Re: [meteorite-list] Fred's TAN 057 a CK or a CV Chondrite?

2005-11-02 Thread Meteoriteshow
Dear Bernd and All, Many thanks for your help in trying to understand what Tnz057 really is and providing many information about studies that have been carried out already about CVs and CKs. I will try my best in order to get more information about this meteorite, from labs that are willing to

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Exciting stuff! Do you have hints yet about the terrestial age? Jelously, Buckleboo - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:04 AM Subject: Re:

[meteorite-list] Munich Voices

2005-11-02 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I have received informations from a my friend its go in Munich Show some dealers of meteorites they tease me and they spread fake shouting on my account. I know the name of this persons and I inform that if they continue to this line I do the same with them. If these characters had the courage

Re: [meteorite-list] Munich Voices

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 14:22:15 +0100 (CET), M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have received informations from a my friend its go in Munich Show some dealers of meteorites they tease me and they spread fake shouting on my account. I know the name of this persons and I inform

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Martin and list, The scientists believe the terrestrial age of the new lunar, NWA 3163, will show to be very low as to the lack of weathering, which he states is most likely a weathering level of W1. Results will be forthcoming and I will share the new data as it becomes available. Best

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread Jeff Grossman
Just out of curiosity, how can you determine the weathering level of a meteorite like this, which lacks significant metal and sulfide? The scale up to W4 is defined by these and only these minerals: W0: No visible oxidation of metal or sulfide. A limonitic staining may be noticeable in

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Meteorite Discovered - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Jeff, Thank you for your inquiry. I had a discussion on the phone with the lead scientist last night regarding the weathering level of NWA 3163 would be after the question was brought up by a collector. He basically stated that due to the very low amount of caliche and virtually no

[meteorite-list] Proposal: Joe Six Pack's Weathering Scale

2005-11-02 Thread Martin Altmann
One can't determine, but one can guess macroscopically and if one has had a lot of stones in one's hand, the later correct determination of the weathering degree, often is as supposed :-) Let's be constru- and instructive, that's what the list is for, and try to built up together a scale for

Re: [meteorite-list] FIREBALL OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA

2005-11-02 Thread Francis Graham
Dear List, At 8:40 PM Nov. 1 a Kent State student and myself noticed a bright bolide directly to the south, from Kent OH. The sky was not very clear; horse-tail clouds were still there at sunset, peppered with fog near the ground at the time of viewing. So we thought the bolide would have

[meteorite-list] New Lunar Beauty - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello Jeff, Greg, Martin, Lunatics, and List, due to the very low amount of caliche and virtually no interior staining, that he would suggest the weathering grade would be very low, perhaps W1 if he had to apply the grade. There are actually quite a few lunar meteorites which were given a

Re: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Beauty - NWA 3163

2005-11-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Not to forget Dho 910, which is very fresh, but has no separate entry in the Bulletin :-( Buckleboo - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 6:29 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New Lunar Beauty - NWA 3163

[meteorite-list] Q-n-A on Apophis and more

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9890268/ Photos of Apophis: http://www.stargatesg1971.com/apophis/a264.jpg http://www.stargatefan.com/multimedia/Portraits/Others/images/Apophis3.jpg __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] No. Virginia fireball

2005-11-02 Thread larrytwinkmonrad
Hi--If I had known the interest generated, I would have been a better observer--I did not record the time--It was Halloween evening and I was just about to close down for lack of trick or treaters--so guessing about 9 or 9:30--from my location in the Hayfield Kingstowne area of Fairfax County

[meteorite-list] Asteroid models

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Garrison
I ran across these just now, I've never seen mention of them before. Pretty cool, and the prices are reasonable: http://designerfurnitureshowroom.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=Asteroid __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Asteroid Ace Keeps NASA Grounded

2005-11-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9890268/ Asteroid ace keeps NASA grounded Scientist works on plans to save Earth, even though it's not his job By Alan Boyle MSNBC November 1, 2005 Planetary scientist Don Yeomans laughs at the title of asteroid czar, but as the manager of NASA's Near-Earth

[meteorite-list] Hayabusa's Scientific and Engineering Achievements during Proximity Operations around Itokawa

2005-11-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/1102.shtml Hayabusa's Scientific and Engineering Achievements during Proximity Operations around Itokawa Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) November 2, 2005 Hayabusa arrived at its exploration target, near Earth asteroid Itokawa, on September 12th of

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid models

2005-11-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Rhett Bourland was selling them a few years before. Very decorative, I have a set on my shelf. Once I had them on a fair as eyecatcher on my table - some thought, they were meteorites and were really impressed, that science is able to assign meteorites so precisely to a certain asteroid ---

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images: October 27 - November 2, 2005

2005-11-02 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES October 27 - November 2, 2005 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Oudemans Layers (Released 27 October 2005) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/10/27 o Flows in Kasei

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid models

2005-11-02 Thread Alexander Seidel
--- next step, we have to call in Czechia to let them carve out from real meteorites... Buckleboo If my memory serves me well enough even at my advanced age I saw meteorite spheres carved out of what very probably was NWA 869, that stony L5 (P.S. is there any official classification update

[meteorite-list] Dhofar 910

2005-11-02 Thread bernd . pauli
A very sad Martin wrote ;-) Not to forget Dho 910, which is very fresh, but has no separate entry in the Bulletin :-( But the overview of lunar meteorites that Greg mentioned does list it. Go to: http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/moon_meteorites_list.html and see under

[meteorite-list] Methane-Producing Organisms Found in Utah Desert

2005-11-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11771.html Work Bolsters Life on Mars Theories By Lori Oliwenstein USC Press Release November 1, 2005 A Keck School scientist and his collaborators are the first to find methane-producing bacteria in arid desert soils, providing a springboard for future

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - November 2, 2005

2005-11-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Dusty Weekend - sol 627-630, Nov 02, 2005: The three-sol plan for Opportunity's sols 627 to 629 (Oct. 29 to 31, 2005) began well, with a drive of 51 meters (164 feet) on the first sol. To allow as much time as

[meteorite-list] Ad - Bilanga 1.81 gram fragment

2005-11-02 Thread JPBrockets
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[meteorite-list] Mars VISION Meteorite on Ebay

2005-11-02 Thread Matt Morgan
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Re: [meteorite-list] Mars VISION Meteorite on Ebay

2005-11-02 Thread John Birdsell
That is a smoking DEAL! I'd jump on it if I were you. A few weeks ago he was asking $30,000,000.00 for it! -John --- Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wanna laugh hysterically? http://cgi.ebay.com/A-HUGE-METEORITE-FROM-MARS_W0QQitemZ6570668791QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem --

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars VISION Meteorite on Ebay

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:00:09 -0700, Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wanna laugh hysterically? http://cgi.ebay.com/A-HUGE-METEORITE-FROM-MARS_W0QQitemZ6570668791QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Yes, I don't know why, after multiple listings at $3,333,333 with no bidders, he suddenly