[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit

2008-11-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20081114a.html Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 14, 2008 After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the r

[meteorite-list] This day in meteorite history

2008-11-17 Thread Greg Catterton
This day in meteorite history... [b]Chiang Khan meteorite fall[/b] On November 17, 1981 after a bright fireball and detonations, 31 pieces were recovered from the town of Chiang Khan, on the Thailand-Laos border. The largest fragment weighed 51.3 g. The meteorite was later classified as a H6 cho

[meteorite-list] Early Warning of Dangerous Asteroids and Comet (Lincoln Lab Telescope)

2008-11-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/panstarrs-1117.html Early warning of dangerous asteroids and comets Detectors developed at Lincoln Laboratory deployed in powerful telescope David Chandler, MIT News Office November 17, 2008 Silicon chips developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory are at the heart o

[meteorite-list] Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans

2008-11-17 Thread Ron Baalke
FROM: Lori Stiles (520-626-4402; [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Editors: Science contact information, image URLs at the end) Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new evi

[meteorite-list] Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover

2008-11-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20081113a.html Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 13, 2008 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controller

[meteorite-list] Heavenly Sight Has Hobbyists’ Eyes Grounded

2008-11-17 Thread Mike Groetz
http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/11/17/news/news03.txt Heavenly Sight Has Hobbyists’ Eyes Grounded By Rusty Garrett Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:55 AM CST TIMES RECORD • [EMAIL PROTECTED] A local amateur astronomer with a 35-year interest in the field is on a search he likens to finding a n

[meteorite-list] QMIG update

2008-11-17 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids QMIG update at http://www.qmig.org looks like another new find from the Tenham strewnfield and I'm looong overdue for a rant on a certain subject Cheers __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteori