Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-10 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Ken, All, That looks nothing like a fresh iron meteorite. Fusion crust? That looks more like rust, and nevermind those shallow indentations that are being called regmaglypts - if you want to see what a fresh iron looks like, take out a Sikhote or Taza - or draw up some pics of any other

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2007-03-10 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Can anyone get ahold of the famous Myth Busters in the San Francisco area, this one would be a great one for Jammie to tackle! Best, Dave F myth busted. Matson, Robert wrote: Hi Ken, In case you missed the video: http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ Thanks very

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-10 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Gary, All, Fallen meteorites do not have 'craters' on them. Their flight through earth's atmosphere removes all traces of original exterior surfaces that existed when the body was still in space (or, if the body is large enough to retain some of these features on its rear side, it simply

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-10 Thread Martin Altmann
Jason Utas Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. März 2007 23:54 An: Meteorite-list Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home Hello Ken, All, That looks nothing like a fresh iron meteorite.  Fusion crust?  That looks more like rust, and nevermind those shallow indentations that are being

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Martin Altmann
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Darren Garrison Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. März 2007 02:04 An: Meteorite Mailing List Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:04:19 -0600, you wrote: (Where'd you find the additional pictures?) Here's

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 13:14:43 +0100, you wrote: Hmm, I'm not convinced Looks like a Sikhote-shrapnel. It is covered with rust, whatever it is. And the white areas, any guesses what those are? Corrosion? Paint? http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt

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2007-03-06 Thread greg stanley
Hmm Do they have any large factories nearby? Or perhaps some industrial plants that refine or maybe recycle scrap metal. This thing makes the NJO look quite genuine. I guess the media will go nuts for a bit, before it’s actually been tested. -Greg Stanley Darren

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, This looks even less like a fresh iron than the NJ object... http://www.pantagraph.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=4gallery_page=0album_page=0albumid=71mediaid=1596 Regards, Jason On 3/5/07, Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Steve Dunklee
I think somone was suppose to be sitting at the computer. - Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear List;] Here is the email address of the photographer and story artist You may all wish to ask him to follow up on the story to either disprove, or prove the rock in question. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best, Dave Freeman RS WY Ron Baalke wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Rex Kelsey
Hey List, This looks just like a piece of a I-beam that has been cut off then kicked around for a couple of years. How it got airbourne is another thing. Anybody know a teenager that can throw a couple ounces of steel 60 miles an hour from across the street? Go to any high school

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread ken newton
Hi, In case you missed the video: http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ In the video, Skip mentions fusion crust and thumbprints on the side we did not see. Thanks to Dave, I wrote the David Proeber and he sent this: http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/temp/03052007bb.jpg Best,

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear Ken, Is it me or is this a poor example of fusion crust and thumbprints?? I don't see it yet as I stand on my head to look at the photo up side down. I still go with hoodlums chucking a piece of foundry steel through a window, or some industrial mishap that launched

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Ken, In case you missed the video: http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ Thanks very much for posting the video link. Now we can see that although my estimate yesterday of the computer table's depth of two feet was maybe a little high, the hole in the window is far less

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Gary K. Foote
Has anyone noticed the impact crater on the edge of this object? If I missed a post pointing it out I apologize. Seems obvious to me... Gary Hi Ken, In case you missed the video: http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ __

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread Notkin
Dave posted: I don't see it yet as I stand on my head to look at the photo up side down. I still go with hoodlums chucking a piece of foundry steel through a window, or some industrial mishap that launched debris over a distance. Hey Dave, that was a good chuckle thanks : ) Are we going

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-06 Thread SUSA
@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 05:08:08 -0800 (PST) I think somone was suppose to be sitting at the computer. - Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta

[meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-05 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt Suspected meteorite hits Bloomington home By M.K. Guetersloh Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) March 5, 2007 UPDATE 2:30 p.m. BLOOMINGTON - A Bloomington couple caught a falling star Monday morning not quite in

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:34:03 -0800 (PST), you wrote: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt Robert Skip Nelson, a professor of geology at ISU, came out to Riddles' home to take a look at the object, which is about the size and shape of deck of cards.

[meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-05 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Another mystery: A chunk of metal that crashed through the bedroom window of David and Dee Riddle just after 9:30 a.m. appears may be a meteorite but it also could be a piece of space junk according to preliminary analysis by several Illinois State University geology professors.

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2007-03-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt Suspected meteorite hits Bloomington home By M.K. Guetersloh Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) March 5, 2007 UPDATE 2:30 p.m. BLOOMINGTON

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2007-03-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:34:03 -0800 (PST), you wrote: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news

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2007-03-05 Thread Chris Peterson
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec62e14a6c2722505892.txt Suspected meteorite hits Bloomington home By M.K. Guetersloh Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Hits Illinois Home

2007-03-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:04:19 -0600, you wrote: (Where'd you find the additional pictures?) Here's the photo gallery http://www.pantagraph.com/shared-content/gallery/?galleryid=4gallery_page=0album_page=0albumid=71mediaid=1601 __ Meteorite-list mailing