' The results showed that the particles most likely stem from comets, which are relatively small bodies in the Solar System. Comets' nuclei are collections of ice, dust and tiny rocky particles. As comets draw closer to the Sun, rising temperatures trigger the massive sublimation of the icy materials. This results in an ejection of a mixture of gases and cometary grains into interplanetary space. Some dust grains may cross Earth's orbit as they move towards the Sun, and the researchers speculate that it may be some of these cometary grains that they found in central Antarctica. In their paper, the authors note that so far, only the US Stardust space mission has provided researchers worldwide with the opportunity to perform mineralogical and geochemical analyses of cometary grains. The specks of dust discovered at Concordia are similar to samples obtained from the Stardust mission. 'The masses of the particles range from a few tenths of a microgram to a few micrograms, exceeding by more than an order of magnitude those of the dust fragments from comet 81P/Wild 2 returned by the Stardust mission,' the authors write. __ 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] Mars Meteorite on White House Lawn
Among other things at the White House astronomy night last evening: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/07/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5370147.shtml __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] TC3 Article
Popular Science has an article on the TC3 fall--both online and in the October issue of the magazine. http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-09/rock-hunt __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Google Earth Kmz file for July 6 Fireball PA available
The Kmz file and info are posted here: http://drop.io/meteoritechat Get google earth here: http://earth.google.com Surveillance video of the fireball has been posted: http://www.wgal.com/news/19966650/detail.html Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Dr. Branch -Whitney __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Win a piece of moon rock
New Scientist is having a contest to give away a lunar meteorite in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Apollo: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17213-competition-win-a-piece-of-moon-rock (1.4g in two pieces due to additional authentication--apparently detailed in the June 20 issue) -Whitney __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NPR Report
Hello List, An NPR segment today on the upcoming meteorite auction, etc. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104065594 Best, Whitney http://www.meteoritechat.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Chat
Greetings List, If anyone is interested in chatting during or after tonight's show (or any other time)--I set up a freebie site a while back at an easy-to-remember URL: www.meteoritechat.com Hope you enjoy, Whitney __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks
A more recent theft of Apollo moon rock--2 educational disks stolen from a car in Virginia Beach. http://hamptonroads.com/node/48651 http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/001816.html I not sure if these have been recovered. Best, Whitney __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Meteorites and Methane
I sent this question/suggestion a few weeks ago to the 'Ask an Astrobiologist' column (David Morrison.) In sounds like that after consultation they feel it might be worth looking into. Any thoughts on the likelihood of detectable trapped methane surviving in Martian meteorites? http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/question/?id=5118 -Whitney __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Panoramas
Some panoramic images of Meteor Crater-- The bottom image is 2.11 gigapixels! http://tinyurl.com/aa9qwt __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
