Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas
To Rob? I think that's a pretty fitting home for the West Dog Meteortite to go live with the Nakhla Dog! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi all. I'm heading home in the morning with a bag full of meteorites. Ok, it's a small bag but I'm happy. I got 6 complete individuals and a fractured specimen. I interviewed some of the locals as well as hunters and should have at least a couple of good stories/videos! I'm not sure (nor is anyone else) why the dog decided to pick up the meteorite. However, the owners gladly wrote out a nice little story about how it happened and for everyone dying to know, the meteorite found by the dog was purchased by my friend Rob Wessel. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:53 PM Hi Frank, Funny story. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I just re-read your article on in Meteorite on Braunau. Interesting detective work. -Walter - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: “Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.” And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, mexicod...@aim.com, meteor...@meteorobs.org, ensorama...@ntlworld.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:08 PM There is indeed a meteorite finding dog! Here's the story. On Friday Sonny, Steve Arnold and I drove into the strewn field bright and early and immediately started knocking on doors to try to gain permission to hunt. Upon walking up to a particular house Sonny spotted a meteorite on the porch (about 70-90 grams) he picked it up, and laid it back down. Ruben, did you see that fully crusted meteorite on the porch? He Said. I couldn't believe it. He was right! Right there on the porch but no one was home...what to do? Since Sonny assured me that he wasn't going to buy meteorites when he could find them I decided to track down the owner and try to buy the specimen. I got the owners work phone number from a neighbor and called. After introducing myself and explaining what I was in town for, I told the owner that there was a meteorite on their porch. What, you mean that black rock that the dog brought up and dropped on the porch? Yes, that one I said. Needless to say, I drove down and did a nice video interview with the owner holding the space rock and recalling the tale. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: From: ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, Texas meteorite finds To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, mexicod...@aim.com, meteor...@meteorobs.org Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 4:18 AM Quick...make an offer for the dog! Thanks for the interesting update/report. Graham Ensor UK mexicod...@aim.com wrote: Hello from Sunny Texas, under clear and starry-eyed skies at the moment,
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas
Indeed, Bet the poor dog is gutted though, he'd been searching for a meteorite for years, then when he finds one... LOL Mark -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Kuyken Sent: 24 February 2009 08:16 To: meteoritem...@yahoo.com; Frank Cressy; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To Rob? I think that's a pretty fitting home for the West Dog Meteortite to go live with the Nakhla Dog! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi all. I'm heading home in the morning with a bag full of meteorites. Ok, it's a small bag but I'm happy. I got 6 complete individuals and a fractured specimen. I interviewed some of the locals as well as hunters and should have at least a couple of good stories/videos! I'm not sure (nor is anyone else) why the dog decided to pick up the meteorite. However, the owners gladly wrote out a nice little story about how it happened and for everyone dying to know, the meteorite found by the dog was purchased by my friend Rob Wessel. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:53 PM Hi Frank, Funny story. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I just re-read your article on in Meteorite on Braunau. Interesting detective work. -Walter - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: “Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.” And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, mexicod...@aim.com, meteor...@meteorobs.org, ensorama...@ntlworld.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:08 PM There is indeed a meteorite finding dog! Here's the story. On Friday Sonny, Steve Arnold and I drove into the strewn field bright and early and immediately started knocking on doors to try to gain permission to hunt. Upon walking up to a particular house Sonny spotted a meteorite on the porch (about 70-90 grams) he picked it up, and laid it back down. Ruben, did you see that fully crusted meteorite on the porch? He Said. I couldn't believe it. He was right! Right there on the porch but no one was home...what to do? Since Sonny assured me that he wasn't going to buy meteorites when he could find them I decided to track down the owner and try to buy the specimen. I got the owners work phone number from a neighbor and called. After introducing myself and explaining what I was in town for, I told the owner that there was a meteorite on their porch. What, you mean that black rock that the dog brought up and dropped on the porch? Yes, that one I said. Needless to say, I drove down and did a nice video interview with the owner holding the space rock and recalling the tale. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos:
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog of Bethlehem
Anyone know of anyone selling any Bthlehem, NY? Cotact off list please - thanks, Michael On 2/24/09 12:15 AM, Jeff Kuyken i...@meteorites.com.au wrote: To Rob? I think that's a pretty fitting home for the West Dog Meteortite to go live with the Nakhla Dog! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi all. I'm heading home in the morning with a bag full of meteorites. Ok, it's a small bag but I'm happy. I got 6 complete individuals and a fractured specimen. I interviewed some of the locals as well as hunters and should have at least a couple of good stories/videos! I'm not sure (nor is anyone else) why the dog decided to pick up the meteorite. However, the owners gladly wrote out a nice little story about how it happened and for everyone dying to know, the meteorite found by the dog was purchased by my friend Rob Wessel. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:53 PM Hi Frank, Funny story. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I just re-read your article on in Meteorite on Braunau. Interesting detective work. -Walter - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: ³Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.² And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, mexicod...@aim.com, meteor...@meteorobs.org, ensorama...@ntlworld.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:08 PM There is indeed a meteorite finding dog! Here's the story. On Friday Sonny, Steve Arnold and I drove into the strewn field bright and early and immediately started knocking on doors to try to gain permission to hunt. Upon walking up to a particular house Sonny spotted a meteorite on the porch (about 70-90 grams) he picked it up, and laid it back down. Ruben, did you see that fully crusted meteorite on the porch? He Said. I couldn't believe it. He was right! Right there on the porch but no one was home...what to do? Since Sonny assured me that he wasn't going to buy meteorites when he could find them I decided to track down the owner and try to buy the specimen. I got the owners work phone number from a neighbor and called. After introducing myself and explaining what I was in town for, I told the owner that there was a meteorite on their porch. What, you mean that black rock that the dog brought up and dropped on the porch? Yes, that one I said. Needless to say, I drove down and did a nice video interview with the owner holding the space rock and recalling the tale. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: From: ensorama...@ntlworld.com ensorama...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, Texas
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas
I want a photo of the dog. How is his name? Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff Kuyken Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. Februar 2009 09:16 An: meteoritem...@yahoo.com; Frank Cressy; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To Rob? I think that's a pretty fitting home for the West Dog Meteortite to go live with the Nakhla Dog! ;-) Cheers, Jeff __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Presenting the 19th Sphere in my Collection - Ghubara
I have always thought you had the most unique collection of meteorites Imaginable. However, now that you have amassed so many, your collection Is only that much more impressive. Best wishes, Michael On 2/23/09 2:50 PM, David Kitt Deyarmin bobad...@ec.rr.com wrote: It's been a while but the wait was worth it. I finally located a piece of Ghubara so now the L Classification section of my sphere collection is complete. It is 50mm in diameter and weighs 230 grams It is difficult to photograph but here is an image of it http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/BobaDebt/Meteorites/Spheres%20WB/019Gh ubaraWB.jpg If you want to check out my entire collection click this: http://home.roadrunner.com/~bobadebt/ Let me know what you think Thanks __ 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] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas
The best in west I'm guessing!!! ;-) Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann altm...@meteorite-martin.de To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas I want a photo of the dog. How is his name? Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff Kuyken Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. Februar 2009 09:16 An: meteoritem...@yahoo.com; Frank Cressy; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Walter Branch Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To Rob? I think that's a pretty fitting home for the West Dog Meteortite to go live with the Nakhla Dog! ;-) Cheers, Jeff __ 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] Meteorite Finding Dog of Bethlehem
Hi Michael and all, Probably impossibe. TKW: 13 grams. Main mass of 8 grams at State Museum of New York at Albany. Has remained there intact for 150 years. Cheers, Frank --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog of Bethlehem To: Jeff Kuyken i...@meteorites.com.au, meteoritem...@yahoo.com, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4:04 AM Anyone know of anyone selling any Bthlehem, NY? Cotact off list please - thanks, Michael - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: ³Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.² And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas
In a message dated 2/24/2009 6:36:05 A.M. Central Standard Time, altm...@meteorite-martin.de writes: I want a photo of the dog. How is his name? Martin . * Martin, The dog's name is Hopper. The story actually very very funny. A group of us were gridding a piece of ground yesterday, walking in a line, and Rob told part of the story and I was in tears it was so funny. Rob has acquired the Garza Stone of the West fall. Or should I say, the Monahan's 7 Stone of West fall. Or Maybe the Michelle Knapp Stone of the West fall. I don't think anyone in our field could find a better match than this specific rock and this collector/dealer being put together. Congratulations to Rob! Well done. As for photos, I am sure Hopper will be going down in meteorite history forever. There will be no shortage of photos of this dog. Yesterday Rob spent the whole day hunting with Hopper. Rob would take out a meteorite, let hopper smell it and then pretend to throw it into the grass hoping the dog would run into the grass, looking for that meteorite, but might find another one and retrieve it. But no luck. Hopper was too smart to be fooled. There are some great stories about this rock and this dog. I am sure more will come out soon. I have to get back out in the field... Steve Arnold #1 **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] FW: Post to list?
From: marc.d.fr...@jpl.nasa.gov To: rsvp...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:17:50 -0800 Subject: Post to list? Pete, could you do me a favor and post this to the list? I haven’t been able to post for a couple of years now, with no explanation as to why. Cheers, MDF Howdy I’ve just returned home from a one-day, solo scramble at West. I went with the goal of making a rough map of the strewn field to complete a project I’ve been working on, and hopefully to find some meteorites. I can claim victory on the first point, but not on the second. What I can do here is report on what the conditions are like at present. The weather was beautiful while I was there – clear, somewhat windy, and chilly. I wore a fleece top, jeans and long, lightweight underwear and was good to go all day. I started with a short recon of the area on Saturday evening and spent all day Sunday searching and talking with the locals. The locals were marvelous – one couple gave me free reign to search their property and a guided tour around to see the households that reported sonic booms and even flickering lights, and to point out land where meteorites had been collected. A few landowners didn’t want anyone on their property, and a couple of those lay directly astride the fall line. That’s too bad, but from what I could make out the various meteorite hunters were doing a good job of respecting their privacy. All in all, the locals were marvelously helpful and friendly. I don’t know what Mike Farmer was talking about with his problems with them. I suspect that the real problem wasn’t how close they are to Waco as he said, but rather how close they were to Mike Farmer. I also met the dog. You know which one I mean! There were a few groups working “on contract” with the locals to search land. I didn’t join in, as I wanted to cover a lot of ground in other ways. I did search along the various roads that cross the strewn field, and received comments from passers-by several times to the tune of, “you should have been here yesterday – there were twenty people where you’re standing!”. Great. In the end, no meteorites for me. This time. ;-) Oh, and the koloches were wonderful. Hadn’t had one in years! So, good luck to those out there now – I’m jealous and seriously want to go put a boot in various yahoos here at work who won’t give me time and resources to join in. Apparently NASA doesn’t count finding meteorites as an especially important endeavor. Quite a comment there. Best of luck to you all in West, but leave some for me! ;-) Cheers, Marc Fries _ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Comet Lulin Vists Inner Solar System
http://astronomynow.com/090223CometLulinvisitsinnerSolarSystem.html Comet Lulin visits inner Solar System BY DR EMILY BALDWIN ASTRONOMY NOW 23 February, 2009 On 24 February Comet Lulin will make its first visit to the inner Solar System, streaking past the Earth at a distance of 38 million miles, or 160 times further than the Moon. Comet Lulin, formally known as C/2007 N3, was discovered last year by astronomers at Taiwan's Lulin Observatory. Nicknamed the green comet, Lulin's atmosphere contains poisonous cyanogen and diatomic carbon gases. Researchers at the University of Leicester will be using NASA's Swift satellite to monitor the comet in X-ray, ultraviolet and optical light as it closes in on the Earth this week. The wonderful ease of scheduling of Swift and its joint UV and X-ray capability make Swift the observatory of choice for observations like these, says Dr Julian Osborne, leader of the Swift project at Leicester. The University of Leicester played a major role in developing Swift's X-Ray Telescope. [Image] This image of Comet Lulin taken 28 Jan merges data acquired by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (blue and green) and X-Ray Telescope (red). At the time of the observation, the comet was 99.5 million miles from Earth and 115.3 million miles from the Sun. Image: Univ. of Leicester/NASA/Swift/Carter et al. Comets are thought to represent some of the most pristine ingredients of the Solar System. They are made up of dust, gas and ice, and as they approach the Sun, the frozen components sublime and stream out in tails. Swift observations of the comet on 28 January revealed that it is certainly active. The UVOT data show that Lulin was shedding nearly 800 gallons of water each second, says team member Dennis Bodewits, a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, which is enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in less than 15 minutes. Although Swift can't see water directly, ultraviolet light from the Sun quickly breaks apart water molecules into hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl (OH) molecules, the latter of which Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescopes (UVOT) can detect. This gives us a unique view into the types and quantities of gas a comet produces, Bodewits explains. The images taken so far reveal a hydroxyl cloud spanning a distance greater than the distance between Earth and the Moon, and a tail streaming off at an angle. Solar radiation pushes the icy grains away from the comet, and as they gradually evaporate, they create a thin tail of hydroxyl molecules. Farther from the comet, even the hydroxyl molecule succumbs to solar ultraviolet radiation, breaking into its constituent oxygen and hydrogen atoms. The solar wind - a fast-moving stream of particles from the Sun - interacts with the comet's broader cloud of atoms, says Stefan Immler, also at Goddard. This causes the solar wind to light up with X-rays, and that's what Swift's XRT sees. This interaction, called charge exchange, results in X-rays from most comets when they pass within about three times Earth's distance from the Sun. Because Lulin is so active and is losing a lot of gas, its X-ray emitting region extends in a large cloud far sunward of the comet. The team hope that the forthcoming observations of Lulin will reveal more on the comet's chemistry and enable scientists to build up a three-dimensional picture of the comet during its maiden voyage through the Solar System. Comet Lulin will be visible to the naked eye, and for most locations in the Northern Hemisphere will be easiest to spot after midnight when it is high in the sky. In small telescopes it will appear as a dim fuzzy star - brighter in the centre and more diffuse around the edges. It will fade from view by mid-March. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] FW: West, Texas Hunt
Apologies for the re-post...I sent the first without a proper Subject line and introduction. Posted on behalf of Marc D. Fries... From: marc.d.fr...@jpl.nasa.gov To: rsvp...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:17:50 -0800 Subject: Post to list? Howdy I’ve just returned home from a one-day, solo scramble at West. I went with the goal of making a rough map of the strewn field to complete a project I’ve been working on, and hopefully to find some meteorites. I can claim victory on the first point, but not on the second. What I can do here is report on what the conditions are like at present. The weather was beautiful while I was there – clear, somewhat windy, and chilly. I wore a fleece top, jeans and long, lightweight underwear and was good to go all day. I started with a short recon of the area on Saturday evening and spent all day Sunday searching and talking with the locals. The locals were marvelous – one couple gave me free reign to search their property and a guided tour around to see the households that reported sonic booms and even flickering lights, and to point out land where meteorites had been collected. A few landowners didn’t want anyone on their property, and a couple of those lay directly astride the fall line. That’s too bad, but from what I could make out the various meteorite hunters were doing a good job of respecting their privacy. All in all, the locals were marvelously helpful and friendly. I don’t know what Mike Farmer was talking about with his problems with them. I suspect that the real problem wasn’t how close they are to Waco as he said, but rather how close they were to Mike Farmer. I also met the dog. You know which one I mean! There were a few groups working “on contract” with the locals to search land. I didn’t join in, as I wanted to cover a lot of ground in other ways. I did search along the various roads that cross the strewn field, and received comments from passers-by several times to the tune of, “you should have been here yesterday – there were twenty people where you’re standing!”. Great. In the end, no meteorites for me. This time. ;-) Oh, and the koloches were wonderful. Hadn’t had one in years! So, good luck to those out there now – I’m jealous and seriously want to go put a boot in various yahoos here at work who won’t give me time and resources to join in. Apparently NASA doesn’t count finding meteorites as an especially important endeavor. Quite a comment there. Best of luck to you all in West, but leave some for me! ;-) Cheers, Marc Fries _ Windows Live Messenger. Multitasking at its finest. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] West, TX meteorite hunt, day 5
All: I was wondering who would be coordinating the mapping og the West meteorite strewn field? Greg S metorma...@aol.com wrote: Hello Mike; Thanks for the update,a very interesting statement about the sporadic finds of different sizes.Thanks again. Very best of luck on the main mass.' Herman Archer IMCA # 2770. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) __ 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] Meteorite Finding Dog of Bethlehem
Hay, That's still 5g in the civilian sector.. Anyone EVER Seen any available??? Contact me off list. Thanks, Michael On 2/24/09 6:51 AM, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net wrote: Hi Michael and all, Probably impossibe. TKW: 13 grams. Main mass of 8 grams at State Museum of New York at Albany. Has remained there intact for 150 years. Cheers, Frank --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog of Bethlehem To: Jeff Kuyken i...@meteorites.com.au, meteoritem...@yahoo.com, Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4:04 AM Anyone know of anyone selling any Bthlehem, NY? Cotact off list please - thanks, Michael - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: ³Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.² And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas (OT)
Ruben, Walter and others- My bet is the dog is a lab.. I have a yellow one that someone dropped off as a pup here in the country a few years ago. She brings in most every rock she finds from the fields and drops them at my feet (of course after chewing on them for awhile..). I've read it's a trait of labs.. Now if she would just bring in something good...! Mike --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 8:15 PM Hi all. I'm heading home in the morning with a bag full of meteorites. Ok, it's a small bag but I'm happy. I got 6 complete individuals and a fractured specimen. I interviewed some of the locals as well as hunters and should have at least a couple of good stories/videos! I'm not sure (nor is anyone else) why the dog decided to pick up the meteorite. However, the owners gladly wrote out a nice little story about how it happened and for everyone dying to know, the meteorite found by the dog was purchased by my friend Rob Wessel. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=meteorfrightp=v --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Walter Branch waltbra...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:53 PM Hi Frank, Funny story. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I just re-read your article on in Meteorite on Braunau. Interesting detective work. -Walter - Original Message - From: Frank Cressy fcre...@prodigy.net To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicod...@aim.com; meteor...@meteorobs.org; ensorama...@ntlworld.com; meteoritem...@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas Hi Rubin and all, One hundred and fifty years ago, a stone fell in Bethlehem, New York on August 11 that also involved a meteorite finding dog, apparently not as well trained as the West, Texas dog. C.U. Shepard wrote: “Mr. Vanderpool was at work near his house, and heard the explosion in common with other members of his family. About two minutes after, as it appeared to him, a stone, coming in an oblique course, struck the side of a wagon house, glanced off, hit a log upon the ground, bounded again, and rolled into the grass. A dog lying in the doorway of the wagon house sprang up, darted out and seized it, but dropped it immediately, probably on account of its warmth and sulphurous small.” And of course there's the story about the dog that found the Lost City meteorite in January, 1970. Must have been too heavy to carry so he just marked it, probably so he could find it again. ;-) Cheers, Frank --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Ruben Garcia meteoritem...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Finding Dog in West Texas To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, mexicod...@aim.com, meteor...@meteorobs.org, ensorama...@ntlworld.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:08 PM There is indeed a meteorite finding dog! Here's the story. On Friday Sonny, Steve Arnold and I drove into the strewn field bright and early and immediately started knocking on doors to try to gain permission to hunt. Upon walking up to a particular house Sonny spotted a meteorite on the porch (about 70-90 grams) he picked it up, and laid it back down. Ruben, did you see that fully crusted meteorite on the porch? He Said. I couldn't believe it. He was right! Right there on the porch but no one was home...what to do? Since Sonny assured me that he wasn't going to buy meteorites when he could find them I decided to track down the owner and try to buy the specimen. I got the owners work phone number from a neighbor and called. After introducing myself and explaining what I was in town for, I told the owner that there was a meteorite on their porch. What, you mean that black rock that the dog brought up and dropped on the porch? Yes, that one I said. Needless to say, I drove down and did a nice video interview with the owner holding the space rock and recalling the tale. Ruben Garcia Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos:
[meteorite-list] Presenting the 19th Sphere in my Collection -
Thank You __ Michael Blood mlblood at cox.net Tue Feb 24 07:44:39 EST 2009 Previous message: [meteorite-list] Presenting the 19th Sphere in my Collection - Ghubara Next message: [meteorite-list] West, TX meteorite hunt, day 5 Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] I have always thought you had the most unique collection of meteorites Imaginable. However, now that you have amassed so many, your collection Is only that much more impressive. 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] Texas fall strewn field
Hi List, I heard some large stones were found near Buffalo, but it really doesn't make much sense... probably rumors. If anyone wants to kindly share their coordinates, we will be publishing a strewn field map of the portion of the first recovered stones in about one month. It would be great if anyone would augment the strewn field information with the extended information. It will not be shared with anyone until publication (unless you are sharing it in advance), this on my honor. We have no plans to search in Texas during the interim time, and the medium term conditions aren't overly favorable for this location. Our work finished last Friday and we are all very satisfied and keeping our fingers crossed that much more material is recovered before planting, plowing, raining, etc..., and maybe we can even buy a little more. Anything provided with be gratefully acknowledged to the provider of the info by name. If not enough is provided it will not be published (have just under a week), and won't go past me, but definitely ours will. Good luck in the field, Aloha from old Mexico, Doug -Original Message- From: greg stanley stanleygr...@yahoo.com To: metorma...@aol.com metorma...@aol.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 2:30 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, TX meteorite hunt, day 5 All: I was wondering who would be coordinating the mapping og the West meteorite strewn field? Greg S metorma...@aol.com wrote: Hello Mike; Thanks for the update,a very interesting statement about the sporadic finds of different sizes.Thanks again. Very best of luck on the main mass.' Herman Archer IMCA # 2770. **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir= http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) __ 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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad: 56 auctions ending soon, all started at .99 cents!
Hello List, I have 57 different items for auction ending shortly. All but one started at .99 cents. http://www.auctiva.com/stores/viewstore2.aspx?id=874060styleid=72siteid=0 Also I have introduced to the line-up for the first time Abee, New Orleans, Kilabo and Pulltusk. Regards, Jeff Krosschell Kalani of the Heavens __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Auction
Hi Meteorite folks, For those that missed it - results of the Auction can be seen a few more days at: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson09.html For sellers: Everyone has long since been PayPaled (for those that preferred that form of payment) or mailed A check. If you have not received a check, please let me know, As these all went out by Feb 8 9. The following have yet to provide me with an address: Chicago Steve Eric Olson Bob Verish's check is here, as per his request. If you want, I will be happy to drop it in a mailbox for you, Bob. Thanks to everyone that made the 10th annual Tucson Meteorite Auction a success. 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] West, Texas meteorite update
Back in the hotel in Waco tonight after a long day. I was in Fort Worth last night, taking Moritz Karl back to the airport for his long overdue flight back to Germany and to have breakfast and visit with Dr. Arthur Ehlmann at TCU. I presented Art a 13 gram complete West meteorite today, for the Monnig Collection. I could not bear the thought of TCU without a piece of this meteorite on display. We printed out the find photos and when I left they were preparing to get it ready for display in their New Acquisitions section. People had already been calling and stopping by asking if they had any of it. Now they do. I then drove as fast as I could back to West to begin hunting again. Robert and Shauna called me just as I was arriving and told me they gained access to hunt a parcel of land we calculated was in the middle of the flight path. I got there, changed clothes and talked to them for a few minutes, then started hunting. I was returning to the car less than 5 minutes later and found a 69 gram perfect complete stone on the edge of the gravel driveway. It had embedded itself in the soft soil of the fence-line. Everyone else got skunked there as we hunted for hours after that and nothing more was found. People are already dropping out like flies today, as several I spoke to said tomorrow was their last day. Meteorite hunting is not that easy sometimes, but at least virtually everyone has stones to take home, and heads full of great memories. I myself plan to remain another week, as I can't stand the thought of these perfect meteorites being lost to the plow, rain, or growing grass. Anything not found now will never be found. More tomorrow. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Marc Fries
Marc, Shows what a man you are to comment about someone you don't know anything about. This was the first nasty comment during the fall, congrats on making it. I knew it would come though. Actually most people here are wonderful, some are not so nice, and everyone has dealt with more interesting people. Almost all of us are working together here, there are a couple who want to work on their own, more power to them. Michael Farmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] I am not in West TX - AD
Hello everybody, No, I am not in Texas, I am home trying to get up-to-date, and trying to stop coughing (Yeah, I got bronchitis, no fun). I have a huge lot of new pieces to add to my site, I lost count how many pieces, 100 many more. And that will take quite a while. In the mean time I did clean up my Catalog, and I clearly marked all Sold items, so you will see what is still there. And there is still a lot to choose from! Go take a look: _http://www.impactika.com/MetList.htm_ (http://www.impactika.com/MetList.htm) As usual, let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Anne M. Black http://www.impactika.com/ impact...@aol.com Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. http://www.imca.cc/ **Get a jump start on your taxes. Find a tax professional in your neighborhood today. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=Tax+Return+Preparation+%26+Filingncid=emlcntusyelp0004) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Steve Arnold (Chicago)
Dear Steve, Anne told me that at the Tucson Show you said that you would also recomend me for the IMCA. WOuld you still do this? If so please send an email stating your recomendation to questi...@imca.cc If anyone else I know would like to recomend me then please feel free to do so. Thank you =] Basaltgooroo [Erik Fisler] __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
