Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Hmmm. Looks like we are in for an even better firework display now then! Surley fragmenting something this big, will mean it is actually more likely for [something] to survive? - since you will create random pieces of debris with very differing velocities and therefore some might have more chance of having suitable rentry parameters which will allow them to survive... Either way - Really, this is not very good news for the low earth space environment! About time we had some proper global treaties in place to stop countries randomly polluting space, all for the sake of some commercial secrets (which are already probably common knowledge anyway). Best, Mark Ford CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. GENERAL STATEMENT: Southern Scientific Ltd's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Registered address Rectory Farm Rd, Sompting, Lancing, W Sussex BN15 0DP. Company No 1800317 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Paleo Finds?
Greetings Listoids, Anyone have a count for the number of confirmed fossil/ paleo meteorites thus far identified? Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Field expedition - off topic
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Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Surley fragmenting something this big, will mean it is actually more likely for [something] to survive? I don't think so. Space debris reaches the ground when it is protected by large structures around it. Break it up into small pieces, and it's doubtful anything will survive. (While the official claim is that this is being done to protect people from falling, toxic debris, I think we all know better. It's being done so sensitive material doesn't end up dropping someplace we have no control over.) ...since you will create random pieces of debris with very differing velocities and therefore some might have more chance of having suitable rentry parameters which will allow them to survive... Probably not all that much variation in velocities. Either way - Really, this is not very good news for the low earth space environment! This is the _really_ low earth environment- only marginally space at all. While I suppose it's possible that a very few pieces could end up in higher orbits, on the whole there's nowhere near enough energy being delivered to have much effect on the average orbit. Breaking this satellite up into small pieces is just going to increase individual decay rates. Within a matter of days, the vast majority (if not all) of the junk is going to be gone. What the Chinese did last year was irresponsible, but destroying this satellite isn't going to produce any debris that we have to worry about. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Mark Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Hmmm. Looks like we are in for an even better firework display now then! Surley fragmenting something this big, will mean it is actually more likely for [something] to survive? - since you will create random pieces of debris with very differing velocities and therefore some might have more chance of having suitable rentry parameters which will allow them to survive... Either way - Really, this is not very good news for the low earth space environment! About time we had some proper global treaties in place to stop countries randomly polluting space, all for the sake of some commercial secrets (which are already probably common knowledge anyway). Best, Mark Ford __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Angrites - Meteorites from Mercury...
Hi Darren and fans of Mercury and/or its likely meteorites, Three strong candidates come to mind ;-) NWA 2999 NWA 4590 Tamassint NWA 4801 Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:01 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury? Meteorites from Mercury? February 15, 2008 by Ken Croswell Meteorites from the Moon and Mars give earthbound scientists free rock samples from other worlds. Now Brett Gladman and Jaime Coffey (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) say we should expect a few meteorites from Mercury too. Gladman and Coffey conducted computer simulations of what happens after asteroids and comets slam into the innermost planet and kick debris into space. Past studies assumed that rocks knocked off Mercury weren't getting away with much more than its escape velocity of 2.6 miles (4.2 km) per second. That's too slow to climb away from the Sun and make it out to Earth. But some previous assumptions were wrong, says Gladman, because the collisional circumstances at Mercury are very different than anywhere else. The Sun's innermost planet speeds through space with a mean velocity of 30 miles (48 km) per second. Furthermore, asteroids and comets crossing Mercury's orbit also travel fast. So impactors strike the planet at speeds 5 to 15 times its escape velocity, and ejecta can rocket off the surface traveling much faster than had been assumed. The new study, which has been submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, concludes that up to 5% of this high-speed debris from Mercury reaches Earth - a third to a half of the delivery rate of meteorites from Mars. Gladman notes that roughly a half dozen samples of Mercury should already be sitting in meteorite collections worldwide. But how would an interplanetary prospector recognize that a stone really is from the innermost planet? Some planetary geologists think a rare class of meteorites called angrites might be good candidates, though others disagree. Gladman cautions, Until you have some kind of ground truth, it's very difficult to make those claims. He says scientists need more information about the composition of Mercury's surface to find matches with suspicious meteorites. Fortunately, the Messenger spacecraft has begun exploring the planet. Messenger flew past Mercury in January and will go into orbit in 2011. It should provide the data that will confirm or refute candidate meteorites from Mercury. Ken Croswell is the author of Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun (Boyds Mills Press, 2006). __ 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] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:00:34 -, you wrote: About time we had some proper global treaties in place to stop countries randomly polluting space, all for the sake of some commercial secrets (which are already probably common knowledge anyway). The enemy probably already have the secret technology that the military is trying to protect anyway. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200802/INT20080212b.html Surely this kind of thing is a lot more common than reaches public notice. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 15, 2008
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[meteorite-list] Angrites - Meteorites from Mercury...
Greg writes: Hi Darren and fans of Mercury and/or its likely meteorites. Three strong candidates come to mind ;-) = NWA 2999 - NWA 4590 Tamassint - NWA 4801 = Hello List, If you are interested in seeing how colorful a thin section of a potential meteorite from Mercury looks in cross-polarized light, here is the link. It was Rocks From Space Picture of the Day on January 27, 2006: http://spacerocksinc.com/Jan27.html Bernd __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] paleo meteorite
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury?
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[meteorite-list] February 2008 Calendar updated
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[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury?
Meteorites from Mercury? February 15, 2008 by Ken Croswell Meteorites from the Moon and Mars give earthbound scientists free rock samples from other worlds. Now Brett Gladman and Jaime Coffey (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) say we should expect a few meteorites from Mercury too. Gladman and Coffey conducted computer simulations of what happens after asteroids and comets slam into the innermost planet and kick debris into space. Past studies assumed that rocks knocked off Mercury weren't getting away with much more than its escape velocity of 2.6 miles (4.2 km) per second. That's too slow to climb away from the Sun and make it out to Earth. But some previous assumptions were wrong, says Gladman, because the collisional circumstances at Mercury are very different than anywhere else. The Sun's innermost planet speeds through space with a mean velocity of 30 miles (48 km) per second. Furthermore, asteroids and comets crossing Mercury's orbit also travel fast. So impactors strike the planet at speeds 5 to 15 times its escape velocity, and ejecta can rocket off the surface traveling much faster than had been assumed. The new study, which has been submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, concludes that up to 5% of this high-speed debris from Mercury reaches Earth a third to a half of the delivery rate of meteorites from Mars. Gladman notes that roughly a half dozen samples of Mercury should already be sitting in meteorite collections worldwide. But how would an interplanetary prospector recognize that a stone really is from the innermost planet? Some planetary geologists think a rare class of meteorites called angrites might be good candidates, though others disagree. Gladman cautions, Until you have some kind of ground truth, it's very difficult to make those claims. He says scientists need more information about the composition of Mercury's surface to find matches with suspicious meteorites. Fortunately, the Messenger spacecraft has begun exploring the planet. Messenger flew past Mercury in January and will go into orbit in 2011. It should provide the data that will confirm or refute candidate meteorites from Mercury. Ken Croswell is the author of Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun (Boyds Mills Press, 2006). __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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[meteorite-list] Poor people
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Re: [meteorite-list] Poor people
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[meteorite-list] Here's another winner
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Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Hi, While I agree the likelihood of meaningful debris is very small, this NYTimes piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/15satellite.html?emex=1203224400en=2350567d2300e89bei=5087%0A contains a prediction that a successful hit on USA-193 will produce 100,000 pieces of new debris. I think that is a complicated engineering question that was almost certainly NOT evaluated by the person quoted, but I suppose it is a possibility. Rob pointed out that only a very small percentage of the debris will be directed into potentially dangerous orbits, but a small percentage of 100,000 is still a respectable number. The NYTimes piece contains further details of interest. The three-ship flotilla tasked with the takedown will operate in the North Pacific where, depending on the orbital inclination, a stripe running down orbit could stretch around the planet for a full orbit, down the Pacific, then across Antarctica, up the Atlantic, over the Arctic, or as close to this ideal as can be managed. I hope there's some attempt to derive as much data as possible from this little adventure. The SM-3's return a lot of data. There should be tracking ships down the line, I would think, to determine the progress of the breakup and to check for big chunks. Since the Times article implies that there will be only the one cruiser, it is unlikely that there will be more than the one attempt. Sterling K. Webb - Original Message - From: Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Surley fragmenting something this big, will mean it is actually more likely for [something] to survive? I don't think so. Space debris reaches the ground when it is protected by large structures around it. Break it up into small pieces, and it's doubtful anything will survive. (While the official claim is that this is being done to protect people from falling, toxic debris, I think we all know better. It's being done so sensitive material doesn't end up dropping someplace we have no control over.) ...since you will create random pieces of debris with very differing velocities and therefore some might have more chance of having suitable rentry parameters which will allow them to survive... Probably not all that much variation in velocities. Either way - Really, this is not very good news for the low earth space environment! This is the _really_ low earth environment- only marginally space at all. While I suppose it's possible that a very few pieces could end up in higher orbits, on the whole there's nowhere near enough energy being delivered to have much effect on the average orbit. Breaking this satellite up into small pieces is just going to increase individual decay rates. Within a matter of days, the vast majority (if not all) of the junk is going to be gone. What the Chinese did last year was irresponsible, but destroying this satellite isn't going to produce any debris that we have to worry about. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Mark Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Hmmm. Looks like we are in for an even better firework display now then! Surley fragmenting something this big, will mean it is actually more likely for [something] to survive? - since you will create random pieces of debris with very differing velocities and therefore some might have more chance of having suitable rentry parameters which will allow them to survive... Either way - Really, this is not very good news for the low earth space environment! About time we had some proper global treaties in place to stop countries randomly polluting space, all for the sake of some commercial secrets (which are already probably common knowledge anyway). Best, Mark Ford __ 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
[meteorite-list] Fw: International Spacestation Flyover
I'm in Plymouth, MA. Anyone near my Lat and Long can see this. Clear Skies Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:20 PM Subject: International Spacestation Flyover Feb 15, 2008: Space Station Flyby Alert The International Space Station is about to fly over your location. It will reach a maximum elevation of 65.7 degrees at around 06:19 PM. To be on the safe side, go outside 5 minutes early and watch the sky for 10 minutes. If the sky is clear, you'll see the ISS rise in the WNW and move across the sky to the SSE. Note: To be sure you can see flyovers, Space Weather Phone only sends alerts for visible flyovers that are above 45 degrees elevation. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fw: U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Forwarding this to The List for: - Original Message - From: Kelly Beatty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Sterling... I'm sending you this directly because for some reason my posts to the meteorite list aren't going through. Rob pointed out that only a very small percentage of the debris will be directed into potentially dangerous orbits, but a small percentage of 100,000 is still a respectable number. *none* of the debris will survive more than a few weeks. that's because while, conceivably, the fragments' apogees will change a bit, the perigees will not. and the perigees are already so low that fairly rapid decay is assured. all else being equal, breaking up the satellite will actually hasten reentry because virtually all the resulting pieces will have higher area/mass ratios that the intact satellite did. clear skies, Kelly Beatty Executive Editor SKY TELESCOPE 617-864-7360 x2148 SkyandTelescope.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fw: U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Forwarding this to The List for: - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Hi Sterling (and List, if Sterling forwards for me), Rob pointed out that only a very small percentage of the debris will be directed into potentially dangerous orbits, but a small percentage of 100,000 is still a respectable number. Agreed; however, due to conservation of momentum the most wayward pieces will be the smallest pieces, and these will have the highest drag coefficients. So it will not take long before drag at perigee reduces the new boosted apogees right back down again. The longer they wait to intercept USA 193, the fewer fragments that will survive one orbit. For example, at 200-km altitude there is about a 5-degree half-angle fan of post-impact velocity vectors which produce fragments that survive beyond one orbit. The magic bullet fragments are the ones that depart the point of impact in nearly the same direction that the original satellite was moving -- but with higher velocity. Perigee stays the same, but apogee (and orbital lifetime) gets boosted. It doesn't take a lot of extra velocity. At 200-km perigee, a boost of 30 m/s will put apogee at 300 km; 59 m/s puts apogee at 400 km; 221 m/s would send apogee all the way up to 1000 km. But the key is that the velocity has to be in that narrow window of directions that maintains perigee above 100 km. For similar reasons, at least half the fragments are going to decay within half an orbit since they will have velocities lower than the satellite had prior to impact, resulting in new perihelions below 100 km. So they will certainly choose an impact time such that the ground track of the satellite does not pass over populated areas for at least 1/2 an orbit. That pretty much means a descending node pass over the north Pacific -- the further north, the better such that the only land mass crossed is the extreme southern tip of South America, and Africa is completely avoided. By the way, don't miss the opportunity to see passes of USA 193 in the evenings right now! For example, there are excellent passes of USA 193 for the next 4 nights over the southern California area, and there are passes for New York City starting Saturday night, every night for a week! --Rob __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite
Has there been a determination as to when [Universal Tie] and over where this feat will be accomplished. Be neat to witness it! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 6:18 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Forwarding this to The List for: - Original Message - From: Kelly Beatty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] U.S. To Shoot Down Defunct Spy Satellite Sterling... I'm sending you this directly because for some reason my posts to the meteorite list aren't going through. Rob pointed out that only a very small percentage of the debris will be directed into potentially dangerous orbits, but a small percentage of 100,000 is still a respectable number. *none* of the debris will survive more than a few weeks. that's because while, conceivably, the fragments' apogees will change a bit, the perigees will not. and the perigees are already so low that fairly rapid decay is assured. all else being equal, breaking up the satellite will actually hasten reentry because virtually all the resulting pieces will have higher area/mass ratios that the intact satellite did. clear skies, Kelly Beatty Executive Editor SKY TELESCOPE 617-864-7360 x2148 SkyandTelescope.com __ 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
[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 14, 2008
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 14, 2008 o Layers on Floor of Trough in Noctis Labyrinthis http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006679_1680 o Dunes with Unusual Gully http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006648_1300 o Light-toned Layers in Eos Chaos http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005385_1640 o Inverted Channels North of Juventae Chasma http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_006770_1760 All of the HiRISE images are archived here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 11-15, 2008
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 11-15, 2008 o Wind Action (Released 11 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080211a o Sand and Rock (Released 12 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080212a o Argyre Dunes (Released 13 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080213a o Dark Slope Streaks (Released 14 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080214a o Wind Action (Released 15 February 2008) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080215a All of the THEMIS images are archived here: http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Paleo Meteorite
Hi Steve and List, NWA 2828 has the pebbles that helped to classify this Paleometeorite. Here is a link to one of the slices I had that illustrates this occurrence including a few other photos of NWA 2828: NWA 2828 EL3: Photograph of a 24.9g NWA 2828 slice with rhyolite pebble (image 1): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2828/nwa2828pebble.jpg Photograph of magnified radial pyroxene chondrule (image 2): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2828/nwa2828chondrule.jpg Photograph of magnified whitish enstatite-rich clast (image 3): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2828/nwa2828clast.jpg Photograph of a 14.3g complete slice of NWA 2828 (image 4): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2828/nwa2828slice.jpg I have plenty of the Blue material, a List member in the recent past posted that this may be aubrite material but chondrules were found there too, sorry. So far, NWA 4799 is the first and only true aubrite from Northwest Africa! Here are some links to this Truly amazing Aubrite. Do not forget that when I announced NWA 4799 that I also offered a 100% Money Back Guarantee that it will remain classified as an Aubrite. I believe this is important because of the NWA 2828 reclassification to EL3 and the beliefs of some who think the pairings to NWA 2828 are aubrites: NWA 4799 True Aubrite: Image of 26.7 gram polished half of largest stone: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4799/nwa4799a.jpg Image of large whitish enstatite grains at 26x magnification: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4799/nwa4799c.jpg Image of large enstatite grain and veins of goethite from alteration of metal at 20x magnification (lower left shows small metal grain): http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4799/nwa4799d.jpg Image of large enstatite grains at 32x magnification: http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa4799/nwa4799e.jpg Enjoy! Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:32 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] paleo meteorite Hi list.Which of the paleo meteorite has the pebbles in them?To me that one is the coolest. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! The Asteroid Belt! http://chicagometeorites.net/ Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999 Ebay I.D. Illinoismeteorites Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping __ 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
[meteorite-list] Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-026 Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 15, 2008 BOSTON -- Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. Not all water is fit to drink, said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team who is a biologist at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, began their fifth year on Mars last month, far surpassing their prime missions of three months. Today, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, scientists and engineers discussed new observations by the rovers, recent analysis of some earlier discoveries, and perspectives on which lessons from these rovers' successes apply to upcoming missions to Mars. The engineering efforts that have enabled the rovers' longevity have tremendously magnified the science return, said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., principal investigator for the rovers' science payload. All of Spirit's most important findings, such as evidence for hot springs or steam vents, came after the prime mission. Opportunity spent recent months examining a bright band of rocks around the inner wall of a crater. Scientists previously hypothesized this material might preserve a record of the ground surface from just before the impact that excavated the crater. Inspection suggests that, instead, it was at the top of an underground water table, Squyres reported. Experiments with simulated Martian conditions and computer modeling are helping researchers refine earlier assessments of whether the long-ago conditions in the Meridiani area studied by Opportunity would have been hospitable to microbes. Chances look slimmer. At first, we focused on acidity, because the environment would have been very acidic, Knoll said. Now, we also appreciate the high salinity of the water when it left behind the minerals Opportunity found. This tightens the noose on the possibility of life. Conditions may have been more hospitable earlier, with water less briny, but later conditions at Meridiani and elsewhere on the surface of Mars appear to have been less hospitable, Knoll said. Life at the Martian surface would have been very challenging for the last 4 billion years. The best hopes for a story of life on Mars are at environments we haven't studied yet -- older ones, subsurface ones, he said. NASA's current rovers and orbiters at Mars pursue the agency's follow the water theme for Mars exploration. They decipher the roles and fate of water on a planet whose most striking difference from Earth is a scarcity of water. Our next missions, Phoenix and Mars Science Laboratory, mark a transition from water to habitability -- assessing whether sites where there's been water have had conditions suited to life, said Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Where conditions were habitable, later missions may look for evidence of life. Elachi cited the achievements of Spirit and Opportunity. They have worked 16 times longer than planned, driven 20 times farther than planned, and, most important, found diverse geological records of the effects of water in ancient Martian environments, he said. We must not let these successes lull us into thinking this type of exploration is easy. Fifty years into the Space Age, we are still in the golden age of robotic exploration of our solar system, when each mission is unprecedented in some way as we push the limits of what is possible. Each mission presents new challenges. The Phoenix lander, on course to reach Mars on May 25, will assess habitability of a shallow subsurface environment of icy soil farther north than any earlier mission has landed. It revives technology from missions launched before Spirit and Opportunity. The following mission, the Mars Science Laboratory rover, will incorporate many lessons from the current rovers, said that project's manager, Richard Cook of JPL. The next rover will be much bigger to carry the instruments necessary for meeting its goals, but it would be laughable to consider doing Mars Science Laboratory without the experience gained from doing the Mars Exploration Rovers, he said. The Mars Science Laboratory rover will weigh about four times as much as Spirit or Opportunity. There's no way we could use an airbag landing, said JPL's Rob Manning, chief engineer for the future rover. Instead, a rocket-powered hovering stage will lower it to the surface on a tether. Lessons from Spirit and Opportunity will come into play when it starts driving, though. With the current rovers, we've learned we can trust the autonomous navigation technology to a level we never expected, so now we can include that as a capability in our mission design for Mars Science
[meteorite-list] Traces of the Martian Past in the Terby Crater (Mars Express)
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMSEWEMKBF_0.html Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater European Space Agency Mars Epxress 25 January 2008 The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express has returned striking scenes of the Terby crater on Mars. The region is of great scientific interest as it holds information on the role of water in the history of the planet. The image data was obtained on 13 April 2007 during orbit 4199, with a ground resolution of approximately 13 m/pixel. The Sun illuminates the scene from the west (from above in the image). [Terby crater context map] Terby crater lies at approximately 27 degrees south and 74 degrees east, at the northern edge of the Hellas Planitia impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Mars. [Terby crater] The crater, named after the Belgian astronomer Francois J. Terby (1846 â 1911), has a diameter of approximately 170 km. The scene shows a section of a second impact crater in the north. [Terby crater: annotated nadir view, see full caption for details] Eye-catching finger-shaped plateaux extend in the north-south direction. They rise up to 2000 m above the surrounding terrain. The relatively old crater was filled with sediments in the past, which formed plateaux on erosion. [Terby crater, perspective view] The flanks of the plateaux clearly exhibit layering of different-coloured material. Differences in colour usually indicate changes in the composition of the material and such layering is called bedding. Bedding structures are typical of sedimentary rock, which has been deposited either by wind or water. Different rock layers erode differently, forming terraces. [A perspective view of Terby crater] The valleys exhibit gullies, or channels cut in the ground by running liquid, mainly in the northern part of the image. These gullies and the rock-bedding structure indicate that the region has been affected by water. [Terby crater, nadir view] The sediments in this region are interesting to study because they contain information on the role of water in the history of the planet. This is one of the reasons why Terby crater was originally short listed as one of 33 possible landing sites for NASAâs Mars Science Laboratory mission, planned for launch in 2009. [Terby crater, 3D view] The colour scenes have been derived from the three HRSC colour channels and the nadir channel. The perspective views have been calculated from the digital terrain model derived from the HRSC stereo channels. The 3D anaglyph image was calculated from the nadir channel and one stereo channel, stereoscopic glasses are required for viewing. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] First Near-Earth Triple Asteroid Discovered by Arecibo Observatory Astronomers
Press Relations Office Cornell University Ithaca, New York Media Contact: Blaine Friedlander Phone: (607) 254-8093 FOR RELEASE: Feb. 13, 2008 First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory astronomers -- a mere 7 million miles from Earth ITHACA, N.Y. -- Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered this week by astronomers at the sensitive radar telescope at Cornell University's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Cornell University and Arecibo astronomer Michael C. Nolan said he and his colleagues made the discovery when they obtained radar images Feb. 11. The group subsequently took more images to learn that the three objects -- about 7 million miles from Earth -- are rotating around each other. The main, central body is spherical with a diameter of roughly 1.5 miles (2 kilometers), while the larger of the two moons is about half that size. The smallest object is about 1,000 feet across, or about the size of the Arecibo telescope. Other triple asteroids exist in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) and beyond, but this is the first near-Earth system where the actual shapes of objects can be clearly seen. The Arecibo telescope is operated for the NSF by Cornell's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. This discovery has extremely important implications for ideas about the origins of near-Earth asteroids and the processes responsible for their physical properties, said Nolan. Double, or binary, asteroid systems are known to be fairly common -- about one in six near-Earth asteroids is a binary -- but this is the first near-Earth triple system to be discovered. The object was first discovered visually Sept. 19, 2001, by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. The orbits of binary -- and now triple -- asteroid systems unveil the mass and allow astronomers to assess whether they are stable over millennia or have formed very recently. Previous radar investigations of binary near-Earth asteroids have disclosed extraordinary physical and dynamical characteristics. Nolan said this discovery prompts several important questions: Are the objects orbiting in the same plane? How rapidly are the orbits changing with time? Did the moons form when this asteroid formed in the main asteroid belt, or after it arrived in near-Earth space? Because of the small sizes and irregularly shaped components, 2001 SN263 should offer unique insights relative to the much larger triple systems in the main asteroid belt, said Nolan. Examining the orbits of the moons as we continue to observe 2001 SN263 over the next few weeks may allow us to determine the density of the asteroid and type of material from which it is made, he said. We will also be studying its shape, surface features and regolith [blanketing material] properties. Radar observations by the Arecibo Observatory can image a much larger fraction of the population of near-Earth asteroids than spacecraft. For example, Arecibo has discovered more than half of the near-Earth binary asteroid systems discovered since 1999. Continued observations will undoubtedly lead to the discovery of new classes of objects, such as this triple system. While the Arecibo telescope is capable of these investigations, the future of the radar program and the entire telescope are in considerable doubt due to NSF budget cuts. Nolan's collaborators on the project are Ellen S. Howell, Arecibo Observatory/Cornell University; Lance A.M. Benner, Steven J. Ostro and Jon D. Giorgini, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology; Michael W. Busch, Caltech; Lynn M. Carter and Ross F. Anderson, Smithsonian Institution; Chris Magri, University of Maine at Farmington; Donald B. Campbell and Jean-Luc Margot, Cornell; Ronald J. Vervack Jr., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and Michael K. Shepard, Bloomsburg University. IMAGE CAPTION: [http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb08/asteroid.png (8KB)] 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. (Arecibo Observatory) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] DoD To Engage Decaying Satellite
Public Affairs U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Washington, D.C. Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2008 No. 0125-08 DoD To Engage Decaying Satellite An uncontrollable U.S. experimental satellite which was launched in December 2006 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere between the end of February and early March. Because the satellite was never operational, analysis indicate that approximately 2,500 pounds (1134 kgs) of satellite mass will survive reentry, including 1,000 pounds (453 kgs) of propellant fuel (hydrazine), a hazardous material. Although the chances of an impact in a populated area are small, the potential consequences would be of enough concern to consider mitigating actions. Therefore, the President has decided to take action to mitigate the risk to human lives by engaging the non-functioning satellite. Because our missile defense system is not designed to engage satellites, extraordinary measures have been taken to temporarily modify three sea-based tactical missiles and three ships to carry out the engagement. Based on modeling and analysis, our officials have high confidence that the engagement will be successful. As for when this engagement will occur, we will determine the optimal time, location, and geometry for a successful engagement based on a number of factors. As the satellite's path continues to decay, there will be a window of opportunity between late February and early March to conduct this engagement. The decision to engage the satellite has to be made before a precise prediction of impact location is available. Contact with hydrazine is hazardous. Direct contact with skin or eyes, ingestion or inhalations from hydrazine released from the tank upon impact could result in immediate danger. If this operation is successful, the hydrazine will then no longer pose a risk to humans. The U.S. government has been and continues to track and monitor this satellite. Various government agencies are planning for the reentry of the satellite. In the event the engagement is not successful, all appropriate elements of the U.S. Government are working together to explore options to mitigate the danger to humans and to ensure that all parties are properly prepared to respond. In the unlikely event satellite pieces land in a populated area, people are strongly advised to avoid the impact area until trained hazardous materials (HAZMAT) teams are able to properly dispose of any remaining hydrazine. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.
Hi All, A friend of mine managed to catch what appears to be fireball with an impact on his webcam. He is an amateur astronomer with a webcam setup and caught the fireball on a time lapse sequence. Can anyone with some experience watch this video and render an informed opinion? And if this is a meteor streaking in and hitting the Earth, where should he report this to? http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Strgazr27/1/video.html?month=02year=2008filename=current.flv Pay attention to the first 10 seconds or so of the video. Click on the play icon and watch from the left side of the screen. My friend's description of the video : This was taken looking NW out of my second story bedroom window. This would be looking towards the Westchester NY area just N or New York City. Any input or thoughts on what to do with this? MikeG PS - I'd love to go hunt it down, but I am not free to travel! (assuming it's a meteorite) Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] re A possible con job
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[meteorite-list] Looking for a good explanation for this one...
Assuming that unbrecciated chondrites were formed out of yet-undifferentiated material at our solar system's beginning, how does (what appears to be) a pyroxene inclusion wind up in an H4? Photos below: http://www.fallingrocks.com/Collections/Millen.htm Thanks, Dave __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] re A possible con job
No negative feedback, anyway... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Shugar Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:58 PM To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] re A possible con job And the winner is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250216177459 Pete __ 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] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.
This does look like a fireball. Its intensity profile and lack of terminal explosion makes me think it was fairly high altitude. Since it disappears over the horizon, I'd estimate that it stopped burning several hundred miles away, probably near Lake Ontario. I doubt it produced meteorites. Maybe one of the allsky cameras in the Toronto area caught this as well. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Michael Gilmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list. Hi All, A friend of mine managed to catch what appears to be fireball with an impact on his webcam. He is an amateur astronomer with a webcam setup and caught the fireball on a time lapse sequence. Can anyone with some experience watch this video and render an informed opinion? And if this is a meteor streaking in and hitting the Earth, where should he report this to? http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Strgazr27/1/video.html?month=02year=2008filename=current.flv Pay attention to the first 10 seconds or so of the video. Click on the play icon and watch from the left side of the screen. My friend's description of the video : This was taken looking NW out of my second story bedroom window. This would be looking towards the Westchester NY area just N or New York City. Any input or thoughts on what to do with this? MikeG PS - I'd love to go hunt it down, but I am not free to travel! (assuming it's a meteorite) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.
I'm not even sure it is a meteor. This is 24 hours of time lapse compressed into 15 seconds, it's hard to tell for sure but looking at the time code as the light moves across the sky it seems to take quite awhile. Mark Michael Gilmer wrote: Hi All, A friend of mine managed to catch what appears to be fireball with an impact on his webcam. He is an amateur astronomer with a webcam setup and caught the fireball on a time lapse sequence. Can anyone with some experience watch this video and render an informed opinion? And if this is a meteor streaking in and hitting the Earth, where should he report this to? http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Strgazr27/1/video.html?month=02year=2008filename=current.flv Pay attention to the first 10 seconds or so of the video. Click on the play icon and watch from the left side of the screen. My friend's description of the video : This was taken looking NW out of my second story bedroom window. This would be looking towards the Westchester NY area just N or New York City. Any input or thoughts on what to do with this? MikeG PS - I'd love to go hunt it down, but I am not free to travel! (assuming it's a meteorite) Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ __ 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
[meteorite-list] Mecurian meteorites
Of the three listed, Greg, which would you consider as the front runner? I hope it's NWA 2999 as that's the only one I have of those three that you've listed. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
