[meteorite-list] ODD PLANET

2006-09-15 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Time was, every discovery of an extra-solar planet was big news. Now, with the total pushing up toward or past 200, it's like, ho-hum, another exotic planet, unless it's was the smallest yet discovered or the biggest or the hotest... But the new extra solar planet announced today is

Re: [meteorite-list] re: A break (was All Hail Eris ...) OT

2006-09-15 Thread MexicoDoug
All Hail Eris ?? Does the arrogance and sophomoronic Solar System smugness ever stop on our glorious stellar merry-go-round? Even I'm getting dizzy from this! Now we really do have cartoon dogs naming the new planetary discoveries in the further reaches of the Solar System without

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Found On Golf Course InIllinois

2006-09-15 Thread Deborah Martin
At 08:37 PM 14/09/2006, you wrote: Yeah - those pea-sized ones generate the most heat. The grounds keeper should have beaten it with a stick for ruining the turf. Cheers, Pete The Kitchener, Ontario meteorite fell on a golf course in 1998 and barely missed a golfer. Read about it at:

Re: [meteorite-list] re: A break (was All Hail Eris ...) OT

2006-09-15 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:47:31 -0500, you wrote: gossip that Eris was approved as another crude joke. Backwards it spells Sire And scramble it again, and it spells rise! Backwards google: http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi?dir=/page=/webhp%3Fhl=en

Re: [meteorite-list] re: All Hail Eris and Dysnomia (2003 UB313)

2006-09-15 Thread Marco Langbroek
Sigh. I am getting tired of this. Sterling, will you please: 1) inform yourself of what are proper procedures in minor body research instead of just quoting Brown, as if it is Brown who sets the standard (he surely isn't, see below, as this is a real issue concerning Brown); 2) realize that

Re: [meteorite-list] Thanks and Congrats- Mike's Article

2006-09-15 Thread Dave Mouat
Thanks Robert As I mentioned last week, I have a copy that I am finally going to scan and will then send to Darren for posting. Regards Dave Robert Woolard wrote: Dave, Mike and List, Thanks to Dave Mouat for his kind offer to send out the copies of the Spirit magazine with Mike's

[meteorite-list] The Dwarf Planet Formerly Known as Xena Has Officially Been Named Eris, IAU Announces

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12893.html Caltech News Release For Immediate Release September 14, 2006 The Dwarf Planet Formerly Known as Xena Has Officially Been Named Eris, IAU Announces PASADENA, Calif.--The International Astronomical Union (IAU) today announced that the

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Update - September 14, 2006

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: The Martian Sun Also Rises as Winter Retreats - sol 957-963, September 14, 2006: Spirit is beginning to see an upward trend in electrical power as winter slowly recedes and the sun ascends higher in the sky each day. Electrical

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: September 11-15, 2006

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES September 11-15, 2006 o Feature of the Week: Iani Chaos http://themis.asu.edu/feature o Ejecta Texture (Released 11 September 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060911a o Arabia Terra (Released 12 September 2006) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20060912a o Aram

[meteorite-list] Crater Studies on Titan

2006-09-15 Thread Ron Baalke
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2261 Crater Studies on Titan September 12, 2006 Full-Res: PIA08737 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08737 This image from Cassini's radar instrument shows an impact crater with a diameter of 30 kilometers (19

[meteorite-list] Thanks to Dave Mouat for article

2006-09-15 Thread Pat Brown
Hi Dave, Thanks for the article on Mike the meteorite hunter! This was a well written article that is getting good press. Best Regards, Pat __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

[meteorite-list] Billions of dollars

2006-09-15 Thread joseph_town
Billions and billions of dollars... http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/09/13/PM200609135.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Collection site changed in graphic and new historical items

2006-09-15 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
Hello I have change some graphic in my collection site for give easier the navigation and upload importan and historical pieces arrive in this days type: Siena gr.4.4 end piece with crust http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5936/sienapt7.jpg Krasnojarsk gr.14.05 fragment

[meteorite-list] AD: 11 kg endcut Seymchan for sale - 3D pic

2006-09-15 Thread Ivan Kutyrev
Hello! A link to 10,920 gram endcut of Seymchan, etched, with olivine grains - 3D view and high resolution pictures. It is for sale. I'll accept best offer. Please contact through private email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Ivan http://www.Sikhote.com/Seymchan.html

[meteorite-list] AD - KAYUNWAR ebay AUCTIONS ABOUT TO END

2006-09-15 Thread Fred Caillou Noir
Dear Listees, Kayunwar pending auctions will start ending in about 20 hours and once again some beauties just wait for a new place where to go... So catch your mouse and click on http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ50QQsassZkayunwar so that you can have a look at them and should you find

Re: [meteorite-list] re: A break (was All Hail Eris ...) OT

2006-09-15 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Doug: While there is no precedent for naming dwarf planets, the Small Bodies Nomenclature Committee of the IAU http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/ has authority over the naming of these objects (per the IAU resolution). As with ALL asteroids, the discoverer has the naming rights and can use

Re: [meteorite-list] Thanks and Congrats- Mike's Article

2006-09-15 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:17:17 -0700, you wrote: Thanks Robert As I mentioned last week, I have a copy that I am finally going to scan and will then send to Darren for posting. Here's the article-- as usual, I'll just leave it up for a while, so if you want to keep it, download a copy.

[meteorite-list] lets do it one more time

2006-09-15 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!
Hello and good late night list.All the nwa 4293 pieces that were given away are gone and on thier way out.Well I felt bad for the people who did not get any of my givaways,so I decided to give those who missed out 1 more chance to get something free.I have 3 more pieces to givaway to those who did