Re: [meteorite-list] Catalina Sky Survey

2010-03-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
Shawn. No I don't think that. I believe it came from this paper: http://asima.seti.org/2008TC3/nature07920.pdf And this citation when the meteorite was named: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=48915 and the fact that in continuing papers it has not been corrected. LINEAR is

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2010

2010-03-26 Thread Richard Kowalski
as he could. Patience people. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

Re: [meteorite-list] Probable amateur comet discovery

2010-03-26 Thread Richard Kowalski
Here you go for the next 24 hours -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Elong. VMotion h/min P.A. 2010 03 27 03 23 28 48.5 +32 15 55 32.4 13.65.00 086.7 2010 03

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Phil. I posted this same link to the list 5 days ago and got no reaction on list and only one private message about it. I find it interesting that almost every bid is by two people and both of them have very low bidding histories. Curiouser and curiouser... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
That's kinda why I pointed out the two bidders have low feedback numbers. I wonder if he's bidding against himself under two accounts to run up the price and add legitimacy This lot screams fraud, IMHO. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Greg Stanley

[meteorite-list] And now a Canyon Diablo found SE of Phoenix...

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
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Re: [meteorite-list] AD:Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 for sale on eBay

2010-03-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
was still two months in the future. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 3/24/10, cdtuc...@cox.net cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: Shawn, You might want to make your own video to link your sale to. This gentleman forgot to mention that it in fact did produce meteorites

[meteorite-list] Sylacauga on ebay

2010-03-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
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Re: [meteorite-list] Easy comet, easy go

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
a background star. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Subject: [meteorite-list] Easy comet, easy go To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 5

Re: [meteorite-list] Easy comet, easy go

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
Aha! Thanks Elizabeth. I didn't search extensively enough. I just tried to get an ephemeris and nothing came back. Being a SOHO comet, that's not surprising. C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) makes much more sense. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 3/23/10, Elizabeth

[meteorite-list] Meteor and Smoke Trail

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
on this page too. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor and Smoke Trail

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Tue, 3/23/10, Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com wrote: ... The high level winds blew the trail a little westward before the shutter closed again. Sorry. I should have said the winds blew the smoke to the north, not west. Richard

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor and Smoke Trail

2010-03-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
than sufficient. BTW, the full field of the 1.5-m is one degree square. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 3/23/10, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: From: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de bernd.pa...@paulinet.de Subject: Meteor and Smoke

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 22, 2010

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Kowalski
of the success of Meteorite Men. I can only hope that Geoff and Steve's producers will focus on the science a bit more if/when cycle two begins, but I fear that if these other meteorite programs make it to air, they'll take a cue from MM and focus on the value of meteorites. -- Richard Kowalski

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 22, 2010

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Kowalski
and their parent, Discovery, will have missed a huge opportunity. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 3/22/10, Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 22, 2010

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Kowalski
productions. However, today's programs are better than they were 5 or 10 years ago. Back then Nova SUCKED. I wouldn't even waste the electricity to be tuned in to Nova back then... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Bound Catalogs?

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Kowalski
the time to respond. On searching the Blurb website for meteorite I find only one book, which is filled with watercolor paintings of meteorites. http://www.blurb.com/books/310844 No catalogs yet. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

[meteorite-list] Bound Catalogs?

2010-03-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
of my collection as the hard copy of the database. It would certainly be a much more attractive and permanent way of keeping and presenting this information. I'm not looking for recommendations for publishing companies. I'm just curious if anyone has already done this? -- Richard Kowalski Full

Re: [meteorite-list] Bound Catalogs?

2010-03-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
or major dealers, but instead I am asking if anyone has made a single book copy of their personal collection as the hard copy of their database. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 3/21/10, Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jason Utas meteorite

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Men inspired meteorite find. Includes a crater!

2010-03-20 Thread Richard Kowalski
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Re: [meteorite-list] Keeping a meteorite database

2010-03-19 Thread Richard Kowalski
in the collection and one more currently on the way. Richard Kowalski __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Darryl. I was searching something else and found a site called tv.com On a whim I entered meteorite in the search box and it returned 140 TV episodes with that term. Many are cartoons... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
OK Carl2, I found this episode on that same tv.com. It was called The Beeping Rock. It apparently about a Lunar sold for $14... http://www.tv.com/green-acres/the-beeping-rock/episode/32483/recap.html?tag=episode_recap;recap -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Fri, 3

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
Sorry. Guess I need to catch up on the thread before I post. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Express: Phobos Flyby Images Released

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
A similar question came up on MPML about the grooves on Phobos. I thought this answer by Alan Harris might be of interest. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 Alan Harris wrote: The strings or grooves have been seen since the time of the early Mariners and Vikings, they're

[meteorite-list] [Fwd: Re: {MPML} Mars Express: Phobos Flyby Images Released]

2010-03-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
And a paper that may be of interest. My last post on the subject... Richard Original Message Subject: Re: {MPML} Mars Express: Phobos Flyby Images Released Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:22:38 - From: Christian chrisk0...@yahoo.com To: m...@yahoogroups.com Another

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

2010-03-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo

[meteorite-list] $122.23 per gram

2010-03-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
this fall generated and how little has been found. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] The Sniper Mentality

2010-03-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
for the bidding to continue to higher levels. Just like in a real live auction. Thanks -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] The Sniper Mentality

2010-03-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
to just allow the auction to continue until the bidding stops. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 3/17/10, starsinthed...@aol.com starsinthed...@aol.com wrote: From: starsinthed...@aol.com starsinthed...@aol.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Sniper Mentality

Re: [meteorite-list] The Sniper Mentality

2010-03-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
Thanks all. I now have a much better understanding all the way around... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 16, 2010

2010-03-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
My condolences Mike! What a shame! (He told me he wanted to find a SNiCk.) Ah well, better luck next time! :) -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 3/16/10, Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org wrote: From: Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Express: Phobos Flyby Images Released

2010-03-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Jerry, Wiki is really a great place for basic scientific information, which is why it is often the first place I look and why I often suggest it for answers to general questions. Try here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_%28moon%29#Physical_characteristics -- Richard Kowalski Full

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

2010-03-16 Thread Richard Kowalski
Much of my collection has come about by winning ebay auctions, but I can see dealers bugging out in greater numbers. Ebay is easy to use, but I'd rather put my money in the dealer's than into ebay's pocket... What online auction sites are you dealers using or considering using? -- Richard

[meteorite-list] Scale Cubes [WAS: Ad Announcing the Count cube Scale / Orientation cube]

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
it is! Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman

Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list] Scale Cubes

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
ridiculous it would be to try to use a 1-cm scale cube to show Hoba's scale? No. Scale cubes show scale and the scale needs to be appropriate to the object. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Shawn Alan photoph

Re: [meteorite-list] Scale Cubes

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Mon, 3/15/10, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com wrote: Sorry Shawn. I vehemently disagree with you. If the scale is not specifically stated in the description, or more importantly in the image itself, you do not know and have absolutely no way to know that the scale cube is 1 cm. You can

Re: [meteorite-list] Scale Cubes used by the Smithsonian Institution

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
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Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball over Tucson

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
not surprised that most people might have missed it. I couldn't tell the brightness on my monitor, so it may or may not have been large enough to drop stones over Arizona. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball over Tucson

2010-03-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
Carl Hergenrother, a fellow LPLer, has a pair of fireball cameras at his house. To see the videos of last night's fireball, a still captured by the MMT All-Sky camera, and a short report, see Carl's blog, The Transient Sky http://transientsky.wordpress.com/ -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the Count cube Scale / Orientation cube

2010-03-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
Have some real fun and make a 1 cubic FOOT and a 1 cubic METER cubes! -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Nemesis-The Death Star

2010-03-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi, All. Despite the Nibiru Nuttery (and the clips of Muller in it), there is a continuing misunderstanding of the Nemesis hypothesis as regards the proposed orbit, its stability, and lifetime. Agreed An

[meteorite-list] Fireball over Tucson

2010-03-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
caught it too.. My camera doesn't record, so I can't go back and check it. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Nemesis-The Death Star

2010-03-13 Thread Richard Kowalski
it... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Nemesis-The Death Star To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 9:04 PM Hello List, Last

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-12 Thread Richard Kowalski
unharmed... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OtbXmu9kg A band called The Meteor Pilots and on and on... You might want to put up a web form for people to offer titles. I think you'll find many score, if not hundreds of them Good luck. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] QUESTION RE METEORITES AND POP CULTURE

2010-03-12 Thread Richard Kowalski
, including all those nerdy babes at the telescope when I picked up TC3 and my fiance' complained I've never let her ride the telescope like the one female researcher... Yes Anne, that commercial wasn't very realistic at all! :) -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Fri, 3/12

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbreakable Asteroids

2010-03-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
-II, will be able to discover these suicidal rocks before (or if), LSST becomes operational sometime after 2016. Unfortunately with current government budgetary constraints, this desirable upgrade may not take place unless we find a private benefactor. -- Richard Kowalski Catalina Sky Survey

Re: [meteorite-list] Speaking of Asteroids...

2010-03-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
Dennis, The Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite group of meteorites are all believed to come from Vesta. See Wiki as a good starting point for your research http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Dennis Miller astror

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbreakable Asteroids

2010-03-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
for the entire lifetime of program. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Catalina Sky Survey Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite

[meteorite-list] The first whetstone on eBay?

2010-03-10 Thread Richard Kowalski
I've seen some auctions of Jack's monograph that included some fragments, but this is the first Whetstone I've seen on ebay. I am not familiar with the seller http://tinyurl.com/ygvxa72 -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

[meteorite-list] Geoff Notkin on Astronomy.FM

2010-03-09 Thread Richard Kowalski
as an MP3 podcast at: http://blog.askyfullofstars.com/2010/03/of-fusion-crusts-and-strewn-fields/ -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] VERY OFF Topic, Stamps First Day Covers

2010-03-08 Thread Richard Kowalski
with to get a fair evaluation and sales price. The funds will go to help pay for our mother's assisted living costs. If anyone has any suggestions on dealers in the United States we should contact, please let me know off list. Thanks and again my apologies for such an off topic post. -- Richard

Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

2010-03-08 Thread Richard Kowalski
That's just for Oregon. Search out Rock Hounding (with the quotes) in the BLM search bar and you'll find many locations that explicitly state collecting rock, fossils, etc ARE permitted... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Ruben Garcia mrmeteor

Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

2010-03-08 Thread Richard Kowalski
Well that is sad. What is the effective data of the law? -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 3/8/10, Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day. To: Richard Kowalski damoc

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-08 Thread Richard Kowalski
believe. This can be tested by mapping the strewnfields. If they are aligned, it is more likely that different classifications could be from the same body and more testing needs to be accomplish. If the axes are significantly offset, then the two or clearly not related. -- Richard Kowalski

[meteorite-list] The Search for Hazardous Asteroids fro Mt. Lemmon

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
will work if you don't have iTunes installed. -- Richard Kowalski Catalina Sky Survey Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
have longer periods. Near Earth Objects often have periods around 6 years or less. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? BothHammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
Wethersfield (1971) fell on April 8th Wethersfield (1982) fell on November 8th 7 (or 5) months apart... Since the Earth was essentially on the other side of the Sun at the time of each fall, that pretty much eliminates any chance the two objects were in the same orbit. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crusted Asteroid?

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
2008 TC3 had an albedo of 5% before entry, or a little bit more reflective than fresh asphalt. 5% albedo is probably not that far off for many asteroids... BTW, the moon's albedo is about 7%, or about half way in reflectivity between fresh and worn asphalt... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

2010-03-07 Thread Richard Kowalski
, there are particulars here that make it even more unlikely... A few more terms you may want to research are orbital distribution and Kirkwood Gaps. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: Thanks Richard

Re: [meteorite-list] The Perils of Type Collecting - A Guide

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Kowalski
sub-type you mention! -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 3/3/10, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] The Perils of Type Collecting - A Guide To: Meteorite List

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Value if used as Tools

2010-03-02 Thread Richard Kowalski
Of course the Tucson Ring was used as an anvil. http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_TUCSON.HTM -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Greg Stanley stanleygr...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Greg Stanley stanleygr...@hotmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

2010-02-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
effort on creating a catalog only to lose it because it was only digital. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Tucson Show GPS POI file - Input requested

2010-02-26 Thread Richard Kowalski
it too, I'd like to hear from you. I would appreciate any feedback you might offer to make the file more useful and user friendly for 2011. Thanks -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http

[meteorite-list] Selling meteorites on TV

2010-02-21 Thread Richard Kowalski
if this is the first time any of them have offered meteorites for sale, but this was the first time I've seen them being sold on TV. A new development because of the Meteorite Men program? -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] Microscope search

2010-02-19 Thread Richard Kowalski
a simple $100 stereo microscope might be enough to get your feet wet and help solidify the direction you want to go if, I mean when you purchase your next microscope! I can tell you more about the microscope I just purchased and why I got what I did privately if you are interested. -- Richard

[meteorite-list] Sonny Clary on Meteorite Men

2010-02-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
public servant and an all round great guy all in one! Thanks to Steve Geoff for asking Sonny to be on your show. I can't think of anyone who would make a better guest to be spotlighted on your show! He is exactly the type of person we should be seeing on TV! -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact catalogues, anyone?

2010-02-17 Thread Richard Kowalski
Ed reposted a message from MPML. I do not think Terry is on this list, so responding to him here probably won't get him the information he requested. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 2/17/10, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: From

Re: [meteorite-list] Submerged Meteorites - Methods of Retrieval

2010-02-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
-- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Submerged Meteorites - Methods of Retrieval To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Monday, February 15

Re: [meteorite-list] Submerged Meteorites - Methods of Retrieval

2010-02-15 Thread Richard Kowalski
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese_nodules -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

Re: [meteorite-list] Almahatta Sitta wanted.

2010-02-14 Thread Richard Kowalski
for their personal collections, but I may be wrong. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 2/14/10, countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net wrote: From: countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net Subject: [meteorite-list] Almahatta Sitta wanted

Re: [meteorite-list] Well, I'M terribly inspired!

2010-02-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
Looks like a nice polished window has already been made. Interesting that they didn't show the interior to the camera. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote: From: Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net Subject

Re: [meteorite-list] Maybe a Mexican Carancas?

2010-02-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
Interesting that reports of a 30 meter crater was created, but USGS real time earthquake reporting doesn't show any event near the reported impact site... One would imagine such an impact would have set off the seismometers, no? Patiently waiting for video... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 11, 2010

2010-02-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
that much out of the ordinary. We've been clouded out much of this year, so I suspect over the next two weeks, with the forecast for clear skies (finally) we'll see 5 or more new NEOs each and every night. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Linton Rohr

Re: [meteorite-list] Space rocks land tourists in Sudanese jail

2010-02-11 Thread Richard Kowalski
they were arrested. Does anyone have any additional information? Does anyone even know their identities? -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

Re: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3 The Universe Video

2010-02-10 Thread Richard Kowalski
series. The name of that is Countdown to Impact and is about 2008 TC3 / Almahata Sitta exclusively. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] 2008 TC3

Re: [meteorite-list] Safely removing caliche?

2010-02-06 Thread Richard Kowalski
Thanks all who responded. Looks like plain old white vinegar is the thing to try. I think I'll hold off on the heating for now, but thanks Steve for what to do next if the basic suggestion doesn't work. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

[meteorite-list] Inexpensive beginner's microscope?

2010-02-06 Thread Richard Kowalski
not ready to buy just yet. Links off-list are appreciated. Thanks. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Safely removing caliche?

2010-02-05 Thread Richard Kowalski
to remove it without affecting the surface below? Thanks -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] First video of Ireland fireball

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Gary. If you look closely the smoke returns to the object. It strikes me as a rocket launch with the footage run backwards. If you read the comments by the person who posted it (upper right) he states it is not the fireball. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 4, 2010

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
Cute. Looks like Sun is sharpening her claws... We have a scratching post for our two... :) -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 2/4/10, Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org wrote: From: Michael Johnson mich...@rocksfromspace.org Subject: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Don't use putty!

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
the specimen. I'm assuming this is just for something like photography, so make sure whatever you use is not visible from the camera. If you are talking long term display, an acrylic or metal stand is preferred. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 2/4/10, Erik

[meteorite-list] Where can I find plastic specimen boxes in Tucson???

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
Rikers very much, so those are out. Thanks -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Indian Fall Akhnoor in Tucson?

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
A friend asked me to keep an eye open for this recent fall. Has anyone seen it anywhere? I haven't. Thanks -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

[meteorite-list] Meteorites, Value and the Media

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Kowalski
have given it to us... Nothing you say or do is going to change that attitude any time soon. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] enyclopedia of meteorites

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hi Steve Sergey Vasiliev is the webmaster for that site. I suggest you contact him. If yu don't have his email address, you can also contact him through the form on his website here: http://www.sv-meteorites.com/contact.aspx -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson 2010, Parties, Meteorite Men Screenings, News, etc.

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
everyone that will be in Tucson this Saturday to attend the exhibition as well as Ed's talk about CSS. The doors to the Exhibition open at 6pm sharp and Ed's talk is at 6:30pm. Hope to see you all there. -- Richard Kowalski Catalina Sky Survey Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona http

Re: [meteorite-list] More on the Lorton... or Lorton hears a Who ?

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
the owner about this, but I wouldn't be surprised if some hunter contacted them to advise them of their rights... -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 1/28/10, michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com wrote: From: michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com Subject

Re: [meteorite-list] More on the Lorton... or Lorton hears a Who ?

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Kowalski
for classification and research but I have a huge problem with some researchers that feel they need to horde every milligram for no reason other than to keep it out of the collector market. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081

Re: [meteorite-list] Updated Lorton trajectory

2010-01-27 Thread Richard Kowalski
Yes it will, because GE expects the input to be Latitude, Longitude and Rob has presented them as Longitude, Latitude. Reverse his numbers and it will work correctly. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 1/27/10, Shawn Alan photoph...@yahoo.com wrote

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
and added to your collection. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

[meteorite-list] Snow in Arizona

2010-01-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
). -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: First cut at wind-shifted, predicted impact coordinates

2010-01-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
Now that's really funny! -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sun, 1/24/10, Paul Harris p...@meteorite.com wrote: From: Paul Harris p...@meteorite.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: First cut at wind-shifted, predicted impact coordinates To: Mike Hankey

[meteorite-list] Additional GPS files for Tucson visitors

2010-01-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
your trip to Tucson. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http

Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words

2010-01-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
OK I'll bite, here are my two: Meteorsight - What a meteorite hunter possesses if (s)he can spot a meteorite from 50 feet away. Meteormight - What it takes to lift a newly found meteorite out if its hole. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 1/23/10

[meteorite-list] NatGeo Channel Ancient Asteroid

2010-01-19 Thread Richard Kowalski
website. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/ancient-asteroid-2671/Overview -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Setting

2010-01-19 Thread Richard Kowalski
. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Tue, 1/19/10, Pete Shugar pshu...@clearwire.net wrote: From: Pete Shugar pshu...@clearwire.net Subject: [meteorite-list] Setting To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 8:18 PM I can't get

[meteorite-list] OSIRIS-REx - One of Three Finalists for Next NASA Mission

2010-01-19 Thread Richard Kowalski
A short video interview with Mike Drake, LPL Director and mission PI and Dante Lauretta, Deputy PI about the proposed OSIRIS-Rex mission to asteroid 1999 RQ36 http://uanews.org/node/29491 -- Richard Kowalski Catalina Sky Survey Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

[meteorite-list] The Tucson Show GPS file updated

2010-01-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
contained in this file. (Remember, this file is only for use with GPS navigation units and will not provide directions for those using paper maps.) See you in Tucson! -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] The Tucson Show GPS file updated

2010-01-18 Thread Richard Kowalski
this would get you to the various locations and from there it is an easy matter to find the appropriate room that the dealer you are looking for is occupying. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Richard Kowalski damoc...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Richard

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