[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 25, 2008

2008-01-25 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_25_2008.html _ **Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300025 48) __

[meteorite-list] NASA Scientists Get First Images of Asteroid 2007 TU24

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-014 NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 25, 2008 Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using

[meteorite-list] Calendar update

2008-01-25 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_2008.html Sincerely, Michael Johnson http://www.spacerocksinc.com http://www.sikhote-alin.org http://www.rocksfromspace.org __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close Flybyof Earth January 29

2008-01-25 Thread Chris Peterson
For those of us living under dark skies, Comet Holmes is far from gone. It remains an easy and obvious naked eye object, of remarkable size. In binoculars, it's even more impressive. As for TU24, at something like 3 arcsec/sec, no patience will be required to see it move. That's fast enough

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 26, 2008

2008-01-25 Thread Michael Johnson
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_26_2008.html __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29

2008-01-25 Thread Jerry
Looks like Perseus will be the center of attention once again. With Comet Holmes all but gone, Asteroid 2007 TU24 will glide through Perseus on the evening of Jan 29 between 7pm and midnight EST. For those of us lucky enough to have no cloud cover, a late rising moon will not interfere with

Re: [meteorite-list] Enthusiasts of Martian Meteorites

2008-01-25 Thread Moni Waiblinger
Hallo Bernd and List-members, I still love this image of the Rocks From Space Picture of the Day December 16, 2007 http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_16_2007.html I just never knew Bob was so religious! ;-) I am sure you will aquire one or maybe two of these

[meteorite-list] New Georgia find back in the meteorite community

2008-01-25 Thread Dave Gheesling
I went down to Statesboro last weekend and brought this back: http://www.fallingrocks.com/Collections/Statesboro.htm Nice to know it will stay in Georgia, and our MAG group (www.meteoriteassociationofgeorgia.org) is pretty excited about it.  Georgia meteorites are special to kids in Georgia, as

[meteorite-list] AD: Auctions Closing This Weekend.

2008-01-25 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi All, I've got some auctions closing this weekend with more Canyon Diablo, and Campo meteorites. One piece is especially nice. A monster 660gram Canyon Diablo for only .45/g http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfreel3orn Regards, Eric Wichman www.MeteoritesUSA.com

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Heaven new email address

2008-01-25 Thread JASON PHILLIPS
Hello List, I wanted to inform everyone that I have a new email address, so in the future please send emails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Jason Phillips Rocks from Heaven www.rocksfromheaven.com telephone: 217-832-4505 __

[meteorite-list] Arecibo Astronomers Prepare to Obtain Close Images of Asteroid 2007 TU24

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/cuc-aap012508.php Public release date: 25-Jan-2008 Contact: Blaine Friedlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] 607-254-8093 Cornell University Communications Arecibo astronomers prepare to obtain close images of a near-Earth asteroid ITHACA, N.Y. - The

Re: [meteorite-list] Weston sizes

2008-01-25 Thread Peter Marmet
ks1u wrote: was wondering how many of you may have pieces over 4 grams? Hello George, I have a 6.30 g and a 3.85 g fragment of WESTON in my collection. Best regards, Peter __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] MESSENGER: Counting Mercury's Craters

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_01_24_08.html MESSENGER Mission News January 24, 2008 Counting Mercury's Craters On January 14, 2008, MESSENGER flew by Mercury and snapped images of a large portion of the surface that had not been previously seen by spacecraft. Ever since

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - January 24, 2008

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES January 24, 2008 o Southern Dunes and Spiders http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006538_1035 o Layered Sediments in Terby Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006475_1525 o Splotches and Channels Near Sisyphi Montes

[meteorite-list] test Ignore

2008-01-25 Thread AL Mitterling
test __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Museum of Flight Hosting Mars Meteorite

2008-01-25 Thread Mike Bandli
Museum of Flight hosting Mars rock, NASA display Seattle Times 01/25/2008 Author: Christina Siderius (Copyright 2008) When Jim Hull flew into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport this week,he was toting an unusual item in his carry-on bag: part of a meteorite from Mars. Hull, manager of

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-012 Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29 Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 24, 2008 Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000

[meteorite-list] Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2008/NR-08-01-05.html Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory News Release Contact: Anne M. Stark Phone: (925) 422-9799 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2008 NR-08-01-05 Stardust comet

[meteorite-list] Weston sizes

2008-01-25 Thread ks1u
Hello everyone, I will be marketing my 4 gram piece of Weston in some newspapers in western Connecticut soon and want to be accurate in my assessment of its size. I have seen very little over a gram available and was wondering how many of you may have pieces over 4 grams? Thanks very

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 21-25, 2008

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 21-25, 2008 o Aonia Terra Dunes (Released 21 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080121a o Copernicus Dunes (Released 22 January 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080122a o Dust Devil Tracks (Released 23 January 2008)

[meteorite-list] New Horizons: A Hi-Def Peek at Pluto

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Baalke
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/012408.htm New Horizons: NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission January 24, 2008 A Hi-Def Peek at Pluto New Horizons made its first detection of Pluto using the high-resolution mode of its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) during three separate sets

[meteorite-list] Enthusiasts of Martian Meteorites

2008-01-25 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello All, Since we all share this passion for meteorites, those messengers from our solar neighborhood, I would like to draw your attention to Bob Verish's offer of one of the most spectacular Martian meteorites in recent history! How many among us can really boast of owning a piece of either LA