[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2011-11-28 Thread valparint
Muonionalusta http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Dude, how can you sit here and watch something like this...

2011-11-28 Thread karmaka
Dude, how can you sit here and watch something like this... http://imaginethiscomic.com/comics/2011-11-28.jpg ;-) Best wishes, Martin Postfach fast voll? Jetzt kostenlos E-Mail Adresse @t-online.de sichern und endlich

[meteorite-list] AD - Miles

2011-11-28 Thread valparint
Hello Listees. I have an auction for a 7.4 gram hunk of Miles ending in a few hours. You can see it at http://www.ebay.com/itm/160687292022?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Thanks for looking. Paul Swartz IMCA 5204 __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop

2011-11-28 Thread dorifry
What the heck izzat? Click on the link for a photo. It looks like fulgurites or tektites, but of course it's probably some kind of slag amd the kids made up the part about seeing it fall from the sky in a ball of flame. --

[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAY ANSWER

2011-11-28 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers I would like to thank everyone that sent in their answers for the BLACK FRIDAY POP QUIZ. The question was  Please tell me how many whole individual meteorites were found at the Gebel Kamil crater and the surrounding area? Answer There was one whole individual piece that

[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday LEIGHLINBRIDGE meteorite!

2011-11-28 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List. Today is the birthday of the historic Leighlinbridge meteorite which fell on November 28th, 1999 in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland. This meteorite was the very last recovered witnessed fall of the old millennium. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=12759 Also, in

Re: [meteorite-list] Another Sticks Like an Iron

2011-11-28 Thread cdtucson
CBb? Carl -- Cheers MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com wrote: Hi Jim Really suggestive of an octahedral structure. But I'm going to go with some railroad slag of some sort. Too hard to see in the picture whether there are any bubbles, but still the smoothed side is highly suspicious

[meteorite-list] Real UFO?

2011-11-28 Thread cdtucson
List, What is this? Could somebody please explain this? see link; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/ufo-nfl-game_n_1033966.html Carl Meteoritemax -- Cheers __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

[meteorite-list] AD - Book, slices

2011-11-28 Thread Nigel Julie Mann
Hi List I have a few items for sale: An ex-lib. copy of Krinov's Principles of Meteoritics (English translation, 1960). Inside covers and spine have usual markings (see photographs) but rest of book is clean - no marks or tears. For pictures please see:

Re: [meteorite-list] Real UFO?

2011-11-28 Thread Jimski47
Hi Carl, The video was shot at slow speed so when played back what your seeing are airplanes moving very fast. This was debunked a week ago. Cheers, Jim K In a message dated 11/28/2011 2:13:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, cdtuc...@cox.net writes:

[meteorite-list] Meteorite?

2011-11-28 Thread Jimski47
Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. I did some meteorite hunting and found this stone. I'd like to get some feedback on it. _http://www.meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10p=2860#p2860_ (http://www.meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10p=2860#p2860) Cheers, Jim K

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy Birthday LEIGHLINBRIDGE meteorite!

2011-11-28 Thread Chris Spratt
Hi: How much for shipping to Victoria, BC Canada? Thanks, Chris. Spratt Victoria, BC __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Real UFO?

2011-11-28 Thread Greg Stanley
A reflection in the camera lens. There are many different colored bright lights there. Greg S Sent from my iPhone On Nov 25, 2011, at 3:57 PM, cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: List, What is this? Could somebody please explain this? see link;

Re: [meteorite-list] Real UFO?

2011-11-28 Thread Elizabeth Warner
If you watch the sequence, you can see that it is a timelapse sequence that had been filmed earlier. Those are airplanes. Clear Skies! Elizabeth On 11/28/2011 4:30 PM, Greg Stanley wrote: A reflection in the camera lens. There are many different colored bright lights there. Greg S Sent

[meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Richard A. Kowalski
Due to budget issues, there is a possibility of facilities closing on Kitt Peak. From the October issue of NOAO Currents Dire Budget Projections from NSF AST: Your Input Needed In his presentation to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, NSF AST Director Jim Ulvestad provided

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Greg Hupé
Hi Richard, Thank you for posting this news. It would be very unfortunate if they were closed down. So much has been, and will be achieved if the facilities stay open! Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.LunarRock.com NaturesVault

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Richard A. Kowalski
Spacewatch, a sister NEO Survey and follow up program here at the Lunar Planetary Lab do indeed operate on Kitt Peak. I'm not sure how much they would be affected, but I can't imagine how their operations would not be impacted in some way, from facilities closing on the mountain. -- Richard

[meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Kitt Peak, Sky Tel., Mar 82, pp. 240-242. The Founding of Kitt Peak, Sky Tel., Mar 83, pp. 228-232. Construction of Kitt Peak Observatory, Sky Tel., Aug 83, p. 109. Realm of the long eyes: Kitt Peak, Sky Tel., Jul 84, p. 35. Cheers, Bernd __

Re: [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAY ANSWER

2011-11-28 Thread John.L.Cabassi
Congratulations Mike and thanks for the Pop Quiz Shawn -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Alan Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:57 AM To: Meteorite Central Subject: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Richard Montgomery
Richard K, will this impact you directly? (Indirect impact is still distressful to contemplate.) Richard M. - Original Message - From: Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net To: Richard A. Kowalski kowal...@lpl.arizona.edu; MPML m...@yahoogroups.com; Meteorite List

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread Richard A. Kowalski
On 11/28/2011 8:17 PM, Richard Montgomery wrote: Richard K, will this impact you directly? (Indirect impact is still distressful to contemplate.) Richard M. Thanks for asking Richard. No, this should not affect Catalina. We operate with two telescopes owned by the Steward Observatory, U of

Re: [meteorite-list] Real UFO?

2011-11-28 Thread GREG LINDH
Your news source is the Huffington Post..nuff said. Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:57:32 -0500 From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Real UFO? List, What is this? Could somebody please explain this? see link;

[meteorite-list] piece of burnt meteorite falls on East Delhi housetop

2011-11-28 Thread pshugar
All communications with Galactic Stone and Ironworks are hereby suspended untill further notice. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak

2011-11-28 Thread MexicoDoug
I didn't read too carefully the orginal blurb, but it didn't sound like Kitt Peak was really in trouble. But with politics, who knows. If Kittt Peak gets phased down, that will probably negatively affect all astronomical observations around Tucson to some degree unless someone can pick up