[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-09-11 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Glorieta Mountain Contributed by: Arlene Schlazer http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Curiosity's Spectrometer Finishes Calibration-Target Reading

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNewsNewsID=1342 Spectrometer Finishes Calibration-Target Reading Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 11, 2012 On Sol 35 of its mission on Mars (Sept. 10, 2012) Curiosity continued activities for characterizing its arm and the

[meteorite-list] Did Chicxulub have an accomplice?

2012-09-11 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
According to this study, Chicxulub had help in wiping out the big lizards - http://science.time.com/2012/09/11/second-gunman-in-death-of-the-dinosaurs/?hpt=hp_t3 Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook -

[meteorite-list] Meteorite fall on May 20 2012, 22:45 local time, in Aousserd, near Dakhla officially confirmed

2012-09-11 Thread karmaka
Meteorite fall on May 20 2012, 22:45 local time, in Aousserd, near Dakhla (Ad Dakhla), Morocco officially confirmed http://geologie-maroc.blogspot.de/2012_09_01_archive.html translation:

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite fall on May 20 2012, 22:45 local time, in Aousserd, near Dakhla officially confirmed

2012-09-11 Thread jason utas
Hello Martin, All, To be frank, this is a load of rubbish. It seems that Dr. Abderrahmane Ibhi is convinced that the meteorite is both a fall -- and a CH-chondrite -- when just about all of the evidence points towards the contrary. A close-up photo of the polished surface of one of the stones

[meteorite-list] Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Observations Point to 'Dry Ice' Snowfall on Mars

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Baalke
Sept. 11, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-315 NASA ORBITER OBSERVATIONS POINT TO 'DRY ICE' SNOWFALL ON MARS PASADENA,

[meteorite-list] Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-284 Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 11, 2012 PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images that were among the last taken by the spacecraft

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Baalke
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=228 MESSENGER Mission News September 11, 2012 MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System Late last week, the Planetary Data System (PDS) released data collected during MESSENGER's seventh

[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Progress Teleconference Sept. 12

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Baalke
Sept. 11, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 / 818-354-6278 a...@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-180 NASA TO HOST MARS

Re: [meteorite-list] Did Chicxulub have an accomplice?

2012-09-11 Thread dorifry
In addition to the big marine lizards, the dinosaurs were also killed off! Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum - Original Message - From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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2012-09-11 Thread Adam Hupe
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Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Gibeon Anvil Slices, update and new photos

2012-09-11 Thread Peter Scherff
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[meteorite-list] Fw: BaM01 classification

2012-09-11 Thread Robert Verish
Hello All, It is my distinct pleasure to report that Dr. Alan Rubin has characterized the BaM01 stone that I found on Sept. 1st 2012 near Battle Mtn. Nevada: It is L6 S4 W0 .  More details are in the description that he sent to me (see below).  This description will form a part of the

[meteorite-list] BaM01 classified - the hunt for halite crystals

2012-09-11 Thread Robert Verish
Regarding the recent characterization of the BaM01 (L6S4W0) stone: I realize that there was some hope that we would find halite crystals, but that was back when it was predicted that this meteorite might be an H6.  (At least, I got the 6 part right ;-)  Now that we meteorite-finders are no