[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Murchison meteorite (and Pinky too)!
Happy Birthday Murchison meteorite, which fell on this day in 1969! 42 years on earth and still revealing secrets of the early solar system! Although this article is from last year, its amazing how this carbonaceous chondrite continues to provide science with more insight into solar system formation and evolution over the course of the 42 years since its fall, as analytical technological sophistication evolved during this time. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=murchison-meteorite PS. Happy Birthday to Pinky too! Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 28, 201
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES September 28, 2011 o Layered Yardangs http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022774_1865 The aligned ridges are called yardangs, which are formed in areas where the dominant erosional force is the wind. o Tithonium Chasma http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023029_1755 This complicated landscape of craters, slopes, and boulders is in an area called Tithonium Chasma, a large trough that is itself a part of the more well-known canyon system Valles Marineris. o Gullies and Curved Ridges at the Base of Crater Walls http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023328_1325 These features likely formed during a period of high obliquity (tens of millions of years ago). o A Network of Dust Devil Tracks http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023734_1270 The entire area in this image has been recently crossed by multiple dust devils. 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. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Named masses
Hi Jeff, Would Sylacauga count? There is the Hodges 3.86 kg mass and the McKinney 1.68 kg mass. How about these 2 Canyon Diablos: The Holsinger 639 kg mass and the Verkamp 242 kg mass now at the Lowell Observatory. Thanks, Peter Scherff -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Grossman Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:12 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Named masses All, I'm compiling a list of all meteorites that have named masses. The two well-known examples are Cape York and Campo del Cielo, which each have many large pieces that are known by informal names, e.g., Ahnighito (CY) and El Patio (CdC). How many others can people come up with? This is a crowdsourcing exercise for the MetBull database, where I'd like to keep track of such names. I already have a long list of synonyms, but most of these are not the names of masses; they are alternate names and spellings for the meteorite itself (if you'd like to scan them to see if you can spot any mass names, here is the long list: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullSynonyms.php). What I need are: Meteorite name; mass name; weight; source of information; optional descriptive text Thanks to all who can help! Jeff p.s. I think I have most of the CdC and CY names already compiled. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3917 - Release Date: 09/24/11 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
