Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt

2011-07-20 Thread Robert Verish
Hello All, Well, I've finally unloaded the truck and downloaded my camera images of our trip to the highly successful 99th Year Anniversary Holbrook Meteorite Hunt. After Moni got home from work we stayed-up late last night reviewing all of the images. I'm sure glad that Ben Fisler's son,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
A TV news report is available now: http://v.ku6.com/show/NUekK2QFPy8piN-j.html Can anyone translate what is said? Best wishes Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karmaka karm...@email.de Gesendet: 19.07.2011 16:27:54 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re:

[meteorite-list] Ensisheim 2011 in newspapers

2011-07-20 Thread Marcin Cimala
Hello Ensisheim 2011 is over but I get nice set of articles from french news papers. http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/20110428_Lalsace_meteorite.jpg http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/20110617_Lalsace_meteorite1.jpg http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/20110617_Lalsace_meteorite2.jpg

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
A new blog entry: http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=desl=zh-CNtl=enu=http%3A%2F%2Fye61611666.blog.163.com%2Fblog%2Fstatic%2F103269955201162093955569%2F site: 2900 meters above sea level on a mountain top, in ' ancient glacial landscape' This could hint at the mountain ranges east and

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
Well, in the extreme north (border to Russia) and in the northeast (border to Mongolia) of the Altay prefecture there are also a few peaks of this height. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karmaka karm...@email.de Gesendet: 20.07.2011 16:29:58 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt

2011-07-20 Thread Ruben Garcia
Thanks Bob and all, I appreciate all the nice words but truthfully Jim and Wendy (like the Live video hosting I did last year) arranged just about everything! I only came up with the idea and then showed up. Thanks also to the 50 or so meteorite enthusiasts that took part. Two things now seem

Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt Video!

2011-07-20 Thread Ken Newton
Ruben, An excellent adventure! Thanks so much for sharing! Best, ken newton http://meteorite-identification.com/ On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Worked all day on the video - it's done! http://www.mr-meteorite.net/99thanniversaryhunt.htm

Re: [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt

2011-07-20 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I have been reading these posts about the hunt with interest. It sounds like everyone had a great time and the organizers are to be commended. They made it a wonderful experience for everyone. It's great to read about these hunts where so much good will was involved. And

[meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi All, Pluto has a 4th moon! Here's a link to the CBAT: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cbet/cbet002769.txt Below is the NASA News release: July 20, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington trent.j.perro...@nasa.gov 202-358-0321 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Marc Fries
That's just weird. Pluto is sounding more like a cloud of fragments than anything else. I wonder how long its been like that. Cheers, Marc Fries On 7/20/11 11:35 AM, Matson, Robert D. wrote: Hi All, Pluto has a 4th moon! Here's a link to the CBAT:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
And this one is for the purists among you ;-) http://newscontent.cctv.com/news.jsp?fileId=113849 It even has a shotlist Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karmaka karm...@email.de Gesendet: 20.07.2011 16:29:58 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite trip report

2011-07-20 Thread Eric Wichman
Always awesome photos and amazing adventures Sonny! Regards, Eric On 7/19/2011 8:07 AM, wahlpe...@aol.com wrote: Hi All, I have posted a couple of pictures on my web page from our recent meteorite hunting expedition. Although we did not make any finds it was sure nice to have spent time

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread Pete Pete
Is it just the angle, or does one of those graffiti words look English? 46 second mark, similar to BOLATEEK in caps. Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:09:46 +0200 From: karm...@email.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re:

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2011-07-20 Thread Greg Catterton
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

2011-07-20 Thread Richard Kowalski
Are there any hunters who would even give that area a second consideration if it were suggested that should hunt there?   -- Richard Kowalski __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
Fascinating news !!! Thank you for sharing this, Robert. It's hard to wait another four years until New Horizons reveals more secrets from the icy spheres around Pluto. But that's 'space' Best wishes Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com

[meteorite-list] Test (Delete)

2011-07-20 Thread Steve Witt
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Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
How should S/2011 (134340) 1 be called? Any suggestions? How about KALI ? It's not Greek, but ... Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karmaka karm...@email.de Gesendet: 20.07.2011 22:11:26 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
If it has to be Greek, how about ACHLYS the personification of Eternal Night, a daughter of NYX ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achlys Best Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: karmaka karm...@email.de Gesendet: 20.07.2011 22:29:29 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Elizabeth Warner
Actually, one of the discoverers (Dr. Doug Hamilton, UMaryland) has a preference for Cerberus... Fits in with the mythology... and as the discoverers, Showalter and Hamilton get to name it... Clear Skies! Elizabeth On 7/20/2011 4:38 PM, karmaka wrote: If it has to be Greek, how about

[meteorite-list] Cerberus (Was: Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto)

2011-07-20 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Elizabeth Warner wrote: Actually, one of the discoverers...has a preference for Cerberus Hmmm, ... so there would be two of them - one on Mars and one for this fourth moon around Pluto! Any chance this moon could help restore Pluto's status as a planet??? Cheers, Bernd

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread lebofsky
Hi Elizabeth: The big problem with cerberus is that there is already 1865 Cerberus, an Apollo asteroid. IAU Nomenclatur Committee tries to avoid duplication like that though there are several existing examples. Larry Actually, one of the discoverers (Dr. Doug Hamilton, UMaryland) has a

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Elizabeth Warner
I really don't care... I was just passing along what one of the discoverers had expressed as his preference... Clear Skies! Elizabeth On 7/20/2011 4:56 PM, lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu wrote: Hi Elizabeth: The big problem with cerberus is that there is already 1865 Cerberus, an Apollo

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread karmaka
ACHLYS has not been used for any asteroid or other object as far as I know. http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Akhlys.html Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu Gesendet: 20.07.2011 22:56:04 An: warne...@astro.umd.edu Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space

[meteorite-list] AD: Special: Truly baffling sensational Howardite - NWA 6709 - absolutely stunning and very fresh.

2011-07-20 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Dear meteorite community, with this Special we have to introduce to you an enormous oddity. It is about a HED-meteorite of a kind, which we hadn't ever seen before in our careers before. It came in two stones, one of them was covered with a lush fusion crust, wonderfully structured by thick and

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
EREBUS (Darkness and Shadow), the brother of Nyx (already a satellite of Pluto), and a name NOT yet taken for a minor planet. Erebus and Nyx had a daughter -- Nemesis (a ruined name), as is Cerebus (minor planet). The pair gave birth to Aether (atmosphere) and Hemera (day). Later, on her own,

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Special: Truly baffling sensational Howardite - NWA 6709 - absolutely stunning and very fresh.

2011-07-20 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hello Mike, in a word, yes. Patrick and I have 538 grams of small, fresh individuals that are most likely paired with those owned by Chladnis Heirs. They have been studied and classified at UCLA. This list forum is beginning to become a great venue for visually pairing meteorites. Since as a

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Special: Truly baffling sensational Howardite - NWA 6709 - absolutely stunning and very fresh.

2011-07-20 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Mike, no worries, neither we understood it like that. Of course, if one looks to the photos, the first idea, which comes to one's mind is: oil. No idea, what causes this effect, maybe the composition. Also that strange tint the cut faces reveal. And especially worrying is the variety of the

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2011-07-20 Thread Steve Witt
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[meteorite-list] NWA's, Pairings, Shopping the Block - (was - Ad :Special: Truly baffling sensational Howardite - NWA 6709 - absolutely stunning and very fresh)

2011-07-20 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, Martin, and Edwin, I was going to make this comment in the recent thread that Martin A. started about his exquisite new howardite, and then Edwin T. replied about his apparent pairing of the same meteorite. I didn't want to risk side-tracking (hijacking) that thread, so here it is in

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA's, Pairings, Shopping the Block - (was - Ad :Special: Truly baffling sensational Howardite - NWA 6709 - absolutely stunning and very fresh)

2011-07-20 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Mike, only a short remark, note that we have that pairing situation to a more excessive extent with the Antarctic meteorites and their field number system. There aren't 37,000 different finds, but rather 7,000. Huh, just recently I checked the Antarctic CM2s, cause we're selling a fresh new

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Carl 's
How should S/2011 (134340) 1 be called? Any suggestions... I took a look at Wiki and saw names like Fifi, Dinah and even Goofy. Might work. Carl2 __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] OT: Congratulations Apollo

2011-07-20 Thread John.L.Cabassi
G'Day List Finally got home today, interesting topics but I can't believe you forgot Apollo 11. So with fan fare, I would like to congratulate 40 years and many to come. http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/20/the-eagle-has-landed-happy-anniversa ry-apollo-11/ Cheers John Cabassi IMCA # 2125

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Congratulations Apollo

2011-07-20 Thread John.L.Cabassi
Sorry, typo. 42 years -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of John.L.Cabassi Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:38 PM To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] OT:

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Congratulations Apollo

2011-07-20 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Happy 42nd Birthday to Apollo 11! The Eagle has landed. :) I would not be born until 16 months later, but I still recall lots of talk and television images of astronauts, the Moon, rockets, and NASA. It was a part of my childhood. Back then, people didn't throw around the word hero much, not

[meteorite-list] Holbrook under the microscope...

2011-07-20 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
Thanks to Ruben Garcia and everyone on the 99th Anniversary hunt for an enjoyable and enlightening weekend. I've uploaded images of a number of the smallest finds collected by me and the ants. Collecting soil samples at regular intervals, washing them through standard screens, separating the

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moonaround Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Sterling K. Webb
even Goofy... Goofy, a humanoid cartoon Dog, has a canine cartoon Dog, Pluto, as a pet. You know, even when I was a kid, that bothered me. How can Pluto (the planet) have Goofy (the satellite) as a moon? That's just piling one craziness on top of another. Goofy is not a mythological name, as

Re: [meteorite-list] Holbrook under the microscope...

2011-07-20 Thread Erik Fisler
Nick, Love the photos, that's really great resolution! I wouldn't say the average size of finds are falling. You can ask Anne Black, my dad and I always come back from a trip with three or four stones in the 3-7 gram range and every other time with a 10-12gram stone. here's a video of one of

[meteorite-list] NASA'S Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread Ron Baalke
July 20, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington trent.j.perro...@nasa.gov 202-358-0321 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore vill...@stsci.edu 410-338-4514 Karen Randall SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif. krand...@seti.org 650-960-4537