Re: [meteorite-list] Question
Hi, All elements have a minimum threshold for photoneutron production. The maximum photoneutron production occurs at often higher energies. The lowest photoneutron threshold is for poor old deuterium which has only one neutron to cough up, of course, and it's 2.32 MeV. Photoneutron production peaks at about ten times that value. Denser materials like metals have higher thresholds and peak closer to the threshold, like lead, whose threshold is around 7 MeV. (People frequently have quite unreasonable notions about trusting lead shielding; true, it will stop 10 MeV photons... by effectively translating them into neutrons!) 25 MeV will pretty much kick plentiful neutrons out of most elements. The x-rays produced by electrons striking a metallic target is a mechanism for producing energetic photons and it is the original discovery means of producing so-called Roentgen Rays, what today we call x-rays, technically any photon with a wave length of 10 nm down 0.01nm. Soft x-rays (like from the TV tube), the longer wavengths, are actually an overlap with what we would call extreme ultraviolet today. Hard x-rays, the shorter wave lengths, shade up into gamma rays. You don't even need the 25 kV of an old TV to generate soft x-rays; a few kV's will produce feeble (but still damaging!) x-rays. Oddly enough, and largely forgotten today, is the fact that the human eye can directly see x-rays. Roentgen himself observed a pale blue diffuse glow from one of his more powerful first x-ray tubes -- through a wooden door! He dismissed it as unreal until the phenomenon was called to his attention by other early experimenters. It requires that the eye be completely dark-adapted, as if you were using an astronomical telescope. It is not known whether the x-radiation stimulates the visual pigment directly or the optical nerves, but however it does it, we're pretty sure that it ain't good for you! Git out of there! More powerful x-rays can also stimulate air to produce full spectrum airglow, a bright white light where the x-ray beam is, making it appear that the x-ray beam is a shaft of very bright light. This has only rarely been observed, as it is an even more dangerous phenomenon than the directly stimulated blue glow -- if you ever see it, run, don't walk... While there is much to be learned from stream meteor meteoroids my intuition tells me that attempting to scale between the phenomena associated with an impactor of a 1-3 millimeters and an impactor that is one kilometer is a waste of time, as one has a million trillion times the size (mass) of the other. Very few events scale well over a range of 10^18! Mention has been made of the electrophonic sounds of fireballs, mechanism unknown, that produces low frequency radio waves (10 to 10,000 hertz) strong enough to cause natural oscillators to convert them into audio (acoustic) waves. They are a great source of argument: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3240/electro1.htm Again, arguments about energy and sources and unknown mechanisms. (Lot of that going around.) The only other phenomenon on this planet with the energy to produce similar waves are the more powerful lightnings, with plasma temperatures of 30,000 Kelvin or more. As for their electric potential, the dialectric breakdown of air is about three million volts per meter, so a small 1000 foot bolt has a potential of a GigaVolt, or one billion volts, sufficient to accelerate particles substantially (and a TeraJoule of energy, too). As for the electrophonic radio waves of lightning, they are easy to observe, but hard to account for. In 1992, it was hypothesized that lightning was triggered by cosmic ray shower events (frequent enough to do it) which generated ionized pathways long enough for the bolt to begin (what triggers lightning is a mystery). In 1994, NASA released reports of TGF's (Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes) accidentally observed by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Further studies show that there are at least 50 short intense gamma ray bursts in the earth's atmosphere each day and that their energies average 20 MeV or higher. After many years, one TGF was coordinated with (within 1500 meters of and simultaneous with) a large lightning strike, so it is now assumed that lightning is capable of generating gamma ray bursts, unless something else generates the gamma ray burst and it triggers the lightning by ionization, of course. How even the high electric potential of a lightning bolt would generate a substantial burst of gamma rays is a complete and utter mystery. Jumping back momentarily to electrophonic sound and meteors, it is noteworthy that while both lighning and fireballs generate similar strong low frequency radio waves, the electrophonic sounds produced by lightning (they have been observed) can be heard by sympathic oscillation in the audio range only a very short distance from the bolt itself, while the
[meteorite-list] QMIG Tenham Sale
Listoids Hola and welcome to 2008 ? first post of 2008 I have listed some numbered limited edition Tenhams on Ebay... These are choice fresh part-slices with a gorgeous ultra-rare light tan coloured matrix with metal flecking I can honestly say that these are amongst the nicest Tenhams I have ever seen... Over to youse - export approval granted for international collectors http://cgi.ebay.com/Numbered-Limited-Edition-Tenham-Meteorite_W0QQitemZ230208454396QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Cheers from down under __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Neutron production in hyper-velocity impacts
Rob wrote: I'm referring to is inertial electrostatic confinement, where the energy required is very modest. It's not that difficult to produce neutrons with a tabletop device using nothing other than electricity Hi Rob, That is a very long-shot in more ways than one. Unless I also misunderstand it, you might have an easier time to figure out how to do cold fusion. When talking about a collision, the word confinement seems a contradiction. Are you thinking of something like: Big Meteoroid enters so rapidly that its plasma trail connects the ionosphere toward the earth's surface, creating an electric potential along the entry trajectory. i.e., creating two mega-electrodes (with a long-shot electrical path between the hot ionosphere and the ground's ground). The heavy water has been also electrolized [somehow, or maybe because its dissociation constant favors this in these 'odd' circumstances] and the deuterium ions get accelerated in this axial electrical gradient, but - it doesn't end there. A second disk beam is produced perpendicular, along the back of the meteoroid from the unbalanced negative charges spilling over from electrons being stripped from the incident meteoroid face's plasma soup toward the cross-sectional center of the back of the meteoroid. Then, the instant it hits the earth, short circuit, the currents surge, and presto, more deuterium neutrons are blasted everywhere? Hi Ed, The X-Rays observed in that link you posted for the comet collision with Jupiter are the same sorts that Chris described regarding Televisions - depending on electrons, when he answered Pete's very perceptive question. The electrons just don't have the energy to do what you want unless meteoroids are as clever as Rob is remotely caveating. The weakest X-Rays are basically very strong UV light. Also, comparing Jupiter to Earth is not a good idea. It's practically a stunted star. It has incredible magnetic fields and associated electric currents and an atmosphere way thicker than Earth's. Maybe someone can even describe what an impact to the surface of Jupiter looks like (I can't), if it even has anything we would consider solid. I wonder how much of Jupiter is deuterium...but I won't get off the topic. Best wishes, and a Very Happy 2008 filled with joy, Doug - Original Message - From: Rob Matson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:56 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Neutron production in hyper-velocity impacts Hi Göran and List, Göran replied: As the temperature that is required to get kinetic fusion between atoms is way too high to be reached in an impact that way to generate neutrons is closed. I think you misunderstood the long-shot mechanism I was offering up -- perhaps a language translation difficulty with the word fusor. I don't mean thermonuclear fusion, of course; what I'm referring to is inertial electrostatic confinement, where the energy required is very modest. It's not that difficult to produce neutrons with a tabletop device using nothing other than electricity, a cleverly constructed pair of nested electrodes, a (poor) vacuum, and deuterium. Now while iron or chondritic meteoroids are probably not good fusor fuel sources, comets may be another story, since they could provide the deuterium (e.g. heavy water). Göran continued: The only remaining way that I see is by photo spallation of atoms by high energy photons. Typically photons begin to produce neutrons on interaction with normal matter at energies of about 7 to 40 MeV. You're not going to get any photons in that energy range for a simple kinetic impact. What is the maximum temperature we're talking about -- 15,000 K? 20,000 K? Even at 50,000 K, I don't think there are any blackbody photons at angstrom wavelengths. --Rob __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] mineral habit, bad links
Hi List, Sorry for posting the bad links yesterday. The problem had something to do with the page I had open on Photobucket where I copied the links. Try these, if you are still interested. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/ mmurray_02/2007_12_30_12_7_7.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/ mmurray_02/2007_12_30_11_59_54.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/ mmurray_02/2007_12_30_12_17_0.jpg Mike (technology challenged) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] QMIG again
Listoids Hola (again) I deleted BUT RELISTED the Tenham Number Limited Edition sale becoz I had the incorrect PAYPAL details therein - my sincere apologies for any inconvenience (sorry Susan) Now should be correct (hopefully) New listing at: http://cgi.ebay.com/Numbered-Limited-Edition-Tenham-Meteorite_W0QQitemZ230208559669QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I have never admitted to being komputer klever and have cheerfully said that I am a Luddite As usual - my children have helped me out (again) with all this new-fangled komputer technology Cheers __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - Outstanding Auctions Ending In A Few Hours - No Reserves!
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Re: [meteorite-list] Neutron production in hyper-velocity impacts
Hi, All, For all (if there are any) following this thread, and puzzled by the mention of the Fusor, the Fusor was invented by The Father (and Inventor) of Television, the late Philo T. Farnsworth! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor contains an excellent description of The Gizmo and some hints for home contruction (high school students have built them for science fairs), so you could build a thermonuclear fusion reactor in your basement if you were so minded and had minimal shop skills. Here's a home builder site: http://fusor.us/fusor.html And another fine site with lots of other Gizmos: http://www.kronjaeger.com/hv-old/fusor/construction/ And this site has a nice big picture of a Fusor where you can look strainght inside and Watch The Fusion Go! http://www.earthtech.org/experiments/fusor/bigsys3.html If Stan Turecki were still around, he would probably be selling used ones on eBay. As far as I know, the appliance version -- Mr. Fusion -- is not yet available. Doug, the plasma of the Big Meteoroid is a BiPlasma. The more massive ions+ surround the B.M. (sorry for that abbreviation) and extend backwards as a cylinder with plasma toroids in axial rotation forming its walls, which wall surrounds an evacuated core. The free electrons form a sheath that mirrors the outer envelope of the ions+ sheath. Between the two, there must be a cavity. Since this B.M. is a cometary icy body, the deuterium content of the icies is greater than terrestial. De+ is the lightest ion, hence the most mobile, etc., etc... But -- you can't build it in your basement. Not on New Years Eve, anyway. Sterling K. Webb - Original Message - From: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob Matson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Neutron production in hyper-velocity impacts Rob wrote: I'm referring to is inertial electrostatic confinement, where the energy required is very modest. It's not that difficult to produce neutrons with a tabletop device using nothing other than electricity Hi Rob, That is a very long-shot in more ways than one. Unless I also misunderstand it, you might have an easier time to figure out how to do cold fusion. When talking about a collision, the word confinement seems a contradiction. Are you thinking of something like: Big Meteoroid enters so rapidly that its plasma trail connects the ionosphere toward the earth's surface, creating an electric potential along the entry trajectory. i.e., creating two mega-electrodes (with a long-shot electrical path between the hot ionosphere and the ground's ground). The heavy water has been also electrolized [somehow, or maybe because its dissociation constant favors this in these 'odd' circumstances] and the deuterium ions get accelerated in this axial electrical gradient, but - it doesn't end there. A second disk beam is produced perpendicular, along the back of the meteoroid from the unbalanced negative charges spilling over from electrons being stripped from the incident meteoroid face's plasma soup toward the cross-sectional center of the back of the meteoroid. Then, the instant it hits the earth, short circuit, the currents surge, and presto, more deuterium neutrons are blasted everywhere? Hi Ed, The X-Rays observed in that link you posted for the comet collision with Jupiter are the same sorts that Chris described regarding Televisions - depending on electrons, when he answered Pete's very perceptive question. The electrons just don't have the energy to do what you want unless meteoroids are as clever as Rob is remotely caveating. The weakest X-Rays are basically very strong UV light. Also, comparing Jupiter to Earth is not a good idea. It's practically a stunted star. It has incredible magnetic fields and associated electric currents and an atmosphere way thicker than Earth's. Maybe someone can even describe what an impact to the surface of Jupiter looks like (I can't), if it even has anything we would consider solid. I wonder how much of Jupiter is deuterium...but I won't get off the topic. Best wishes, and a Very Happy 2008 filled with joy, Doug - Original Message - From: Rob Matson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:56 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Neutron production in hyper-velocity impacts Hi Göran and List, Göran replied: As the temperature that is required to get kinetic fusion between atoms is way too high to be reached in an impact that way to generate neutrons is closed. I think you misunderstood the long-shot mechanism I was offering up -- perhaps a language translation difficulty with the word fusor. I don't mean thermonuclear fusion, of
[meteorite-list] Tucson 08 Auctions Entries - AD
Hi All, Today is the last day to contact me for the old rate of a 10% commission on specimens for sale in the 2008 Tucson Meteorite Auction. After today the rate goes to 12.5% then, after Jan 15th to 15%. I don't have to have the JPGs today, but do need a list of proposed Submissions. (with JPGs would, of course, be even better, but we can Arrange that). Best wishes, Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Couple Find Possible Meteorite in Their Yard in California?
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/meteorite_piece.html Piece of the heavens Couple find possible meteorite in their yard By PATRICK THATCHER Victorville Daily Press December 31, 2007 It's not everyday that a little piece of the heavens drops right into your front yard, just inches from your front door. That's what Kay and Rick Green of Hesperia believe happened to them. We are pretty sure it is a meteorite, Green said. I've seen them at gun shows and this looks like those. We had been walking right past it for a couple of days before we even noticed it sticking just a little bit above the ground. Green had recently filled in a hole at the location where the supposed meteorite had landed and, although he noticed something just barely peeking above the ground, he and his wife didn't think anything of it at first. Then he decided to dig it up. I thought it was a tiny piece. I was surprised to see how big it was. What he dug up was a solid piece of material about the size of a head of cabbage, bearing the characteristics of a meteorite. Green put it on a scale, and it weighed a little more than 5 pounds. Without using expert analysis but referring to Web sites that are used for meteorite identification, Green determined that the object that landed in his yard has a number of meteorite characteristics, most notably a strong magnetic pull. Other characteristics are its heavy weight for its size, its coloring and contours. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Happy New Year everyone, may 2008 produce many meteorites
I am traveling and will be out of the country until the Gem Show. Get ready, this will be one for the record books, Cali, Desaguadero, La Mancha, all will be on display in our room, with more than a million dollars in meteorites. I want to wish everyone a happy new year and I hope many meteorites fall in 2008. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: Happy New Year!
List, Listees, Listoids, it's almost midnight here in Germany and that's why it's time for us - for my Pauline and me - to wish everybody all over the globe a Happy and a Great New Year! May the New Year be what you want it to be: full of joy, health, and and full of M * E * T * E * O * R * I * T * E * S ...falls and finds! Maybe you find a few moments of silence to remember all those who can no longer be with us: Jim Kriegh, Darryl Futrell, ... All the Best, Bernd + Pauline __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Goodbye 2007 - Hello 2008
Dear Listees, Friends, and Colleagues Around the World: My father just called from Europe where it is already 2008. I always find the time difference amusing on New Year's Eve. 2007 was my tenth year as a member of this great forum. THANK YOU TO ART JONES for making it all happen. Hats off also to Paul and Jim of Meteorite Times, Michael Johnson for Rocks from Space Picture of the Day, Larry and Nancy Lebofsky and the production staff of Meteorite magazine, the officers and board of the IMCA, and everyone else who gives freely and generously of themselves to make this the coolest and weirdest hobby ever. And an extra-special thank you to my friend Steve Brenham Arnold for inviting me along on all those great digs. During 2007 we said hello to Bassikounou, Mali, Carancas, La Mancha . . . oh yeah, and this thing : ) http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/ meteorite_piece.html And we said goodbye to a very fine gentleman -- Jim Kriegh. Be safe tonight, and may a big space rock fall in all your yards (but not on your roofs). Happy New Year + Bonne Annee Geoff Notkin www.aerolite.org Tucson, Arizona Meteorite Capital of the World __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! My best wishes for a great new year, that brings you everything you have been wishing for, and of course, a whole lot of Meteorites!!! And to a lot of you: See you very soon in Tucson! Same room than last year, InnSuites, Room 230, and as usual I will have a lot of historical pieces, some jewelry, some rare meteorites, and a few marvelous surprises. See you next year! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. www.IMCA.cc **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 49, Issue 76
good morning List, and Happy 2008 to everybody :-) Leandro IMCA #2689 PTM #107 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Happy New Year everyone!!! Rocks from Space Picture of the Day 2008 is now up: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/calendar.html Sincerely, Michael Johnson http://www.spacerocksinc.com http://www.sikhote-alin.org __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Greetings
From a new comer, to all those who mentor us newbies, I wish each and every one one of you all the best that the stars have to offer. To you, Sterling, many thanks for the post on the fusor. It'll probably take me about 6 weeks to get thru all the side tracks as well as the fusor. I can't believe so much was happening that I didn't know about in electronics. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Geoff - year after year
on 12/31/07 4:32 PM, Notkin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Listees, Friends, and Colleagues Around the World: Be safe tonight, and may a big space rock fall in all your yards (but not on your roofs). Geoff Notkin I'll take it through the roof! (just not on my head). Thanks to you, Geoff, for all that you do - co-founder Of the Harvey Awards, sponsor of the Birthday Bash, Meteorite hunting stories, humor on the list, drumming Up $ for Katrina victims that Kansas town, etc, etc. You sweet thing, you. Michael __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Goodbye 2007 - Hello 2008
Hello and good day Geoff, I just visited your site again. This time I did some looking around. What a nice site. Very impressive. The photography is outstanding. If your into meteorites, this is a nice site to visit. Happy New Year to all, See you in Tucson Floyd Griff Griffith Parker, Colorado - Original Message - From: Notkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Goodbye 2007 - Hello 2008 Dear Listees, Friends, and Colleagues Around the World: My father just called from Europe where it is already 2008. I always find the time difference amusing on New Year's Eve. 2007 was my tenth year as a member of this great forum. THANK YOU TO ART JONES for making it all happen. Hats off also to Paul and Jim of Meteorite Times, Michael Johnson for Rocks from Space Picture of the Day, Larry and Nancy Lebofsky and the production staff of Meteorite magazine, the officers and board of the IMCA, and everyone else who gives freely and generously of themselves to make this the coolest and weirdest hobby ever. And an extra-special thank you to my friend Steve Brenham Arnold for inviting me along on all those great digs. During 2007 we said hello to Bassikounou, Mali, Carancas, La Mancha . . . oh yeah, and this thing : ) http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/ meteorite_piece.html And we said goodbye to a very fine gentleman -- Jim Kriegh. Be safe tonight, and may a big space rock fall in all your yards (but not on your roofs). Happy New Year + Bonne Annee Geoff Notkin www.aerolite.org Tucson, Arizona Meteorite Capital of the World __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Goodbye 2007 - Hello 2008
Dear Listees: Happy New Year to all of you and we hope to see many of you in a month here in Tucson at the Gem and Mineral Show! Larry and Nancy Lebofsky On Mon, December 31, 2007 5:32 pm, Notkin wrote: Dear Listees, Friends, and Colleagues Around the World: My father just called from Europe where it is already 2008. I always find the time difference amusing on New Year's Eve. 2007 was my tenth year as a member of this great forum. THANK YOU TO ART JONES for making it all happen. Hats off also to Paul and Jim of Meteorite Times, Michael Johnson for Rocks from Space Picture of the Day, Larry and Nancy Lebofsky and the production staff of Meteorite magazine, the officers and board of the IMCA, and everyone else who gives freely and generously of themselves to make this the coolest and weirdest hobby ever. And an extra-special thank you to my friend Steve Brenham Arnold for inviting me along on all those great digs. During 2007 we said hello to Bassikounou, Mali, Carancas, La Mancha . . . oh yeah, and this thing : ) http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/ meteorite_piece.html And we said goodbye to a very fine gentleman -- Jim Kriegh. Be safe tonight, and may a big space rock fall in all your yards (but not on your roofs). Happy New Year + Bonne Annee Geoff Notkin www.aerolite.org Tucson, Arizona Meteorite Capital of the World __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
