Re: [meteorite-list] A New Nearby Oddball Planet

2011-05-03 Thread star-bits
Sterling wrote: A planet of 75% iron with a 25% crust of Tungsten would have a density of 11, and I suppose that if everything less refractory than tungsten had boiled away, you could get such a planet... Those densities are for items sitting on your desk. The iron core of earth has a

[meteorite-list] Density of iron at high pressure

2011-05-03 Thread Carl Agee
Eric is right, this high density can be explained by the effect of very high pressures on pure solid iron in a planet 1.6 times the diameter of the Earth . Of course, nothing is pure in nature, so there is presumably Ni, Co, S, O, and C in the mix. The light elements offset the dense iron. If

[meteorite-list] Wanted: Tagish lake

2011-05-03 Thread Max Null
Hello dear List-member, does anyone has a piece of tagish Lake for sale. Please send your offer with picture  and price All the best Max Null __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Update- SE USA Meteor 29APR2011

2011-05-03 Thread drtanuki
Dear List, An update post for the 29APR2011 Georgia, Florida, ... / SE USA Meteor: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/05/walb-ch-10-tv-report-meteor-streaks.html There is post includes a TV report and Florida Allsky Camera footage of the event seen in 7 States. Dirk Ross...Tokyo

[meteorite-list] AD: Varre-sai for sale

2011-05-03 Thread André Moutinho
Dear list, I have listed some some Varre-sai meteorites on ebay. 3.2g partslice http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330558653518ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT 0.5g slice with crust http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330558654047ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT 49.5

[meteorite-list] From Rubin to Wasson

2011-05-03 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi List, Alan Rubin and John Wasson in the NEWS! http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/05/new_mineral_unearthed_and_named_after_ucla_professor -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos:

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Varre-sai for sale

2011-05-03 Thread André Moutinho
Hello, the last piece link is wrong. The correct is: http://cgi.ebay.com/Varre-Sai-Meteorite-49-5g-Individua-New-Brazilian-Fall-/330558658558?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item4cf6d4d7fe Cheers, Andre __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] AD - Auctions Ending - Very Low Prices

2011-05-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Just a quick note to let you know I have 54 great auctions ending today, all started at just 99 cents with no reserve. Many do not have opening bids or are at giveaway prices. Perhaps bidders are distracted with all of the news on the media. Bin Laden being capped may save

[meteorite-list] AD - 55 g 'Moss' CO3 ( 2006 carbonaceous fall ) ending soon on Ebay

2011-05-03 Thread Bjorn Sorheim
I have the 55g 'Moss' CO3.6 on Ebay ending in 4 hours: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=160581212048 Atractive looking piece. Active bidding, but still a good buy. All 'Moss' finds was 'hammer' stones, it's extremely fresh, with no rust, just as when it came down back in 2006.

[meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles correspondence

2011-05-03 Thread The Tricottet Collection
Dear list members, I'd like to give access on my website to transcripts of my newspaper articles and original correspondence related to meteorites (and minerals fossils...): http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_newspapers.html

[meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Hello there, as it seems, that videos presenting meteorites from all sides are appreciated by you, let us show a little one we made a while ago from some of our planetaries. We animated a little intro to set the stones in a context. Well, here it is, the production from the Chladni Studios. ;-)

Re: [meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles correspondence

2011-05-03 Thread Don Merchant
Hi Arnaud. I do not believe you would be breaking any laws here in the U.S. In other countries I am not sure, but I believe there may be some sort of universal copyright laws that most countries follow. I do know that as long as you are not selling the transcripts ect for profit and you give

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Martin and Stefan, Let me be the first to say, Wow!, I am very impressed!! That is really cool, love the 'intro', I may have to hire you to do some intros for me for future projects, or anyone else who knows how to do this. I am finding out today hat the video world is a completely

[meteorite-list] NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Milestone Approaching Vesta

2011-05-03 Thread Ron Baalke
May 03, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jcc...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-133 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT REACHES MILESTONE APPROACHING ASTEROID Dwayne C. Brown

[meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Adam Hupe
Everybody is posting movies of their special pieces so I thought I would join in. Here is an image of NWA 5000, the most valuable formally appraised meteorite in history in .mov format: http://themeteoritesite.com/Good-1.MOV Enjoy and Best Regards, Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Martin and List, I am downloading the video now. :) Just a quick idea - would it be possible to add a video section to the Encyclopedia of Meteorites for members to upload videos such as these? Or, would that chew up too much bandwidth? Best regards, MikeG

[meteorite-list] NWA 4468 Martian 3-D Video [Higher-Res]

2011-05-03 Thread Greg Hupe
Hey All, A few enthusiastic viewers asked if I had a higher-res video of NWA 4468, the Primitive Shergottite. I do, here you go, but be patient, it is 40mb and takes a little longer to load than my first one yesterday. The image is well worth the wait though! :) Note the large pyroxene

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Adam Hupe
A lot of you are having problems loading this while others are having no problem at all. You will need Video/QuickTime to read .mov format. I used this format since the download bandwidth is much less without sacrificing too much resolution. I have not tried loading this on my Windows 7

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Pete Pete
Hi, all, I'm not that knowledgeable about YouTube, but if a common heading is agreed upon, couldn't all the videos be found in one place there for free? Best, Pete Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 18:40:41 -0400 From: meteoritem...@gmail.com To: n...@chladnis-heirs.com CC:

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Marcin Cimala
Im sure that Youtube is the best place for any meteorite video. Better than any other meteorite page. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Greg Hupe
Marcin wrote: Im sure that Youtube is the best place for any meteorite video. Better than any other meteorite page. For me personally, if I were to go through all the effort of making the video, in addition to spending a bucket-load of money on a special meteorite that deserves such a video, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi Adam, In my experiance MOV is not a typical format and most non video savy people will have a hard time with it. MPEG is much more common and delivers a similar low bandwidth/high quality picture. I use AVS video converter (free online) to convert to MPEG Cool Videos though! On 5/3/11,

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Quicktime and Real Player are the devil - install them and you'll never get them out of your system later. Both re-write your registry and cannot be properly removed with a technician. Even if you uninstall them, your registry is screwed up afterwards. My advice is to avoid both. Best regards,

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Stuart McDaniel
That is just wrong..what an awesome piece!! Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society IMCA #9052 Member - KCA, KBCA, CDUSA -Original Message- From: Adam Hupe Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:32 PM To: Adam Subject: [meteorite-list] Video of

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
I couldn't open the .MOV or the .MP4. Is there anything that will open them without entrenching itself deep into my system? Best regards, MikeG --- Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber Website -

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Stuart McDaniel
Or use Glary Registry Repair. Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society IMCA #9052 Member - KCA, KBCA, CDUSA -Original Message- From: Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:47 PM To: Adam Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
If my registry needs repair, then it's too late. ;) I was briefly tempted to install something to view those videos, because I hate to miss out. But I have had horrible past experiences with Quicktime and Real Player. Watching a video is not worth having my PC screwed up to the point of

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Stuart McDaniel
I have never had any problems out of those. They are kinda proven like Windows. I suggested Glary if you have uninstalled something recently, you can use it to clean up the registry afterwards. It just keeps things in order. I run it ever so often just to tidy up. Stuart McDaniel Lawndale,

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Adam Hupe
My HP computer came stock with Quick Time. It seems Microsoft is where most of the problems lay. Now, I am having major slow-down problems with the Fire Fox browser but refuse to go back to Microsoft. Sometimes, you just can't win when using software, especially, the garbage operating systems

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Walter Branch
Martin and Stefan, That is an AMAZING video! Very nicely done. I saved a copy to my hard drive. Looking forward to your next video :-). -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe gmh...@centurylink.net To: Chladnis Heirs n...@chladnis-heirs.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Now you guys are killing me. I'd like to see this video. My media player (WMP) won't open an MP4. Do I need to download a new codec for it, or do I need an entirely different player? (hopefully not the latter) Best regards, MikeG

Re: [meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles correspondence

2011-05-03 Thread mmartin
Hi Arnaud, I've got some experience with US copyright law and will outline it the best I can: 1. Works published before 1978 remain protected under copyright law for 75 years from the date of their original publication. Works published on or after January 1, 1978 as protected by

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Stuart McDaniel
I think seeing a NWA500 as big as a basketball is worth downloading QuickTime. Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society IMCA #9052 Member - KCA, KBCA, CDUSA -Original Message- From: Galactic Stone Ironworks Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:43 PM To: Walter

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar and Martian Meteorites

2011-05-03 Thread Walter Branch
Mike, Itunes can play it, since itunes it uses the apple quicktime player. Itunes comes already installed on many computers. I prefer avi format as these files are easily edited using virtual dub ( a free program) . Ruben. I have also used AVS to convert files. Works well and is easy to

Re: [meteorite-list] A New Nearby Oddball Planet

2011-05-03 Thread cdtucson
Sterling, I was throwing out a guess based on what people have found and was later determined to be meteor wrongs based on the fact that they did not jive with other metal meteorites found previously. In other words; Maybe, just maybe . Not all metal meteorites have to be mostly iron. ' I have

Re: [meteorite-list] Video of Lunar

2011-05-03 Thread Nelson Holcomb
There are two good players out there that don't foul up your system. VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) and Media Player Classic (http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/) are both small programs that don't require you to give up all your privacy rights and install a bunch of bloated software like those