[meteorite-list] Who is the responsable of IMCA?
I have to speack with him matteo __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - Ebay Auctions ending
Good Morning All I have auctions ending tonight, ebay ID catchafallingstar.com. ALL started at just 99 Cents!!! FULL RECAP: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcatchafallingstar.com Of special note, I have a 3 Planetaries to offer this time: NWA 2995 Lunar, has Lots of Anorthositic clasts: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=200234919764 NWA 2977 Lunar Gabbro with FUSION CRUST: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=200234920314 NWA 2986 Martian Shergottite: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=200234920809 Plus many more. Including four of the Meteorite Medals/Coins started at no reserve: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPageuserid=catchafallingstar.com Thanks for looking Jim Strope http://www.catchafallingstar.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Another Carancas Paper
For the Carancas-friends. Here is another paper by Kenkmann, Artemevia, Poelchau suggesting a less dramatic impact scenario: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1094.pdf Best! Martin __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] And yet Another Carancas Article (w/ Pics) - Geotimes
Hello all, Here's anpther article on Carancas from the magazine Geotimes by Lionel E. Jackson Jr., Peter Brown, Jay Melosh and Dolores Hill. Very well done. http://www.geotimes.org/july08/article.html?id=feature_meteorite.html If the link doesn't work you can see it at: www.geotimes.org Enjoy, Frank __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] (AD) GAO'S FOR TRADE,MALI FOR SALE
Hi list.I have 5 very nice gao's ranging between 161 grams and 600 grams I am willing to trade.I am looking for any nice sikote-alins 200 grams or bigger.Pics upon request.I also have a very nice forsale 200 grams $200.All piece are 95% crusted or better.Let me know offlist. chicago steve __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Diverting rotating asteroids and comets
Hi Pete, all - The best method of diversion that I have seen involves the use of Solid State Heat Capacity Lasers (SSHCL), as it is not affected by rotation. The laser uses the objects own material as fuel for a jet reaction - the moment of force remains the same regardless of rotation. This method was proposed by an engineering team from NASA Langley in their CAPS (Comet and Asteroid Protection System) study. Evryone looks for non-nuclear charge options, but they are available if need be. Thankfully, small objects can be diverted by kinetic impact if discovered early enough. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite hunting in Western Australia
Thanks for all the tips about Western Australian meteorites and tektites. I haven't answered most of the mails I got, I'm a bit sporadically connected to the net while on the road but I read all and appreciate them. I have taken your advice in consideration. Advices ranged from you are not allowed to touch them to Strange rocks are okay to collect... even from one of the staff of the Perth Museum. Put it in your pocket and don't tell anyone was his reply... and then he laughed, I've been in the desert all my life and I've never seen a meteorite. Good luck! I will still go east to see Kalgoorlie and the mining towns in the desert. I will hunt for some australites and see if I can find any good mineral collecting places. Dig for some gold and just have a nice time. If I happens to stumble onto a suspected meteorite then I have to decide if I just leave it or bring it back to the museum. So far none have been able to cite the law so all I have is advice... guess it all boils down to common sense. I have a GPS, extra batteries, zip lock bags and a pen to mark the bags. So if I happens to find a meteorite then I can take good care of it and deliver it to the museum. /Goran __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] West Australian Perth Museum Pictures
Thanks for the tip! I visited the museum today and I'm also a mineral collector so I had a lot of fun. I had space left on my memory card but I ran out of battery. But that's no problem, I still have time to go back for a second visit before I leave this country. I'll make a web page with the pictures when I get back home. The rest of the exhibitions was also very interesting. But I must say that I most enjoyed the names of the meteorites here... I've finally met Billygoat Donga and Dingo Pup Donga... and I have a picture to prove it. :-) /Goran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Thanks for all the comments. Forgot to mention to all the Mineral collectors out there that the museum also has an excellent Minerals collection! Unfortunately I didnt have the time nor space on my memory card to take pictures of these. I have pictures of similar in Adelaide and Vienna from a couple of months ago which I must load up some where for folks to see. Graham, if your looking for somewhere to upload your museum pics then you should try Aubrey Whymark's site where there is a section dedicated to museum pics! Please see link: http://www.tektites.co.uk/museums.html Cheers Des Great pictures Desmond. Those big irons, in particular, are beautiful. Mark Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, Please see the link below of my recent visit to the Western Australian Museum while I was back home in Perth. Cheers, Desmond Leong IMCA #2254 http://www.TektiteInc.com http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtektiteinc-dot-com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ceres May Be An Asteroid Impersonator
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34157/title/Ceres_may_be_an_asteroid_impersonator Ceres may be an asteroid impersonator By Ron Cowen Science News July 15, 2008 The largest member of the asteroid belt could have emigrated from the solar system's fringe If planetary scientist Bill McKinnon's hunch is right, the largest asteroid in the solar system isn't an asteroid at all. Ceres, as the 470-kilometer-wide object is called, may be a relative of Pluto that formed at the solar system's fringes but came in from the cold several billion years ago. McKinnon, based at Washington University in St. Louis, said he was first struck by Ceres' unusually low density - more similar to icy comets from the outer solar system than the rocky bodies found in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The density of Ceres, referred to as a dwarf planet, is only slightly higher than that of Pluto. Models suggest Ceres looks remarkably Pluto-like, McKinnon says. But it was a recently developed model of the early solar system that prompted McKinnon to formally propose that Ceres might be an escapee from the Kuiper belt, an outer solar system reservoir of frozen bodies that includes Pluto. He presented his proposal July 15 in Baltimore at the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors conference. According to the model, developed by researchers including Hal Levison and Bill Bottke of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and Alessandro Morbidelli of Observatory of the Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, the orbits of the outer four planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - were initially packed much closer together than they are today. Beyond these planets resided a band of dust, ice and gas particles. Over time, as some of these particles leaked inward, their gravitational tug lengthened the distance between the orbs. For instance, Jupiter migrated inward, while Saturn moved outward. At some point, according to the theory, Saturn reached a gravitational sweet spot: The time it took to go around the sun became exactly twice that of Jupiter's. That interplay strengthened the planets' mutual tug, and ultimately hurled Uranus and Neptune into the outlying band of dust, ice and gas. The entry of Uranus and Neptune scattered debris from the chilly band, sending some of its denizens into the inner solar system. That's how Ceres might have migrated from the outer solar system into the asteroid belt, McKinnon suggests. We are saying that many objects from the outer solar system - what we call the primordial disk of comets that went on to produce the Kuiper belt - are captured in the outer part of the asteroid belt as a byproduct of the model, Bottke says. He and Levison presented updated versions of the theory at the meeting just before McKinnon's presentation. I consider McKinnon's idea as something of a thought balloon to stimulate thinking, Bottke says. It is indeed possible that he is correct, but I would not bet for it at this point. Additional information on Ceres' composition, to be gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft when it visits Ceres in 2015, could clarify the body's origin. But proof may require measuring the ratio of hydrogen to its heavier isotope, deuterium, in the ices or water vapor venting from the body, which would require a mission beyond Dawn, McKinnon says. If the ratio matches that observed in comets, the case is closed for Ceres being an emigre to the asteroid belt, he says. __ 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 - July 16, 2008
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES July 16, 2008 o Mystery Mounds http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_008778_1685 o Layering and Inverted Streams http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_008774_1755 o Cratered Cones in Utopia Planitia u http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_008767_2055 o Layered Rocks in Orson Welles Crater http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_008391_1790 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] Help With Gary Foote's Recovery!
Hello Everyone, I am scurrying around getting things together for a silent auction of items donated for Gary and I have to tell you, the painting donated by Jerry Armstrong of the Tagish Lake fall is incredible. While it will take a few more days to get the page up with pictures and details to start the auction, I thought you'd like to see the painting right now. Please feel free to check it out on Michael Blood's site at http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/JerryArmstrong.html. The auction details will not be posted on Michael's site, rather they are being hosted by John Gwilliam, who is patiently waiting for me to complete the item descriptions so that I can get the auction started. I'll post again with details on how you can own that painting and/or: - A serial-numbered Nininger/Canyon Diablo Coin -- Only 10 were made for the Nininger family. This one is #9 - HH's copy of a Science Magazine from 1961, footnoted on the cover in HH's writing - An individual 91.2 gram Vaca Muerta - Two pieces of Carancas, one has a very visible clast! - A cute little NWA 869 oriented shield - Two authentic bricks from the Nininger Museum at Meteor Crater I am gladly accepting other meteorites or meteorite-related collectables, should you have something you can part with for a really good cause. Please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your support, Maria __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Help With Gary Foote's Recovery!
Fantastic! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maria Haas Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:55 PM To: IMCA Mailing List; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Help With Gary Foote's Recovery! Hello Everyone, I am scurrying around getting things together for a silent auction of items donated for Gary and I have to tell you, the painting donated by Jerry Armstrong of the Tagish Lake fall is incredible. While it will take a few more days to get the page up with pictures and details to start the auction, I thought you'd like to see the painting right now. Please feel free to check it out on Michael Blood's site at http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/JerryArmstrong.html. The auction details will not be posted on Michael's site, rather they are being hosted by John Gwilliam, who is patiently waiting for me to complete the item descriptions so that I can get the auction started. I'll post again with details on how you can own that painting and/or: - A serial-numbered Nininger/Canyon Diablo Coin -- Only 10 were made for the Nininger family. This one is #9 - HH's copy of a Science Magazine from 1961, footnoted on the cover in HH's writing - An individual 91.2 gram Vaca Muerta - Two pieces of Carancas, one has a very visible clast! - A cute little NWA 869 oriented shield - Two authentic bricks from the Nininger Museum at Meteor Crater I am gladly accepting other meteorites or meteorite-related collectables, should you have something you can part with for a really good cause. Please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your support, Maria __ 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] Meteorite Parent Bodies
With all the talk of Pluto and it's demoting, I got to looking in Wikipedia and then the subject of meteorites came up regarding 4Vesta. This got me to wondering, are there any meteorites that may be a candidate for Ceres as the parent body? If so, which ones are they? Interestingly enough, Ceres has had also it's share of demoting and upmoting as well. It all goes to show that nothing is very permanent in any of the sciences. Pete __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
