Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fire or Bad Report?

s to me they were describing any meteor seen as to being of cometary origin. Also something not likely to drop a meteorite. Again I would give this just three chances of happening...Fat, Slim and No...highly unlikely. :O) geozay **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Your

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

what smaller than Tunguska, but it still knocked over trees for a few miles with no meteorite fragments that I know of. A couple small asteroids per year do themselves in without leaving ground fragments seems natural, why not a somewhat bigger asteroid once every 50 or 100 years doing the sa

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

happen with something a bit bigger traveling over 12 miles/second suddenly hitting a solid resistance of air. GeoZay **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377005x1201454319/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditre

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

available to pulverize it when it smacked the atmosphere I would think. geozay **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823239x1201398650/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&am

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

like someone throwing a dirt clod as hard as they could, up against a brick wallbut with a much more energy. Thus the dirt clod gets blown into smitherens in all directions. geozay **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Men

friends. If you break the chain your sikhote-alins will turn to rust. :O) Seriously guys...job well done. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. GeoZay **Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x122197244

Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Meteorite Axe ID

for gold in the North fork yuba river when we found an old pick axe head...Later found out it was from the early forty-niner era. :O) GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322936x120

Re: [meteorite-list] Daylight Fireball! Meteor Plane or Space, Debris?

inds. No signs of that here at all. GeoZay **The Average US Credit Score is 692. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222376999x1201454299/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&b

Re: [meteorite-list] Daylight Fireball! Meteor Plane or Space Debris?

>>Don't know what to make of this one. Dual smoke trails? Or does it only to appear to be two smoke trails.<< Well...the trail does not look like any meteor trails I've ever seen...that is its not squiggily. I'm leaning towards it being an airp

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible New Bolide Reported today

x27;t seem likely that a meteor was involved here. Those transformers sure make one heck of a bang when they go. :O) GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823232x1201398636/aol?redir=http://www.fre

Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone remember this?

rson or two with science degrees to voice their off the wall authority to wrongly direct folks towards erroneous beliefs. GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://w

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites are like lumps of gold!

>>To own a piece of the stars If you really want a piece of the stars, just go to your local hardware store and buy some iron nails. After all, they were at one time in the cores of a star and they're cheaper too. :O) GeoZay **Big savings on Dell’s most popu

Re: [meteorite-list] New Retrograde Asteroid Found

>>A new asteroid was found April 29th orbiting the sun backwards. << So it's a "Contrary"...should fit right in with this list. :O) geozay **Eat Great & Lose Weight FASTER! Start the South Beach Diet Online - FREE Profile!

Re: [meteorite-list] ONE AD PER WEEK I have an idea!

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Re: [meteorite-list] ONE AD PER WEEK I have an idea!

rgain crops up once in awhile. I know what I want and hang in the back ground till I come across the offer. Just because I have a certain amount of money available, doesn't mean I'm gonna spend it foolishly. GeoZay **Join ChristianMingle.com® FREE! Meet Christia

Re: [meteorite-list] ONE AD PER WEEK I have an idea!

I'm in favor of others that are doing it now. I personally wondered once Steve leaves, who was gonna take up the banner of being the whipping boy on this list and who were gonna do the "whipping". :O) GeoZay **Join ChristianMingle.com® FREE! Meet Christian Singl

Re: [meteorite-list] ONE AD PER WEEK I have an idea!

can easily recognize Eric's email address. The same goes for Cottingham's offers. I think he's a bit high priced, but I like looking at them all the same. My wife and I agreed on how much I will spend on such trinkets on a monthly basis, thus I'm a little descriminating with my

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball observed over Northwestern California 29APR09

h the "detonation". It seems to have produced a nice terminal burst though. At the moment I'd be inclined to think it totally burned up high in the atmosphere. But all indications was that to me it was definitely a meteor that was photographed. So far another late n

Re: [meteorite-list] New Fall ?

aw a bright green glow falling from the north/northwest direction. The glow seemed to get bigger and bigger until it hit the ground becoming a bright orange flash.<< And they know it hit the ground how? I'm guessing at the moment, but I suspect the witnesses saw a terminal burst well abo

Re: [meteorite-list] How micrometeors die

>>With their Boötes on!<< That only applies with the Quadrantids I believe. :O) geozay **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621499x1201450105/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/

Re: [meteorite-list] How Meteorites Work!

>>Cool article on Meteorites.<< I wasn't too impressed...lots of typos, referring to the light phenomena(meteor) instead of the object itself (meteoroid). Probably more to mention, but I need a nap at the moment. :O) GeoZay **An Excellent Credit Score is

Re: [meteorite-list] QMIG update

out to these fine gentlemen and others like them. GeoZay **The Average US Credit Score is 692. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221421330x1201417418/aol?redi r=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Ap

Re: [meteorite-list] Earth Grazing Fireball?

ost likely a satellite. No aliens(No high speed gyrations...just a shaky video), No fireball(too slow), No space debris(No debris trail or apparent burning up). Too slow for an earthgrazing meteor. Nothing to get my shorts bound up. :O) GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Abov

Re: [meteorite-list] Vancouver Meteorite Boom Friday

Sound carries far over water. I'm often amazed hearing people talk normally on the shore, while in the middle of a big lake fishing. GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621490x120145010

Re: [meteorite-list] Texas Fireball

a meteor, not likely dropped any meteorites in my opinion. Probably just another OOooer and Ahhher. GeoZay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572844x1201387506/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.fre

Re: [meteorite-list] What is Nickel content in Dronino meteorite?

sample I'm referring to. So if I refer just to the Nickel content in the troilite its' about 98.1%. And the Nickel content in the rest of the Dronino is 9.8%, But combined it comes out to 10.8%. Is my understanding correct? GeoZay Chemistry : A bulk Dronino sample analyzed by IN

[meteorite-list] What is Nickel content in Dronino meteorite?

Hi folks! By any chance does anyone know what percentage of Nickel is in the Dronino Meteorite? I've been trying to satisfy this curiosity, but I think I'm confusing myself. It seems to be somewhere between 8% to 18%. But I think it's close to 8.9%. Am I in the bal

Re: [meteorite-list] How 'bout a Wise meteorite?

eor appears to be "streaking down" near the horizon, it's either a long ways off or should be producing sonic booms for someone to report followed by a large impact. So...my overall impression is that it was a nice show for the Ooo and Ahhher's, but not a meteorite dropper.

Re: [meteorite-list] Biggest West heads north

>>Don is a class guy. I'm glad he got it. :)<< It seems that it's not likely to be cut up...and this I'm glad for. GeoZay **Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/

Re: [meteorite-list] Wierd Meteorite Wrong Question?

>>We went on a Mojave Desert hunt this weekend where I found this weird stone. My questions is, does anybody have a clue to what type of rock this may be?<< Could it be some kind of Jasper? GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for

Re: [meteorite-list] Why ET's genetic code could be just like ours

I can only imagine what Natural Selection would settle with on another planet that has just a slightly different environment. My momma just might look like a star fish. :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.c

Re: [meteorite-list] Questions about accretion.

t a few meteorites that were older than our solar system...unless our solar system formation began very fast after it's source of material from a supernova occurred showing a near similar age. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10

Re: [meteorite-list] US States & Fed Govt Laws regarding prospecting, hiking, ...

er erupt.<< True...but you are standing on a wooden platform and no one is allowed to chip off pieces of the geyser. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) _

Re: [meteorite-list] US States & Fed Govt Laws regarding prospecting, hiking, ...

ady. So we now have inadequate levees, dikes and what have you to take care of flooding. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http:

Re: [meteorite-list] Oh, The Stories They Tell....

ce to drop a meteorite somewhere...probably in the ocean, but not between these two bridges. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ ht

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

the truth. Mostly based on pre-conceived ideas and to what they think things should be. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

ten at night while driving a car? :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

Okay...below is most of the article about what this guy saw. First of all, the time of sighting was at 9:45 pm Sunday NIGHT. If it wasn't glowing and was in the process of "dark flight" when it hit the water, he's got one heck of a good eyesight. It would have to be traveling at least a coup

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

re comet." With these statements, I get the impression he claims to have watched it hit the water while its still glowing. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntus

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

e present and without any sonic booms...Fat, None and no Chance. :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http://www.meteoritecentral

Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

retty fast based upon this witness's account. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1974 (..and false claim)

rom Chicago Steve, but I don't regret his blunt emails to and off list :)<< Well...sorry to hear that you had a sour experience for whatever the cause. But I do plan on enjoying my acquisitions however it was done. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? M

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1974 (..and false claim)

ht 2 Sikhote-alins from Chicago Steve last month and another off of ebay. Had no problems at all. These were three of the best buys I've ever made for very low prices. I also benefited from a couple of Steve's freebies...also some of my best pieces I've came across. A

Re: [meteorite-list] -2 arrested update (Dude-- Where's My Caredition)

as, Texas bought him a bus ticket for southern california. So the California police department bought him another bus ticket for Dallas. :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.

Re: [meteorite-list] -2 arrested update (Dude-- Where's MyCaredition)

ides of the case).<< This all kinda reminds me of the movie, "My Cousin Vinny". :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001)

Re: [meteorite-list] Another fracking fireball! (Canada)

ping fireballs/year worldwide in the 4 oz to 20 lb range. So I'm not surprised that several areas around the globe report bright meteors lately. What I'm more surprised about is that there aren't more reports. :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs From The Sky: Bombarded

Eric>>Isn't this abnormally high meteor activity?<< geozay>>It doesn't seem so to me. << Let me add something I just found in IMO's (International Meteor Organization)Visual Handbook, Chapter 5.2 under Fireballs: " Then, there is a season

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs From The Sky: Bombarded

>>Isn't this abnormally high meteor activity?<< It doesn't seem so to me. geozay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) _

Re: [meteorite-list] Dorchester County, MD fireball reported 30MAR09

After reading whats posted on the meteorobs mailing list, it sounds like a meteorite dropper to me. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001

Re: [meteorite-list] Excessively Large Reward a bad precedent

ry he admits this on page 14 of his 1991 tenth anniversary edition of his Field Guide of Meteorites. What a nut. I think the key words were "up to". >> Didn't Nininger do something similar...that is offering a reward of some kind for meteorites? GeoZay **

Re: [meteorite-list] Excessively Large Reward a bad precedent.

...the meteorite hunter and the landowner. Each side wants to make a killing and neither wants to be had. Most people on this list are probably looking at it from one side of the fence. GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or les

Re: [meteorite-list] One of the best of the 2008 TC3 articles

Are there any signs of a pre entry fusion crust? Just Kidding. :O) GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0001) __ http

Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crusted "Meteoroids"

urns up in the process. Of the total entries, few actually reaches the ground, yet alone make it back out into space for an eventual another go at it. geozay eric>>Think of what causes fusion crust...<< geo...@aol.com wrote: >>> How many beautifully black and

Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crusted "Meteoroids"

magine there would be the need of some high temperatures to make this so...otherwise just black and crusted perhaps. geozay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntus

Re: [meteorite-list] time to say good bye

>> Hi Steve, The times are definitely tough right now. If things turn around for you, I hope to see you back on the List again. Best wishes, Greg Lindh<< Ditto GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.ao

Re: [meteorite-list] One Centimeter Cube Question

thanks Gary...this is what I'm looking for. I'm sure in due time I'll be contacting Mr Wesel. GeoZay >>A number of our meteorite vendors sell them. But one that doesn't escape my memory is Nakhla Dog and Rob Wesel: http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/cat

[meteorite-list] One Centimeter Cube Question

I do live in the sticks, so maybe I'll have to go to the "Big City" and look around. I looked on ebay and no luck. Do I have to attend a Tucson or Denver show to find the source? :O) Help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks! GeoZay **Feeling the pinch at the gr

[meteorite-list] A Brief History of the Meteorite Mailing List

Hey, I would like to point something out that I just found...the website for this mailing list. I don't know how I missed it. Anyways check out this website: _http://www.meteoritecentral.com_ (http://www.meteoritecentral.com) I was surprised when I read Michael Bloods, "A Brief History of th

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas Bull

ncas shock waves could have been sufficient to kill a bull if it was of close proximity. GeoZay **Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0005) __

Re: [meteorite-list] (AD) 2 METEORITES FORSALE

ble towards them too. :O) GeoZay **Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0005) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Mete

[meteorite-list] Test...please delete

Just doing a final check folksplease delete. geozay **Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0005) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Open Letter to Brad Andes of Meteor Crater Enterprises

Me thinks you got an axe to grind about a lot of things. :O) GeoZay **Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0005) __

[meteorite-list] I think I'm able to post on the meteorite list Finally

Okay folks...I haven't been able to post onto the meteorite list for at least three years. I'm on aol and one day I discovered that none of my posts were making it to the list. Several people suggest that I send my posts in plain text, but to the life of me, I haven't been able to figure o

[meteorite-list] this is a second test...do not adjust your dials. ; O)

TESTING ONE TWO THREE...PLEASE OH PLEASE WORK GEOZAY **Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp0005) __ http://www.meteoritecentral

[meteorite-list] test

this is a test... geozay **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

>>Yesterday I viewed a video on youtube that is utterly perplexing as to what is being videod. At first you seem to be viewing a stationary object in the sky near Venus, through a high powered lens or telescope, it is motionless for 10 - 15 seconds, then, suddenly explodes, and debris falls

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

>>While there are several reasonable explanations for what this video shows (I think it's probably a high altitude balloon rupturing), ...<< As I think more about it, I don't think it's a very high altitude balloon...but rather relatively close and thus not too big. I agree that it's pro

Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Hatred SPAM

>>I know only the good italian food all world us envy<< I dunno...food here in america has gone global to me. I love hamburgers, but prefer Mexican or Chinese even more. :O) GeoZay ** See what's free at h

[meteorite-list] Metal Detecting (off topic)

This has nothing to do with meteorites, but I know there's a fair number of treasure hunters on this list. My brother sent me this short message yesterday. I got a kick out of it and perhaps others will to. GeoZay - >>Well I

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 64

>>Meteors happen equally day or night, but they are far more likely to be seen at night. << I would just like to add that barring a shower, the most meteor active period on a 24 hour clock would generally be around 6 am, while the least active period will be near 6 pm. This is because aroun

[meteorite-list] The European Commission on Languages (Way Off Topic)

This is way off topic and has nothing to do with meteorites or astronomy, but with the international flavor of this list, perhaps a little chuckle would be in order. geozay - The European Commission on Languages has just announced an agreement whereby English

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

>>The visibility of a meteor, even a -14 mag fireball, (that is as bright as the full moon), will not last longer than a few seconds, at most.<< This is correct for most meteors. However, some will last a bit longerup into the tens of seconds. The longest lasting one that I'm aware o

Re: [meteorite-list] Red Fireball in Florida Likely A Meteor

>>A red fireball streaked across the sky from west to east just above the tree line. "Look up! Look up!" they shouted. It only took seconds for Kinney to run into the yard, but the fireball was already dropping out of sight over the horizon.<< I get the impression that this was an earthgrazing

Re: [meteorite-list] Experts Split Over Photo Of 'Meteor' in England

>>The incident, which took place about one mile south of Penicuik near to Ravensneuk Farm, lasted about ten minutes from 8.30am on Monday morning.<< >>Professor John Peacock, of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, said: "It is probably a meteor fireball - quite a rare

[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite hit a car in Poland

s what the object looked like. GeoZay           >>http://www.4lomza.pl/index.php?wiad=8053it was happend houers ago car is demolided inside thousands of citizens heard a fast moving object sound over the city and jus after this loud explousion story is in the news here in Polan

Re: [meteorite-list] norwegian fall

>>That has the look of a percussion mark, to me.The shape is elipsoidal, the internal part is fractured, the envolving rockseams, by contrast, healty.It would be a strange rockslide.Even if the scale of the scar is dificult to evaluate from the photo, a massof an average car falling

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall in Norway?

>>At around 2:05 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the northern part ofTroms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball of firetaking several seconds to travel across the sky.A few minutes later an impact could be heard and geophysics andseismology research foundation N

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Satellite Reentry Witness 4

>>The object was already incandescant when it caught my eye. I think perhaps I caught the last moments of the display, the breakup etc.<< Then this would explain a short path for a satellite. The one last thing that bothers me is the portion you did see along the horizon and it's velocity

Re: [meteorite-list] re: Satellite Reentry Witness 4

>>Kevin wrote:> The thing I saw, was comparable to an aircraft at a distance. But did not > traverse the entire sky, it was perhaps only 10-20 degrees parallel to the > horizon, it didn't move or cover much more than the general direction of > looking to the North.<

Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Fireball Blazes Over Northern Minnesota

>>Many witnesses described Friday's fireball as being green orbluish-green in color (common for a stony meteor), turning to red nearthe end of its flight.<< I suspect this one did hit the ground somewhere. The reason because witnesses said it "turned red near the end of it's f

Re: [meteorite-list] Satellite Reentry Witness 4

>>The light was low on the horizon, about 10-15 degrees above it. After a few seconds it seperated into several glowing fragments, and then a shower of debris, all travelling at the same leisurely pace across the sky. It was visible for about 20 seconds before it faded out. At first

Re: [meteorite-list] Zig zags and spinning

>>zig zagging<< Some years ago, I read that the forces necessary to make a fast moving meteoroid have a visual directional change of any kind will immediately destroy it. George Zay __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball questions

   >> If  a fireball explode and create a sonic(shock) wave observed in seismic stations;  if the same fireball create thump rumble or thump deflagrations; can we suppose find a meteorite on the ground?<< I once pursued in California a very loud sonic producing fireball with Caltech who monitore

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: (5-16-2004) fireball question?

>>I witnessed a greenish/white fireball with a short white tail go soaring over head in front of me as I was driving down the interstate last night. It was way bigger than any fireworks, almost as bright as the sun, show only lasted a few seconds and then the light went out.  I had to pull over

Re: [meteorite-list] fireball seen??

>>it appeared as a yellowish white truncated (foreshortened?) cone reducing rapidly in size to nothing. No sound was heard. It was odd - it looked initially that something was skipping off our atmosphere...<< If it was fairly short in path length, you are most likely looking at a foreshortened m

Re: [meteorite-list] Speculation Aired Over Meteor Crash Site in Australia

>>He says that call confirmed that the meteor landed somewhere tothe west of Geraldton.<< How does he know that a meteorite has landed? Got satellite data? Has somebody found meteorites? Is there a big hole in the ground or somebody's house get smashed? George zay ___

Re: [meteorite-list] Unidentified Light in Australian Night Sky

  >>"It was quite a bright green, my husbanddescribed it as a copper green," Kath Town saidon ABC South East NSW, "And it was travellingin the sky towards the west across the lake. Itkind of had a great big ball and a bit of a tail andthen it disappeared.""A minute or so afterwards there was what

Re: [meteorite-list] Professor Rallies Pilots for Meteor Site Watch in Austra...

>>A TOWNSVILLE astronomer has encouraged light aircraft pilots to keep watch for a possible impact sites from a meteor grouping that fell to earth last week.<< Would this be the equivalent to America's "Smallville"? :o) GeoZay

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Heating: A Shocking View

>>What was the source of energy to heat them? The leading candidate is the decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes such as aluminum-26 (26Al). <<   I thought a good source early on would be the planetoids plowing thru the magnetic fields of the proto sun? Various distances from the proto sun wi

Re: [meteorite-list] BYE, real good!

difference inopinions!Thanks, Tom<< Don't worry Tom, most will come back eventually for one reason or another. It's like moths to a flame. :o) GeoZay

Re: [meteorite-list] Spectacular Fireball Over Australia

>>A MYSTERY "fireball" that fell from the sky and reportedly struck the earth so hard it shook buildings like a mini-earthquake had North Queenslanders scratching their heads last night.<< There's a good chance that a meteorite hit the ground with this fireball, but the "shook buildings..." effec

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

>>Living in England myself (on the south coast), I have been an amateur astronomer for 20 years (on and off) I can tell you our skies are pretty quiet!<< I have a daughter living I believe in your area right now...Newquay. >>I saw a bat onceâ and thatâs about it.<< Every evening often before I

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

>>IWell, I can only talk about my personal experience. I have been an amateur astronomer for more than 20 years now. I have been watching the sky for an additional 10 years or so, and even now, when I am outside at night without a telescope (I owned several over these years), I am skywatching as

Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Lights Seen Over Wisconsin, Michigan

>>Ellen Pfeiffer of Ironwood called the Globe to say she and a friend had seen the bright lights reported by a Kimball, Wis., man as an unidentified flying object Sunday evening. Pfeiffer said she and Darlene Korhonen were coming out of the Pioneer Park Apartments around 6:15 p.m. when they saw s

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

>>AN amateur stargazer said today he was baffled after he saw two mysterious bright lights in the sky above his home, which vanished before he could get a closer look.<< My money is on the landing lights of an aircraft. I use to see this a lot when I observed outside San Diego. If the plane is co

Re: [meteorite-list] Canadian Prime Minister's Plane Buzzed By Fireball

>>The group's recently released 2003 survey found that a record 673 reports of unidentified objects were made to various organizations and investigators in Canada. << My! I bet these folks are really busy when the Perseids and other major showers are active. Another source that seems to get the i

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto help

that flung it to it's present orbit. GeoZay

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Streaks Across Canada

>>"My hair went up on end and I had goose bumps. It was wild. And it rumbledthe floor pretty good because my daughter came running upstairs asking ifsomeone fell in the house."<< Well...there were sonicsprobably somewhere there is meteorite pieces laying on the ground. George Zay

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Object Lights Up Canadian Sky

>>I guess there was no sound reported?<< To be honest, I didn't read the whole report thoroughly. Sonics may or may not have been reported. I stopped when I noted the length of time observed and recognized that as a signature of a meteor vs space junk. If no sonics were heard anywhere, there woul

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Object Lights Up Canadian Sky

>>METEORITE OR SPACE JUNK? They watched it for about 10 seconds<< This was a meteor based on the length of time observed. If it was space junk it would have lasted a lot longer...at least a minute and up to around 2 minutes. George Zay

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