Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

>>I read those comments, too (about it being 20 or 300 yards away). Here's what I'm thinking - there's a pretty common misunderstanding between distance and angular distance. We've all heard meteorite stories where someone claims "it was right in front of me", only to find out later that

Re: [meteorite-list] "Spacifieds.com" It's a great idea!

Eric, and all, Any that collect radioactive materials and or man-made items that are radioactive must abide by postal rules. It is pretty simple. Just keep the rates below .5 mR/HR on the outside of the package, and mark the box it with UN2910 on each corner. Pack the item in a plastic ba

Re: [meteorite-list] Like To Rant Online?

Actually, I had an officer review a threat comment on my myspace after some kid threw rocks through my window. The officer explained that there was no way to prove it was that kid that typed the threat. Cute little anecdote. :/ I would explain the the judge that I hand my password out on bu

Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

Thanks for your input on this. I'll share some more thoughts- I read those comments, too (about it being 20 or 300 yards away). Here's what I'm thinking - there's a pretty common misunderstanding between distance and angular distance. We've all heard meteorite stories where someone claims "

[meteorite-list] Jupiter impact scar time lapse "video"

Hello, everybody, Apologies if I've missed this in a recent post, but scroll a little more than halfway down the page and check this sequence out...pretty fantastic... http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance All best, Dave Gheesling IMCA #5967 www.fallingrocks.com _

Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

>>I've been following eyewitness reports of a fireball that was seen at around 9:00pm on August 24th over Canada. I made a blog post about it the next morning, where I compiled 25 eyewitness reports from Twitter users:<< I read these reports and this is what I've initially come up with..

Re: [meteorite-list] Museum finds Lunar Rock a Fake

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20090827/4a9612d0_3426_1335020090827-1890578962 > > Count Deiro > > > __ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritece

[meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

Hi all, I've been following eyewitness reports of a fireball that was seen at around 9:00pm on August 24th over Canada. I made a blog post about it the next morning, where I compiled 25 eyewitness reports from Twitter users: http://www.argusrocks.com/blog Since I made that blog post, traffi

[meteorite-list] Zunhua info request

Dear List: Has 'Zunhua' been classified yet? I see more recent falls have been and are listed in the MetBull already. I think it was going to be classified under a different name... Just curious. Thanks, Mike Bandli www.HistoricMeteorites.com IMCA #5765 _

[meteorite-list] Terminal Fireballs

Another report on the NZ fireball this morning... http://www.3news.co.nz/Meteor-lights-up-NZ-sky/tabid/423/articleID/118695/cat/64/Default.aspx Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorit

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Art (ad, almost)

Hi All: There are several scientists who are also space artists (all good friends): Bill Hartmann has been doing this for years: http://www.psi.edu/hartmann Dan Durda http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/paintings.html and Jim Scotti http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/art.html Come to mind.

[meteorite-list] Dust Storm Passing Over Spirit

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-130 Dust Storm Passing Over Spirit Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 25, 2009 The amount of electricity generated by the solar panels on Spirit has been declining for the past several Martian days, or sols, as a regional dust storm moved southw

[meteorite-list] Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again (MRO)

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-131 Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 26, 2009 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Report PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning,

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor" Falls To Ground In Canterbury?

>>What George means is that it would be very rare for a meteorite-producing bolide to occur at 6 am local time. This is the "ram" direction of the earth, meaning that meteoroids that occur at this time will have the highest average velocity of the day. High velocity --> less chance of meteori

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor" Falls To Ground In Canterbury?

Hi Rob, Oki doki... I stand corrected... ;) Eric Matson, Robert D. wrote: Hi Eric, What George means is that it would be very rare for a meteorite-producing bolide to occur at 6 am local time. This is the "ram" direction of the earth, meaning that meteoroids that occur at this time will have

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor" Falls To Ground In Canterbury?

Weird Time? ;) I didn't know there was a "normal" time for fireballs to occur. Perhaps you mean weird time for one to be "seen"? ;) The "meteorite dropping" speculation is clear as speculation of course, as most meteors and fireballs only appear to hit the ground or be closer than they actua

Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor" Falls To Ground In Canterbury?

>>A witness says she saw a meteor land near South Eyre Rd in North Canterbury at around 6am.<< That's a weird time for a meteorite dropping meteor to occur. I suspect she was seeing the meteor disappear onto the horizon...thus a lot further away than she thinks. George Zay _

[meteorite-list] AD: Crusted Fragments of DaG670 Shergottite + NWA2741 LL5 last fragment

Hello! I have for sale 3 nice fragments of DaG670 Martian Shergottite with crust!!! It's extremly hard to find some fragments with crust of the famous Lybian shergottite family! I think this is the first and the last time that small crusted fragments is on sale! If you are interested take a lo

[meteorite-list] "Meteor" Falls To Ground In Canterbury?

Listees, This just in... http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=104369&fm=newsmain,nrhl Anyone else hear anything on this? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA Spacifieds.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteo

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Art

Hi Martin, List, Thanks for the link. Yeah I've seen those images. NICE! Here's some more links I thought I'd share with those of you who love meteorites and asteroids. Some eye candy for ya! http://fineartamerica.com/paintings/tag/asteroid http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/spaceart/art-a.html

Re: [meteorite-list] "Spacifieds.com" It's a great idea!

Hi Steve, List, Though I'm a bit leary of using the word radioactive in conjunction with meteorites in public for fear of misinterpretation by people uninformed about meteorites, I believe that Steve has brought up a good point. I've been thinking of new categories to add to the site to bette

[meteorite-list] fireball video from space

Richard: I'll take that as the final word on the subject. I just watched the NASA "UFO" video compilations on YouTube last night. I thought they were all space junk, but I realize now many are camera artifacts as well. This video was probably shot with the older crummy cameras, which made

Re: [meteorite-list] fireball video from space

Not fake, just poor interpretation. Notes on the STS-80 UFOs" -- James Oberg, January 1997 http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/1999/feb/m20-015.shtml -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 8/27/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: > From: JoshuaTreeMuseum >

[meteorite-list] fireball video from space

Greg, I'm pretty sure this video is a phony animation. This looks nothing like a sprite, with their characteristic trumpet shape. A sprite is an upward reaction to proton lightning, and if there was a proton lightning strike, it would surely show up on the video. You can clearly see regular

[meteorite-list] half price on meteorite sale

Hi list.Of the few pieces I made available forsale yesterday,all are half price with still free shipping.  Steve R. Arnold, Chicago!! __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.

Re: [meteorite-list] fireball video from space

The "red sprites" look different. Much faster speed and they don't move along a path. More like a quick burst. In Mike's video it looks like an object traveling, but I have no idea - could be fake. Greg S. > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:36:09 +0200 > To

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Art

But I manage to bring the Alien-thread back to "on topic". http://kuerzer.de/rustytheclown Best, Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Darren Garrison Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Art

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:35:18 -0700, you wrote: >Thought I'd share... > >http://kaioshen.deviantart.com/art/Ti-ll-Sunrise-Comes-82000440 More asteroid art: http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3c2.html A little more than half-way down the page. The image on the right is the "asteroid hitting

[meteorite-list] Like To Rant Online?

John: You should never say anything online or on the telephone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial. Phil Whitmer __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pai

[meteorite-list] AD - Alfianello super discount

I need urgent money and I put for sale some Alfianello pieces for low price: 19.7 gr. slice with copy old labels € 900,00 20.4 gr. end piece with cut faces with copy old labels € 1.000,00 20.3 gr. slice with copy old labels € 1.000,00 calculate normaly I sale Alfianello for 70-90-100 euro for g

[meteorite-list] AD-ebay auctions support outreach activities

Aloha kakahiaka (good morning), I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all who have bid (and won) on my ebay auctions in the past, as proceeds are donated to the AstroDay Institute. This non-profit is dedicated to astronomy science education and public outreach in Hawaii, and to

[meteorite-list] "Spacifieds.com" It's a great idea!

This is a great idea to help rid this list of countless ebay adds that often infest this list. Looking at it, I like what I see. Now, another idea, I wonder if Eric can add another category, for "radioactive items." Ebay, has a stupid policy regarding this and often radioactive mineral specim

[meteorite-list] Like To Rant Online?

Good Morning Listees, Here's the link to an interesting article that appeared on the front page of this mornings Arizona Republic newspaper. In light of the many posts that have been made over the past few days about an incident involving two members of our Meteorite List and Community, I tho

[meteorite-list] Museum finds Lunar Rock a Fake

Hello List, Prominent museum in Amsterdam discovers Prime Minister's gift from NASA ain't what it's supposed to be. http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20090827/4a9612d0_3426_1335020090827-1890578962 Count Deiro

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:06:14 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Dear List: >   I have been corrected off-list about the woman in this story. I obviously >did not have all the facts, and shouldn't have spouted off about her. Please >accept my apologies for being too quick to judge. I didn't mean to sound

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information

Please don't tell me this is gonna be the start of another chain of list members getting run down again -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Walter Branch Sent: 27 August 2009 11:43 To: Bill M

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information

Dear List:    I have been corrected off-list about the woman in this story. I obviously did not have all the facts, and shouldn't have spouted off about her. Please accept my apologies for being too quick to judge. Anita - Original Message From: Anita Westlake To: cyna...@charter.net

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted

Hello all, ok I already saw little green men. Also red ones. They seem to be intelligent as they predict whether cars on the street will stop or not. Oh, it seems I saw them at traffic lights So maybe aliens who look at us will have a different point of view what life is. How

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted

> From: Becky and Kirk > Seems to me that the Mars rovers have > pretty much proved that at one time Mars probably supported > life based on their findings and observations Really? I don't see that at all. Maybe it was the way you worded it but it being damper there 4Ga ago than it is now does

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Contact Predicted

> 47 Intelligence at the Human Level Is Rare Yes, it seems to be pretty rare on earth as well __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] ENOUGH Speed-of-light question

Yeah anything's better than 100% adverts! m. -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hankey Sent: 26 August 2009 22:55 To: Michael Blood Cc: Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EN

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Sentenced- new information

Bill- Count yourself as one of those "stupid" people who let their emotions rule over "rational thinking." When you know all the details of the case, then you to can judge others. -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: "Bill Mason" To: "'Anita Westlake'" ; ; Sent: Wednesday,

[meteorite-list] Asteroid Art

Thought I'd share... http://kaioshen.deviantart.com/art/Ti-ll-Sunrise-Comes-82000440 Regards, Eric __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-lis

[meteorite-list] AD Allende, Ureilite, Sikhote Alin and more

Dear List Members, I have few meteorites for sale, here a list with some description: - NWA Ureilite (now I am waiting for NWA number after first study), two huge slices 43.6 grams and 36.9 grams. This Ureilite have very nice green, yellow olivine crystals, loots of vein like area filled by gra

Re: [meteorite-list] fireball video from space

There are gigantic full bolts of lightning extending up to the edge of space (100 km): http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090823184357.htm But these look like Sprites to me, too. Right speed, also. There are Red Sprites, Blue Jets, and "Elves". http://www.albany.edu/faculty/rgk/atm101