Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing

2012-08-07 Thread Dan Miller
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342832/title/Curiosity_lands_safely_on_Mars Answered my own question concerning the morse code being stamped on the surface as Curiosity explores Mars. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov wrote:

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-08-07 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 5480 Contributed by: Dirk Hohmann http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] (AD) 4 meteorites forsale

2012-08-07 Thread steve arnold
Hi ya list. I have 4 iron meteorites forsale if interested off list pleas. #1 campo silicated endcut 130 grams, $100, #2 182 gram campo iron with a small hole $75, #3 an oriented 15 gram sihkote-alin $60, and finally a 16 gram nicely sculpted cqnyon diablo fo $40. Free shipping anywhere. Pics upon

[meteorite-list] Astronomy pioneer dies

2012-08-07 Thread Dick Lipke
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19164236 Richard Lipke __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing its Descent

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-233 New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing its Descent Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 06, 2012 PASADENA, Calif. - Earlier today, just hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars

[meteorite-list] First Color Landscape Image of Mars from Curiosity

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA15691 First Color Landscape Image of Mars from Curiosity Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 7, 2012 [Image] This view of the landscape to the north of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was acquired by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act ofLanding (AD)

2012-08-07 Thread info
Hi All, Wow, how incredible is that photo with the parachute! The Mars Science Laboratory Mission has been flawless. I look forward to the exciting new developments as Curiosity explores Gale Crater. Thanks Ron, for all the updates. For those interested, I have on-going Ebay auctions each week

[meteorite-list] Poll Results

2012-08-07 Thread Paul Gessler
Thanks to all of you who participated. There were 40 votes in total. A: 28 Will work 100% B: 2 Won't work at all! Crash and Burn. Bad idea. C: 10 Something tells me it Won't work but hopeful it does. D: 0 Partial success, lands broken. I won 2 cases of

[meteorite-list] Scene of a Martian Landing

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/PIA16001.html Scene of a Martian Landing NASA August 7, 2012 [Image] The four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA's Curiosity rover were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The High-Resolution Imaging

[meteorite-list] AD - LL6, CV3, CR6

2012-08-07 Thread Marcin Cimala
Dear List Members I have on my page two new numbers and one update. Dhofar 1658 Brecciated LL6 My team latest find. Several specimens we found in few hundreds meters. NWA 7166 CV3 Weathering makes this specimen colorfull. I have only 4 slices for sale. Some persons bough from me slices one

[meteorite-list] AD-54 Auctions Ending In Afew Hours

2012-08-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Just a quick note to let you know I have 54 auctions ending in a few hours.  Great stuff started at just 99 cents with no reserve. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for taking the time to check them out. Kindest Regards, Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing

2012-08-07 Thread apollocollector
Can anyone point me to a site from which I can download a high resolution version of the Curiosity lander on the parachute (pia15978) without the enlargement inset?? Thanks in advance, Dennis Beatty - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov To: Meteorite Mailing

[meteorite-list] Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions to Martian Landscape

2012-08-07 Thread Ron Baalke
Aug. 7, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov / a...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-271 ORBITER IMAGES NASA'S LATEST

[meteorite-list] Gibeon Anvil Full Slices, first time ever on the market

2012-08-07 Thread Steve Arnold
Hello List, I am excited to announce that I now have available, for a very limited time, a few full slices from a 51kg Gibeon meteorite that was used as an anvil, possibly for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.  Amazingly rare, historically significant, and way off the Wow Chart! Gibeon

[meteorite-list] Ad , 18 kilos single Chondrite

2012-08-07 Thread Malek Youssef
Hello All I have for sale a 18 kilos Chondrite Meteorite for sale , if interested please contact me offlist. Cheers Malek __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Gibeon Anvil Full Slices, first time ever on the market

2012-08-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Very interesting, This Anvil was in my personal collection over a decade ago.  I called it the Gator because it looked like an alligator's head to me at the time.  I even etched a small two inch circular window on it to make sure it was indeed Gibeon when I acquired it.  It took me a year to

Re: [meteorite-list] Alberta meteorite sparks battle for sacred rock

2012-08-07 Thread Anne Black
Hey! that's the Iron Creek meteorite! I just did some research on that one, and Thank you Mr Buchwald for your marvelous books. Yes that meteorite was moved to a Museum and within months the local Indian nations were decimated by a smallpox epidemic. What meteorites go thru after they land is