[meteorite-list] Matt Morgan on 9 News DENVER- Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread drtanuki
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD: Bells CM2 ending tonight on ebay

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Farmer
I have more than 50 one-cent ebay meteorites ending tonight. Many very nice items this week, including the rarest of the rare, BElls CM2 meteorite. See all available items at the link below, there are way too many to list here. http://www.meteorite.com/farmer/ Thanks Michael Farmer

[meteorite-list] Block Island and the Boffins

2009-08-11 Thread Darren Garrison
This is a different shot of Block Island than I've seen before: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/11/block_island_in_close/ Boffin is apparenlty foriegn for scientist. Not to be confused with a bloody wanker git. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Mineral Made in the Lab (Wadsleyite)

2009-08-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8194292.stm Meteorite mineral made in the lab By Victoria Gill BBC News August 11, 2009 By slamming materials together, scientists have made a mineral that is found naturally only in meteorites and the deep layers of Earth's mantle. Their successful

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Blood
Can u post to the list for me I've updated the news on qmig.org to give an idea where I'm heading for the next week or so - I have some lovely pix of the Miles and Arrabury main masses to upload - also some of the lab data from Miles - maybe even some ancient newspaper articles on the Rockhampton

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Howard Steffic
Was it necessary for you to post the comment about Steve Arnold? YOU should be thrown off the list Michael for forwarding such crap to this list. It is bad enough that everyone jumps down Steve's throat themselves without you forwarding for someone who for some reason can not post to the

[meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight, Meteorite Men videos on Science site, Top 10 Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread Notkin
Dear Listees: A friendly reminder that the Perseids are expected to peak tonight/ tomorrow morning for those of you who are enjoying clear skies. It is unusually cloudy in Tucson at the moment. Overseas members and those who don't get Science Channel, may enjoy watching a series of video

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight, Meteorite Men videos on Science site, Top 10 Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Geoff and List, Couldn't find the Top 10 Meteorites..., 'Perseids' (per-say)... yes, pun-fun intended! :-), but I did find this great Top 10 on Science Channel (check out #1, now we can all appreciate that!): http://science.discovery.com/top-ten/2009/duct-tape/duct-tape.html Hope anyone

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight, Meteorite Men videos on Science site, Top 10 Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread Notkin
Dear Greg: Thanks for the reply. Sorry, there are a bunch of links connected from that one page and I didn't specify which was which : ) Here is the Top 10 Meteorites section: http://science.discovery.com/top-ten/2009/meteors/meteors.html Cheers, Geoff

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight, Meteorite Men videos on Science site, Top 10 Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread Jan Bartels
01.14 midnight here in Holland, So far only saw 2 Perseids in one hour. Guess it's not to much firework so far Good luck tonight for the ones who live in the real dark areas in the west !! Jan, Holland - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net To: Meteorite List

[meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread bernd . pauli
Jan writes: So far only saw 2 Perseids in one hour. So you are among the lucky ones! No Perseids here so far :-( It is cloudy but I caught a hole in the clouds and was able to see the Summer Triangle, Hercules (Keystone), the Big Dipper, and, of course the last quarter Moon, ... but no Perseids

[meteorite-list] Silicated Campo question

2009-08-11 Thread Carl 's
Hi All, What are those silicated Campos? Are they irons that have not yet completed it's differentiation, similar to pallasites? Or are they more like mesosiderites with the silicated material from an asteroid that have impacted another asteroid to the iron core? Or are they something else?

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Jan, Bernd other Perseids aficionados , - as far as I'm informed the climax this year is expected for the night wednesday/thursday = next night. My best, Matthias - Original Message - From: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, August

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
No it is tonight. See the Sky Telescope page: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/52204947.html We should pass though the 1610 stream around 9UT, but there may be another, smaller peak around 5UT and the standard peak should be around 18UT. All of them tonight. -- Richard

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Jan Bartels
...that's it !!.I'm lost. I'm goin' to bed. The heck with those Perseids !! - Original Message - From: Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight No it is

[meteorite-list] AD: Many items still at one cent ending in minutes

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Farmer
I don't know what is up with ebay, but lots of rare meteorites still at one cent with an hour to go, including Carancas and achondrites! Go get um you guys. http://www.meteorite.com/farmer/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
Now I should also say that it may be tomorrow night for those of you who live ahead of Universal Time, in the Eastern Hemisphere... As I write this the date and time is 00:20 UT on August 12th, though the local time here in Tucson is 17:20 MST on August 11th, , so the standard peak is still 18

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread ensoramanda
Hi Bernd/All, Had a spell out observing just before midight and also only saw two Persieds...clouding up now ready for the rain forecast for tomorrow...so not worth staying up for here in the UK methinks. Cheers Graham Ensor bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: Jan writes: So far only saw

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Symposium near Atlanta

2009-08-11 Thread Anita Westlake
Hey Ya'll:    I just wanted to give a shout out to those anywhere near Atlanta, GA this weekend. The Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum is sponsoring a meteorite symposium this Saturday at 10am in Cartersville, GA. Robert Ward will be one of the speakers, along with Scott Harris, crater

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Jan Bartels
So you want to give us another sleepless night Matthias? ( I actually know the big event will be tomorrownight but it's gonna rain here they say..sniff) - Original Message - From: Matthias Bärmann majbaerm...@web.de To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread tracy latimer
We are under the remnants of Hurricane Felicia. Not a chance of seeing any Perseids tonight, unless a larger-thatn-usual remnant makes it through the cloud cover! Best~ Tracy Latimer _ Get free photo software from Windows Live

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Gary Fujihara
Hey Tracy, where are you in Hawaii? Felicia is pretty much dissipated into a tropical depression, and it was sunny and clear in Hilo earlier. Another challenge besides looking for sucker holes in the clouds is the glare of a waning gibbous moon that'll rise after midnight ... just as

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Mr EMan
Is someone else off their meds again or does someone dislike folks from the southern hemisphere in general?? I don't think you have a leg to stand on, Howard, regarding lecturing others about list ethics... but Bob's dealings with The Chicago person or vice versa are known to many and I think

Re: [meteorite-list] Silicated Campo question

2009-08-11 Thread Joe Kerchner
Carl and all, The Woodbine IL meteorite looks a lot like the silicated Campos. It is still considered an iron and not a pallasite or mesosiderite, there are many others also. Take a look, they are near the bottom of the page: http://illinoismeteorites.com/About%20IL%20Meteorites.htm Best

Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

2009-08-11 Thread Gary Fujihara
Thank you Richard for the information about peak ZHR for the various streams. The challenge this year is that the peak will take place in the glare of a waning gibbous moon. gary On Aug 11, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote: No it is tonight. See the Sky Telescope page:

[meteorite-list] Is this an unusual meteor photo?

2009-08-11 Thread Joe Kerchner
Hello listees, I was taking pictures trying to capture a meteor on camera, I have taken a couple thousand pictures in all and have not been lucky enough to catch one yet. I did catch this the other day, I am 100% sure it is not a plane, jet or anything like that. It looks like a meteor, but

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this an unusual meteor photo?

2009-08-11 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:37:26 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Any comments are welcomed and appreciated. Either here or on the forum. That is a dragon. Run for your life. Or, I'm guessing-- lightning bug. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Blood
Hi Howard and all, In case you don't know (and apparently you don't), Bob Walker has done a great deal for the meteorite community And for the Australian Meteorite community as well. He has conducted much research and part of that research Has included accounting for the location

[meteorite-list] Buzzard Coulee Expedition Photos from December

2009-08-11 Thread McCartney Taylor
This is the first trip taken to Canada after the fall. Once there, we only had 2.25 days to hunt before shutdown snowfall occurred. It was -25 Celcius and the airline lost my luggage, so I'm wearing socks over my hands in some photos. I think I had thin gloves under the socks. At some point, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this an unusual meteor photo?

2009-08-11 Thread Pete Pete
...lightning bug. I think we have a winner! From: cyna...@charter.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:26:45 -0500 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this an unusual meteor photo? On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:37:26

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread Howard Steffic
Alright then, maybe I do not know the history between Bob and Steve. I really do not care about this private matter and maybe many other list members do not car either. Do me a favor, Michael. Please review the list policies especially rule number 9.

Re: [meteorite-list] Post from Bob Walker

2009-08-11 Thread John Gwilliam
Sorry to jump in here but someone needs to tell Howard that his last two posts to the List ( as is this one) are in violation of List policies. Please review them yourself and quit being the List mother. John Gwilliam At 07:51 PM 8/11/2009, Howard Steffic wrote: Alright then, maybe I do not

Re: [meteorite-list] Buzzard Coulee Expedition Photos from December

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Farmer
Great photos I wish I could have been there, but I was in the Middle East with my wife and could not make it to Canada before the now fell. Hated to miss out on that massive fall, but other things took priority that time. Michael Farmer --- On Tue, 8/11/09, McCartney Taylor

Re: [meteorite-list] Is this an unusual meteor photo?

2009-08-11 Thread Bob King
Hi Joe, I've seen these many times -- you captured a firefly in your photo! Bob On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Joe Kerchnerskyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello listees,   I was taking pictures trying to capture a meteor on camera, I have taken a couple thousand pictures in all and have

[meteorite-list] Alternate Impact Point Resurfaces

2009-08-11 Thread Mike Hankey
I had a skype conversation with Dirk Ross tonight that resulted in him sending me his google earth file for the mason dixon meteor. (don't worry dirk the other top secret stuff you were working on did not come in with the file you sent me). I have published Dirk's map in comparison to Rob

[meteorite-list] - Perseids Tonight, Meteorite Men videos on Science site, Top 10 Meteorites

2009-08-11 Thread Linton Rohr
Thanks Geoff! That's as much of the show as I've been able to watch so far, other than the trailer. I've got to get cable and/or the Science Channel and/or friends who have it. ;^) Thoroughly enjoyable. I felt like I was there. And now, to the Perseids... Linton