Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Mars meteorite!

According to the meteorite definition: a meteorite is an extraterrestrial object that had survived crossing EARTH atmosphere. True, so a slight revision to the defintion will be needed: A meteorite is an object from space that has reached the surface of a planet. That's a way so solve the

RE: [meteorite-list] Possible Mars meteorite!

Maybe I'm missing something but, that rock looks exactly like all the other volcanic rocks on mars to me - It even has vesicles! Best Mark Ford -Original Message- From: Darren Garrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:42 AM To:

[meteorite-list] Signal aquired from Huygens

Hi, Just heard, they have received the first signal from the Huygens probe it has entered the atmosphere of Titan exactly as planned. WOW!! THIS COULD BE GOOD! Mark __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Signal aquired from Huygens

Hi, from where did you get the info? I watch tv but only soap operas. We are excited and eating our fingernails Joachim Hi, Just heard, they have received the first signal from the Huygens probe it has entered the atmosphere of Titan exactly as planned. WOW!! THIS COULD BE

RE: [meteorite-list] Signal aquired from Huygens

The website for info on the mission is http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm But - I've been watching it live at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ or via windows media player. http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx Best Mark -Original Message- From: J.

RE: [meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens

If the Huygens mission is a success, this bloke deserves a medal in my book! http://www.esa.int/spacecraftops/ESOC-Article-fullArticle_par-40_1103125 842574.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Meteorite on Mars?

I first thought the boulder near Opportunity's heat shield might be a meteorite, but now I believe it is material ejected somewhere else from Mars like Bounce, possibly a sediment from the Meridiani subsurface. I have produced an anaglyph from Sol 339 pancam raw images and the weathering

[meteorite-list] Radio Astronomers Confirm Huygens Entry in the Atmosphere of Titan

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMIEPQ3K3E_0.html Radio astronomers confirm Huygens entry in the atmosphere of Titan European Space Ageny 14 January 2005 At 11:25 CET the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) of the National Radio-astronomy Observatory in West Virginia, USA,

[meteorite-list] NPA 05-26-1881 Comets and Things, Kansas Meteor Wrong

Paper: Ohio Democrat City: New Philadelphia, Ohio Date: Thursday, May 26, 1881 Page: 2 (of 4) Comets and Things. Some time ago it was stated that, in the opinion of Professor Proctor, the appearance of another comet this year would justify apprehensions of a final mundane smash. Dr. Lewis

[meteorite-list] NPA 10-02-1885 Stone Hurled From Heaven, Meteor Wrong

Paper: Keystone Courier City: Connellsville, Pennsylvania Date: Friday Morning, October 2, 1885 Page: 1 A Big Stone Hurled From Heaven. Washington county now has something new to brag about. Last Saturday loud detonations were heard over the county, the heavens flashed fire, the earth

[meteorite-list] NPA 08-22-1873, New London, Ohio Meteor Wrong

Paper: Sandusky Daily Register City: Sandusky, Ohio Date: Friday, August 22, 1873 Page: 2 (of 4) Singular. The New London (Ohio) Record of last week says: On Monday, while Mr. Hotchkiss, of this place, was engaged in work of some description near his barn, he suddenly heard a whizzing sound

[meteorite-list] NPA 09-14-1880 Estherville Meteorite Sold to British Museum for $6, 500

Paper: The Evening Gazette City: Port Jervis, New York Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1880 Page: 2 (of 4) THE IOWA METEOR. IT IS PURCHASED FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM, $6,500, BEING PAID FOR IT. From the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat, July 27. In May, 1879, the largest meteoric stone ever behold in

[meteorite-list] Morocco Trip and Meeting

Dear list members, As promised, here is a quick report from our last Morocco trip and a couple photos. This last trip was a very trying one that included many mishaps such as lost luggage to and from Morocco, luckily everything eventually arrived here (at 4:30 in the morning after only two

Re: [meteorite-list] Morocco Trip and Meeting

Greg, Very interesting, we look forward to new rocks. Why are you seated next to the grim reaper? Dan Wray - Original Message - From: Greg Hupe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:34 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Morocco Trip and

[meteorite-list] LANL Update

Top University of Texas system officials said they have decided against pursuing the management contract of a U.S. government nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico. This comes at the heels of Texas AM's announcement that they also will not seek the contract, claiming quote, because Lockheed

Re: [meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens

Hi, First image of Titan's surface shown from ESA via JPL and NASA shows a dendritic network (a pattern of fluid drainage) running down to what a appears to be a sea. Image taken at 16,000 meters. Large numbers of images received (100's). Probe continued to send images for a very long

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - January 14, 2005

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Close to the Crest - sol 360-366, January 14, 2005 Currently Spirit is approximately 50 meters (164 feet) from a target called Larry's Lookout on a ridge line in the Columbia Hills. During the period from sol 360 through

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6883 Mars rover discovers a potential meteorite Kelly Young New Scientist January 14, 2005 NASA's rover Opportunity has spotted an unusual rock on Mars that may be a meteorite. The rover first glimpsed the rock two weeks ago as it approached the

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Meteorites are objects that survive the - sometimes fiery - fall to a p l a n e t ' s surface from space. !!! Only about 2% of the meteorites that land on Earth are made of nickel and iron. The rest are made of *r o c k *. ??? Bernd P.S.: Of course, I know what they are talking about

[meteorite-list] Wow fantastic this auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3225item=6505590357rd=1 a beautiful photoarg Matteo _ Ricerche online più semplici e veloci con MSN Toolbar! http://toolbar.msn.it/ è GRATIS!

[meteorite-list] OT: Surface picture from Titan

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/cassini_huygens/huygens_land/landing_01_ H.jpg Very interresting (and unexpected) Bernhard __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Topic: Surface picture from Titan

Your link didn't work, I use this: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html (Nasa-site seems to be overcrowded sometimes). Martin - Original Message - From: Bernhard Rems [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:44 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

I don't know if this thing is a real meteorite, but check out these two images. I think they are about the same size, both found in cold deserts. Heat Shield Rock, Mars: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/346/1P158910593EFF40DPP2593L7M1.JPG Derrick Peak Iron, Antarctica:

[meteorite-list] shock effect?

Check out the concentric bands in this photo of my Nevada find - http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jlp3/images/M0301-8.jpg Looks like the growth rings of an asteroidal tree. Presumably a fossilized shockwave, written in darkened silicates - Do you think that's the right reason for this structure?

RE: [meteorite-list] OT- Signal aquired from Huygens

Hi Sterling, List. The lander's batteries were designed for 30 minutes What a SPECTACULAR mission milestonethe first landing on a planetary moon other than our own. Greg Redfern JPL NASA Solar System Ambassador http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html International Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Whatever it is, it wasn't the look that caught the eye of the scientists, it was the thermal spectrometer that gave an unusual signature. We just have to wait until after the weekend. I guess an answer will be rushed forward on this one. If it is an iron meteorite then it should be easy to see

Re: [meteorite-list] shock effect?

Check out the concentric bands in this photo of my Nevada find First of all: Congrats on that exceptional find! http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jlp3/images/M0301-8.jpg Presumably a fossilized shockwave, written in darkened silicates That would also be my uneducated guess but I will go one

Re: [meteorite-list] shock effect?

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:10:40 -0500, Jeff Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: found posted at the BOTTOM of the message: The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. Therefore, if this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Snicker.

[meteorite-list] Nakhla Dog Meteorites Website

Hello all- It is with great pleasure that I conclude six months of hard work and introduce www.nakhladogmeteorites.com to the world. With the help of none other than our own Geoff Notkin of Stanegate Studios, and a couple other coders, a site that celebrates the fun and adventure of meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla Dog Meteorites Website

In a message dated 1/14/2005 5:39:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all- It is with great pleasure that I conclude six months of hard work and introduce www.nakhladogmeteorites.com to the world. Good job! Thanks for sharing! ;-) Regards, Michael Johnson

Re: [meteorite-list] shock effect?

Hello Jeff, Looks like the growth rings of an asteroidal tree. Presumably a fossilized shockwave, written in darkened silicates - Do you think that's the right reason for this structure? Any other ideas? Shock may have contributed something to the rings, but I'd suggest that the main reason may

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

I hope it will be a meteorite, as I plan to design a CD with a complete database of all known meteorites on Mars. Suscription price for list members: 14.95$ - yearly updates available for 4.95$. Free ship. Martin __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla Dog Meteorites Website

Arff! Arff! on 1/14/05 2:41 PM, Rob Wesel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all- It is with great pleasure that I conclude six months of hard work and introduce www.nakhladogmeteorites.com to the world. With the help of none other than our own Geoff Notkin of Stanegate Studios, and a

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Will your CD have an index? JKG At 03:51 PM 1/14/2005, Martin Altmann wrote: I hope it will be a meteorite, as I plan to design a CD with a complete database of all known meteorites on Mars. Suscription price for list members: 14.95$ - yearly updates available for 4.95$. Free ship. Martin

[meteorite-list] CATALOG COMPLETE (ad)

Sincere congratulations to Rob Wesel. Long Live The Nakhla Dog! I just finished putting up ALL the photos from the last 10 entries in the Tucson Auction from Martin Horejsi, running me over 100. Those of you who do not know Martin, he is one of the most impressive collectors in the US,

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla Dog Meteorites Website

Atta boy Rob, Congratulations on the completion of a wonderful project. Woof, JKGwilliam At 03:41 PM 1/14/2005, Rob Wesel wrote: Hello all- It is with great pleasure that I conclude six months of hard work and introduce www.nakhladogmeteorites.com to the world. With the help of none other

Re-2: [meteorite-list] Nakhla Dog Meteorites Website

Congratulations on the completion of a wonderful project. Woof, JKGwilliam Woof, woof, Bernd Somehow the mountainous background behind the famous Nakhla Dog sign and the unique impact-pitted Nakhla dog has something feminine ... if I only knew what ;-)) Great job! But would anyone have

[meteorite-list] meteorite givaway #25 and final one

Happy friday list.2 and half weeks till the tucson party.I have 5 park forest micro's and 1 10 gram slice of nwa 783 for donation to whom ever wants them.I have also decided to pay postage for the remaining items this way I can just send them.Let me know who wants them.These micro's are ones I

[meteorite-list] What is this?

What are the weird black cross-shaped structures in the white inclusions in this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6505392809rd=1 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Huygens Lands on Titan; Sends Photos

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=624; Probe Lands on Saturn Moon; Sends Photos By MELISSA EDDY Associated Press January 14, 2005 DARMSTADT, Germany - A European space probe Friday sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Titan, showing

Re: [meteorite-list] What is this?

They look like skeletal magnetite to me, very cool and almost unheard of in meteorites. All the best, Adam What are the weird black cross-shaped structures in the white inclusions in this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=3239item=6505392809rd=1

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - January 10-14, 2005

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 10-14, 2005 o Channel Wall Landslides (Released 10 January 2005) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20050110a.html o Tharsis Landslide (Released 11 January 2005) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20050111a.html o Landslide In A Crater (Released 12 January 2005)

[meteorite-list] Officials Say Fireball Explosion Over India Was Fighter Jet

http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2005/january/101372.htm Sukhoi caused celestial fireball! Vinod Kumar Menon and Kashif Khusro mid-day.com (India) January 13, 2005 Twelve hours after the news of the mysterious celestial fireball explosion that shook villages in the Panvel-Khopoli belt in

[meteorite-list] a final word on the givaways

Hi again list.All the freebies are all gone.And I want to thank all the people who chimed in to receive my genorocity.It was my privilge to have given away all those specimens.I hope the people who have received all these,I hope I have brighten up there lives.In all I gave away 53 different

[meteorite-list] For sale: Toluca Meteorites from the Oscar Monnig Collection!

Hi List, I have several Toluca pieces from the Oscar Monnig Collection for sale. These were acquired a short time ago from an old time collector/dealer. Each piece has a Monnig number printed on top in white paint. A few even come with an information card from another old time dealer named David

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Thanx Jeff for the comparison. If your first pic is the fragment on Mars...then it sure looks like a piece of an iron asteroid to me. John -- Original message from Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- I don't know if this thing is a real meteorite, but check out

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Martin or is tht Martain?!!?? ILL TAKE THREE! Jerry - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite I hope it will

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Ron and List, If this rock were on ebay we would already be hearing slag, hematite etc., etc. :) Another point - Why did Squyres not anticipate the possibility of a meteorite and pre-test the abrasion tool on one before it left here? Thomas --- Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[meteorite-list] Exqusite New Iron -Ad

Hello everyone! We have just listed an exqusite, full slice of an extremely rare new North African Iron on ebay. You can take a look at the following link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6505705347ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1 Enjoy! -John Dawn Arizona Skies Meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Hi Jeff, et all, Looking closely at the new odd rock (aka meteorite) on Mars, I'm struck by what appear to be very clearly delineated ventifact markings. I have seen this a lot in certain desert localities. They are oriented, as one would expect from a desert wind (e.g. the rock sits

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:59:22 -0800, Nicholas Gessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: pattern. They should be somewhat radial. Has it been suggested that the spherules are also wind artifacts? The Derrick Peak Iron shows none of By spherules, do you mean the objects around the rock in this picture?

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite

Hi, I have nothing to contribute as to whether the object is or is not a meteorite, but there is one thing about discovering a meteorite on Mars that disturbs me. The performance of the rovers have greatly exceeded their planned lifetime and reach, but even so, the two them have only