Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Debris Found In Joshua Tree May Be From Columbia

2003-02-08 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
Hello List, I think someone should invent the word 'Columbiawrong'! Why don't someone with the right data make a map with the groundtrack of Columbia on it, complete with shaded/colored areas according to probability of the debris fallout, also taking into account windspeed in different

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Expedition

2003-02-08 Thread starharvest
Hi everybody. Thought I might let y'all know that I'm going to have the chance to look for meteorites somewhere on the other side of the world. See, I'm a career military guy, U.S. Army. I will go this morning and get my shots and go through all of the other administrative stuff. I'm sure

[meteorite-list] New California meteorite

2003-02-08 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, As I reported earlier, seeing Columbia reenter this past Saturday was not my primary reason for being in the Mojave Desert -- I was actually heading up there to do some meteorite field recovery work for the day. I did find one new meteorite of just over 100 grams, and have scanned in

[meteorite-list] Zag for $18/g?

2003-02-08 Thread John Divelbiss
Hello all, This one looks a little fishy to me. Zag for $18/g...seller and bidder from France.Are we looking at a little bit of a scam, or just anxious bidding? Daa? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2156937492category=3239 John PS I think all the other reserves were

Re: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite

2003-02-08 Thread John Divelbiss
Rob, Very cool find. A find with circumstances that is worthy of your gesture. Another name could be Mojave STS-107. Let us know how it turns out. Thanx to you and Ron for the interesting discussions and information on Columbia's path and debris field. It was a tragic day. Regards, John

Re: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite

2003-02-08 Thread Mark Miconi
EXCELLENT IDEA! I am in for whatever type of help I can lend, be it writing a letter, a donation to cover costs of naming the meteorite, any help you may need. I think that it is a great gesture. And IF none of that comes to pass I would like a small slice for my collection with the understanding

Re: [meteorite-list] Zag for $18/g?

2003-02-08 Thread Lars Pedersen
HiIs´nt it funny, that the same bidder [jbertot (0)] is bidding on all vgrancher´s auktions.I bet it is himself :-)Lars - Original Message - From: John Divelbiss To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Zag

RE: [meteorite-list] New California meteorite

2003-02-08 Thread Greg Redfern
Bob, Congratulations on a very beautiful find. Another aspect you might want to look at is selling slices (count me in for one) of the yet to be named find and then donating the proceeds to the fund that I am sure will be set up by NASA to help the families. I would suggest that you

Re: [meteorite-list] Zag for $18/g?

2003-02-08 Thread Charlie Devine
John and list, Ha! I just happened to notice that seller's auctions this morning. And the fact that the same ebay newbie had met the reserve on all of them. I thought it must be a new collector in desperate need of good advice. For the first time in ages, I was tempted to write the buyer and

[meteorite-list] Silent Auction!

2003-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear list- members, The silent auction will end today Saturday Feb 8,2003 @ 3:45 central time. You still have time to phone a bid in! You can call (Allan,Greg or Adam) at The Best Western Executive Inn, 333 West Drachman 520-791-7551 Room # 130 to place a bid even if you are not attending the

[meteorite-list] A Metallic Asteroid May Have Coincided With The Fall Of Rome

2003-02-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/science/story/0,12450,889308,00.html A metallic asteroid may have coincided with the fall of Rome, says Duncan Steel The Guardian (United Kingdom) February 6, 2003 In the early fifth century, rampaging Goths swept through Italy. Inviolate for 1,100 years,

[meteorite-list] Military Radar Indicates Something May Have Separated From Columbia In Orbit

2003-02-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030208object/ NASA studies telemetry for signs of orbital impact BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS SPACE PLACE USED WITH PERMISSION February 8, 2003 A military radar system shows indications that an object might have separated from the

[meteorite-list] Fireball Splits Up Over Japan

2003-02-08 Thread Ron Baalke
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030207p2a00m0fp003000c.html Great balls of fire, is that a UFO? Mainichi Daily News (Japan) February 7, 2003 Observatories throughout western Japan were swamped overnight with calls from people claiming to have spotted a UFO, the Mainichi learned Friday.