[meteorite-list] Schlieren ... not only in LDG and tektites but also

2009-06-11 Thread bernd . pauli
.. in IVB irons! An excerpt from Buchwald (p. 463): Etched sections [of Chinga] show the s c h l i e r e n bands characteristic of so many group IVB ataxites. They are-on undeformed specimens-straight and parallel, 1-10 mm wide and taper out in irregular ways. There are generally only two

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2009

2009-06-11 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Win a piece of moon rock

2009-06-11 Thread Carl 's
Sent my comment in but but now noticed someone else sent a similar comment before me. Rats!! Carl _ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage.

[meteorite-list] Future Planetary Collision?

2009-06-11 Thread Charley
Hi List, Maybe a bit off topic although lots of meteoroids would be created. A French researcher says we may have a collision with Venus or Mars in 3.5 billion years. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-06/11/content_8271159.htm Best regards, Charley Well, squids don't work. Hey!

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread Meteorites USA
to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html

[meteorite-list] Distribution of Meteorite Finds in Texas ???

2009-06-11 Thread Paul
Dear Friends, Does anyone know where I might data concerning where meteorites have been found in Texas? Are there any maps showing the location of meteorite finds in Texas? I am curious about the relationship between where meteorites have been found in Texas and regional geomorphic surfaces

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2009-06-11 Thread Michael Farmer
http://www.meteorite.com/farmer/ I have more than 50 meteorites ending in hours. All meteorites on ebay have no reserve, started at 1 cent! Where they end, they sell. Most are still at one cent. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread Meteorites USA
studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html

Re: [meteorite-list] Distribution of Meteorite Finds in Texas ???

2009-06-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Paul, Try using the NASA WorldWind program with the Met Soc Bulletin plug-in. It will graphically plot the location of all meteorite falls and finds (outside of Antarctica) - http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:Meteoritical_Bulletin Best regards, MikeG

Re: [meteorite-list] Distribution of Meteorite Finds in Texas ???

2009-06-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hi Paul, I downloaded all of the meteorite entries from the Meteoritical Society database as a Google Earth file. The file has all the location entries for all of those that have this information in the entry, but it does exclude all Antarctic finds. Of course all the caveats associated with

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread GeoZay
I'm not sure where to start with this one. It could be a meteorite that hit the childs hand, but with an embellished story to go with it. Or a pebble thrown at the child by either another person or perhaps a passing vehicle, but still accompanied with an embellished story. The boy saw a

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread Michael Fowler
to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi List, We've already discussed this on our German Met.List. and I can tell you it is one of those Yellow Press canards but, unfortunately, quite a few people will fall for such nonsense. Mike Fowler is right on track with his comments and the absolute summit of nonsense is probably this: The

[meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.space.com/news/090610-military-fireballs.html Military Hush-Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified By Leonard David SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist posted: 10 June 2009 05:35 pm ET For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural

Re: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Greg Catterton
Perhaps they have found the big one heading right for us and dont want it to get out... --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Subject: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron. To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Fries, Marc D
Yeah, I saw this article. For some reason the press tends to go extra-special whenever they report on military matters. My favorite part is this: The upshot: Space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified. Yeah, that's it. You're not allowed to know that meteors exist.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread GeoZay
Why didn't you ask some one on the list, in Germany to try to fine out the truth!! Because no part of this story made any sense. It was as if no one was actually there to witness anything and it was all a fabricated fantasy. He might as well been describing a 6 foot tall invisible bunny.

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread bernd . pauli
He might as well been describing a 6 foot tall invisible bunny. Harvey :-)) Best, Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Chris Peterson
Perhaps they have found the big one heading right for us and dont want it to get out... The satellites involved only look down. So if they've found the big one, it's pretty darn close... Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update: May 28 - June 3, 2009

2009-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Underbelly Photography - sols 1920-1926, May 28 - June 03, 2009: Although Spirit has yet to begin to extricate herself from the loose, soft terrain on the west side of Home Plate, the rover has been active using her instruments

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?

2009-06-11 Thread Martin Altmann
It's similar to the cases of Pauline Aguss: http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/08172004a.htm and Siobhan Cowton: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2218755.stm Would be speculation, to ask for their motivation, whether really believe that they were hit by a meteorite or if

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - June 10, 2009

2009-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES June 10, 2009 o Small Crater Near Upper Reach of Mamers Valles http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_010630_2115 o Of Polar Pits and Gullies http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_012873_1075 o Grand Canyon of Gale Crater

[meteorite-list] Japan's Kaguya Spacecraft Impacts the Moon

2009-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0906/10kaguya/ A smashing end for Japanese lunar orbiter mission BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW June 10, 2009 An Australian telescope observed the controlled crash of Japan's Kaguya lunar probe into the moon Wednesday, an important warm-up act before a

[meteorite-list] WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch

2009-06-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2183 WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 10, 2009 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned Nov. 1

Re: [meteorite-list] Future Planetary Collision?

2009-06-11 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Charley, List, I'd just spotted the same press release (it turns out) on Space.com: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090610-planets-colllide.html The wobbly behavior of the Inner Solar System is not a new discovery. Here's a movie of the inner solar system's actual orbital

Re: [meteorite-list] Future Planetary Collision?

2009-06-11 Thread Charley
Hi Sterling, Thanks for the links and also all the information you provided. The movie is astounding to say the least but even more amazing to me is the spooky part about the (non-official) resonance between Venus and The Earth. Wow! Thank you very much for the in depth explanation-I'm sure it

Re: [meteorite-list] Military intelligence-- still an oxymoron.

2009-06-11 Thread Mr EMan
Who knows what justification was used but I've got a pretty good idea I know what the real reason is. For 4 months I've had weekly phone calls with AF Personnel all over the globe and against all belief I very much suspected that something had gone dark. As to the article someone somewhere in

[meteorite-list] Encyclopedia of Meteorites down?

2009-06-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Listees! About 2 hours ago, I was uploading photos and entries into my collection on the Encyclopedia of Meteorites site, and then I stopped to go run an errand. When I came back about 10 minutes ago, I tried going back to the Encyclopedia site and continue entering my collection - now the

Re: [meteorite-list] Encyclopedia of Meteorites down?

2009-06-11 Thread Sean T. Murray
Looks like the asp is gone for login... I tried to access the root and got an error... it could be because it expects the asp, and they never added a redirect for the default... Server Error in '/' Application.

Re: [meteorite-list] Encyclopedia of Meteorites down?

2009-06-11 Thread bcmeteorites
Mike, Sean, and List The new Encyclopedia of Meteorites is still in the final configuration stages and you should have received the following message: Web site is currently off line. We are moving the website to our new hosting provider. It will take a few days. We expect be back with our new

[meteorite-list] Ebay user name change.

2009-06-11 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all, I have changed my ebay user ID. It is now WanderingStarMeteorites the star_wars_coiiector is not being used anymore. Just to let everyone know. When you want to see what I have for sale, you will now need to use this link:

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2009

2009-06-11 Thread Jerry Flaherty
What a great photo of a classic specimen. - Original Message - From: spacerocks...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:21 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2009