[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-08-01 Thread valparint
No picture was submitted for today. http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars

2013-08-01 Thread Paul H.
Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars (White-Balanced View) NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia17062.html Guy Webster, 2013, Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, July 28th, 2013

[meteorite-list] Professor Studies Trinitite

2013-08-01 Thread Paul H.
Professor Studies Material From World’s First Nuclear Blast by Edwin L. Aguirre, University of Massachusetts News http://www.uml.edu/News/stories/2013/Eby-Atomic-Rock.aspx Related papers are at:

[meteorite-list] Asteroid Pinpointed As Likely Source of Chelyabinsk Meteor

2013-08-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23976-asteroid-pinpointed-as-likely-source-of-russian-meteor.html Asteroid pinpointed as likely source of Russian meteor by Jacob Aron New Scientist 01 August 2013 Who's been taking potshots at Earth? A new study shows how a 200-metre-wide

[meteorite-list] New 1920g Nevada Chondrite Found by Terry Scott

2013-08-01 Thread wahlperry
Hi List, Here is a couple pictures of a new Nevada 1920g chondrite found by Terry Scott. The meteorite is the third to be recovered from the new strewn field. http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/Sonny_Clary_nevadameteorites.html Sonny

[meteorite-list] 2011 EH a better match to Chelyabinsk than 2011 EO40

2013-08-01 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Ron/List, Back in February, I found better orbital matches to the Chelyabinsk meteoroid than 2011 EO40. Using modified Drummond criterion, here were the top-10 minor planets with orbits most similar to Chelyabinsk: Target elements (from Borovicka, et al. in IAU circular 3423): a=1.55 q=0.768

Re: [meteorite-list] New 1920g Nevada Chondrite Found by Terry Scott

2013-08-01 Thread Paul Gessler
SPECTACULAR Cut her open! Paul Gessler -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 11:20 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ; ocotillosc...@gmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] New 1920g Nevada Chondrite Found by Terry Scott Hi List, Here is a

[meteorite-list] Update on 2011 EH 2011 EO40 similarity to Chelyabinsk

2013-08-01 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Rerunning with the latest catalog: Borovicka target elements (q=0.768, e=0.50, i=3.6, peri=109.7, node=326.41): Mod. D Minor Planetaq ei PeriNode --- --- --- --- -- 0.01749 2011 EH 1.47945 0.76110

[meteorite-list] NASA's Space Launch System Completes Preliminary Design Review

2013-08-01 Thread Ron Baalke
August 1, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kr...@nasa.gov Kimberly Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.h.he...@nasa.gov RELEASE 13-243 NASA's Space Launch System Completes Preliminary Design Review NASA has

[meteorite-list] Water in a Martian Desert (Mars Express)

2013-08-01 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Water_in_a_martian_desert Water in a martian desert European Space Agency 1 August 2013 Craters once brim-full with sediments and water have long since drained dry, but traces of their former lives as muddy lakes cling on in the

Re: [meteorite-list] New 1920g Nevada Chondrite Found by Terry Scott

2013-08-01 Thread Michael Mulgrew
Holy cow, great find, Terry! Every hunter's dream. Michael in so. Cal. IMCA #3963 On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:20 AM, wahlpe...@aol.com wrote: Hi List, Here is a couple pictures of a new Nevada 1920g chondrite found by Terry Scott. The meteorite is the third to be recovered from the new

Re: [meteorite-list] Professor Studies Trinitite

2013-08-01 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Paul and List, I have heard more than once that trinitite has some similarities to certain tektites. It is not as glassy as Darwin Glass, but outside of the coloration, it does bear some visual similarities to glassy tektites like Darwin and others. I have also seen trinitite pieces that

Re: [meteorite-list] New 1920g Nevada Chondrite Found by Terry Scott

2013-08-01 Thread Count Deiro
Yes, Cut it in half. Remember it's customary for hunters to share half their finds with their fellows hunters. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Paul Gessler cetu...@shaw.ca Sent: Aug 1, 2013 12:22 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, ocotillosc...@gmail.com,

[meteorite-list] AD - Collection Sale - Gemmy Moldavites, Murchison, Oriented Sikhote Bullet, Sudbury. Whetstone Mountains, Libyan Desert Glass, More!

2013-08-01 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Collectors and Listees, I have a few dozen new specimens to announce. As a member of the Met-List, you get a 20% OFF discount on all prices. Taking this discount into mind, some of these prices are well below market value - for example, I don't expect that oriented Sikhote bullet to last