[meteorite-list] USA Two Morning Meteor Events WI MI IL and CA WA OR 23OCT2013
List, USA Two Morning Meteor Events WI MI IL and CA WA OR 23OCT2013 WI MI IL 23OCT2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/10/mi-wi-il-morning-meteor-23oct2013.html CA WA OR 23OCT2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/10/ca-wa-or-meteor-23oct2013.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Colorado Fireball 23OCT2013
List, Colorado Fireball 23OCT2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2013/10/mbiq-detects-colorado-fireball-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-305 Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 23, 2013 Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status Report PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover has begun climbing "Solander Point," the northern tip of the tallest hill it has encountered in the mission's nearly 10 Earth years on Mars. Guided by mineral mapping from orbit, the rover is exploring outcrops on the northwestern slopes of Solander Point, making its way up the hill much as a field geologist would do. The outcrops are exposed from several feet (about 2 meters) to about 20 feet (6 meters) above the surrounding plains, on slopes as steep as 15 to 20 degrees. The rover may later drive south and ascend farther up the hill, which peaks at about 130 feet (40 meters) above the plains. "This is our first real Martian mountaineering with Opportunity," said the principal investigator for the rover, Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. "We expect we will reach some of the oldest rocks we have seen with this rover -- a glimpse back into the ancient past of Mars." The hill rises southward as a ridge from Solander Point, forming an elevated portion of the western rim of Endeavour Crater. The crater spans 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter. The ridge materials were uplifted by the great impact that excavated the crater billions of years ago, reversing the common geological pattern of older materials lying lower than younger ones. Key targets on the ridge include clay-bearing rocks identified from observations by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, which is on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The observations were specially designed to yield mineral maps with enhanced spatial resolution. This segment of the crater's rim stands much higher than "Cape York," a segment to the north that Opportunity investigated for 20 months beginning in mid-2011. "At Cape York, we found fantastic things," Squyres said. "Gypsum veins, clay-rich terrain, the spherules we call newberries. We know there are even larger exposures of clay-rich materials where we're headed. They might look like what we found at Cape York or they might be completely different." Opportunity reached Solander Point in August after months of driving from Cape York. Researchers then used the rover to investigate a transition zone around the base of the ridge. The area reveals contact between a sulfate-rich geological formation and an older formation. The sulfate-rich rocks record an ancient environment that was wet, but very acidic. The contact with older rocks may tell researchers about a time when environmental conditions changed. Opportunity first explored the eastern side of Solander Point, then drove back north and around the point to explore the western side. "We took the time to find the best place to start the ascent," said Opportunity's project manager, John Callas of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "Now we've begun that climb." The rover began the climb on Oct. 8 and has advanced farther uphill with three subsequent drives. "We're in the right place at the right time, on a north-facing slope," Callas said. In Mars' southern hemisphere, a north-facing slope tilts the rover's solar panels toward the sun during the Martian winter, providing an important boost in available power. During the most recent of the five winters that Opportunity has worked on Mars, the rover spent several months without driving, safe on a small, north-facing patch of northern Cape York. The area where the rover is now climbing, however, offers a much larger north-facing area, with plenty of energy-safe ground for the rover to remain mobile. Opportunity is currently at a northward tilt of about 17 degrees. In the coming Martian winter, daily sunshine will reach a minimum in February 2014. The rover team plans a "lily pad" strategy to make use of patches of ground with especially favorable slopes as places to recharge the rover's batteries between drives. Opportunity landed on Mars on Jan. 25, 2004 (Universal Time and EST; Jan. 24, PST), three weeks after its twin, Spirit. Spirit was the first Martian mountaineer, summiting a 269-foot (82-meter) hill in 2005. Spirit ceased operations in 2010. NASA's newest Mars rover, Curiosity, landed in 2012 and is currently driving toward a 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain. Recent drives by Opportunity and Curiosity have taken the total distance driven by NASA's four Mars rovers (including Sojourner in 1997) past 50 kilometers. The total on Oct. 21 was 31.13 miles (50.10 kilometers), including 23.89 miles (38.45 kilometers) by Opportunity. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. For more about Spirit and Opportunity, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rovers and http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov . You can follow the project on
[meteorite-list] Book on Oriented Meteorites just out
The new book is just out: ASPECTS OF METEORITE ORIENTATION (Thanks to Jim Tobin for his assistance) CHAPTERS: 1: Definition Of Orientation 2: The Effect Of Orientation On Perceived Value 3: A Proposed Rating System 4: Domed Meteorites 5: Shields 6: Nosecones 7: Teardrops & Bullets 8: Flow Lines 9: Lipping 10: Back Side Pooling & Bubbling 11: Regmaglypting 12: Unique Shapes & Characteristics 13. Flight Markings Vs. Oriented Thanks to the 35 photographers who contributed one to 5 photographs each, added to my own - which are used to illustrate Degrees of various aspects of orientation. This book can be ordered directly from Café Press: http://www.cafepress.com/aspectsofmeteoriteorientation.962142181 If you just want to see the cover: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AspectsOfMeteoriteOrientation.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: October 10-16, 2013
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Maintaining Favorable Tilt for Sunshine - sols 3453-3459, Oct. 10, 2013-Oct. 16, 2013: Opportunity is ascending the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production as winter approaches. On Sol 3453 (Oct. 10, 2013), the Opportunity rover performed color Panoramic Camera (Pancam) remote sensing and collected an atmospheric argon measurement with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). After completing a few sols of remote sensing, the rover headed south on Sol 3457 (Oct. 14, 2013), ascending up Solander Point with a 77 feet (23.5-meter) drive heading towards an outcrop named 'Kangaroo Paw.' On the next sol, Opportunity bumped towards the target outcrop with an 11 feet (3.5 meter) move. On the next sol, a bump of 24 inches (60 centimeters) was performed to put the surface science targets within reach of the rover's robotic arm. As of Sol 3459 (Oct. 16, 2013), the solar array energy production was 334 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.685 and an approximate solar array dust factor of 0.527. Total odometry is 23.89 miles (38.45 kilometers). __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] R: Last call: Reservations for Friday Evening Gathering/ Munich Mineral Show 2013
Hallo! I have booked an Hotel near Sendlinger Tor (goetheplatz), a friend of mine told me I need a sort of ECO-PASS to reach the Munich Center, does anyone knows if I need this ticket? Danke! Thanks! -Messaggio originale- Da: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Per conto di Andreas Koppelt Inviato: lunedì 21 ottobre 2013 18.50 A: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Oggetto: [meteorite-list] Last call: Reservations for Friday Evening Gathering/ Munich Mineral Show 2013 Hi list, I´d like to remember all meteorite enthusiasts visiting the Munich Mineral Show 2013 for the annual Friday Evening Party scheduled Friday, 25 th October 2013. The event will be held at the traditional Bavarian restaurant: Altes Hackerhaus, Sendlinger Straße 14, 80331 Munich. The gathering will start at 7 p.m. SEAT GUARANTEE WITH RESERVATION ONLY For reservations (possible until Thursday, 8 pm) and further questions e-mail to: ra (at) koppelt.com Best regards, Andi __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fireball Observed Over California
http://cams.seti.org/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer16db2 Ames Research Center CAMS News blog: [Image] California fireball of 2013 October 22th at 19:54:03 local time (Oct 23 at 02:54:03 UT), in a video compilation by Dave Samuels in Brentwood using a Watec 902H2 Ultimate camera with 12mm/f1.2 lens and the CAMS single-camera software. 2013, Oct 22 - A bright fireball was seen by many in the Bay Area this evening around 19:54 local time in California. Bryant Grigsby reported that it caught his attention by the shadows it cast on a wall in front of him. Karen Randall described it as green, fragmenting towards the end. At the College of San Mateo, Daryl Stanford said: "It started out bluish white, then turned green; and it finally seemed to spiral and fragment at the end." Indications are that this meteor ended over the ocean. Nevertheless, the CAMS records are being collected. The first in is that of station 213 (Dave Samuels in Brentwood), shown in the picture above. The meteor left the field of view at the bottom, only the beginning part is shown. Keep tuned for a trajectory solution and updates. [Image] Update (Oct 23 1:30 am local time): The Sunnyvale station operated by Jim Albers caught the fireball on cameras 53, 11, 12, 152, 171 and 173! Camera 53 shows the beginning part of the trajectory (see picture above). Combining the Sunnyvale camera 53 astrometry with results from the 213 camera in Brentwood provides the following preliminary solution from triangulation (calculations by Peter Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, based on observations by CAMS project participants Dave Samuels and Jim Albers): Meteor was first seen at 02:53:59.5 UT (19:53:59 local time) Entered Earth atmosphere with speed 17.3 km/s Trajectory came from the East. Arrived from a direction Right Ascension = 26.5 degree, Declination = +11.2 degrees, near the star o Piscium. First seen at 87.8 km altitude, at Lat = +37.636N, Long = 121.8092W. Trajectory was shallow: inclined by 19.5 degrees with horizontal. Was tracked by CAMS camera 213 down to 60.9 km at Lat = 37.6475N Long = 122.6466W. The meteoroid penetrated well below that. Meteoroid pre-atmospheric orbit had the following properties: low-inclined orbit: inclination = 3.8 degrees Short orbit: semi-major axis = 1.15 AU Low perihelion distance = 0.653 AU According to Jenniskens, based on these preliminary results this was not a member of the Taurid shower, but likely a rock of asteroidal origin. Sadly, any surviving meteorites would have landed in the Pacific Ocean. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Museum/Collection Specimens for Sale - worth a look!
Fellow MeteorHeads, I have some Museum specimens for sale. Call or Email me privately for prices. Trades are possible...but only if you have something at least as fantastic. Agoudal (nice large individual) 1074 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Agoudal_zps9f62537e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=48 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Agoudal2_zpse2b0217b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=47 Albin (ASU slice with Label) 251.8 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Albin2_zps21dae12f.jpg.html?sort=3&o=79 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Albin3_zps8671f7a5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=78 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Albin4_zpsf7e5c227.jpg.html?sort=3&o=77 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Albin5_zps5f7c4dfc.jpg.html?sort=3&o=76 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Albin6_zps9866d1e1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=75 Allende (Haag and Schwade Prov. w/ Schwade Label) 478 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/AllendeSlice1_zpsa446028b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=19 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende_zps93a316af.jpg.html?sort=3&o=18 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/AllendeSlice478grams_zpsd979b133.jpg.html?sort=3&o=84 Allende with crust (ASU specimen w/ Label) 141 gram http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende141_zps78f72416.jpg.html?sort=3&o=33 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende141g_zpse84dd43e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=32 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende141gr_zps6f03a57d.jpg.html?sort=3&o=31 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende141gram_zps42313cd3.jpg.html?sort=3&o=30 Allende with crust (ASU specimen w/ Label) 150.1 gram http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende150_zpsb7c82b47.jpg.html?sort=3&o=39 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende2_zpsbc3ace7b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=38 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende3_zps35816406.jpg.html?sort=3&o=37 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Allende4_zpsdca50781.jpg.html?sort=3&o=36 Bondoc Iron Nodule (one of the largest) 1165 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/bondoc1165_zpsb2dc6055.jpg.html?sort=3&o=45 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc1165g_zps9c6c09fc.jpg.html?sort=3&o=44 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc1165gr_zps8a370b7e.jpg.html?sort=3&o=43 Bondoc Mesosiderite (Nice stable specimen) 520 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc1cardASU_zpsb4740391.jpg.html?sort=3&o=103 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc4_zps34b4dfc3.jpg.html?sort=3&o=102 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc2_zps42676db1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=101 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/Bondoc3_zps53ce33a4.jpg.html?sort=3&o=100 Brenham full slice (Ron Hartman collection) 264 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/brenham264gram_zpsc25b9e84.jpg.html?sort=3&o=56 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/brenham264g_zps1ba04910.jpg.html?sort=3&o=55 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/brenham264gr_zps6b503354.jpg.html?sort=3&o=54 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/brenham264gfullslice_zps35618886.jpg.html?sort=3&o=49 Chelyabinsk (100% crusted) 133 grams http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/chely1335chely_zpsd5a44380.jpg.html?sort=3&o=62 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/chely1335gramchely_zpsb18fbc96.jpg.html?sort=3&o=61 http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/rubengarcia85382/media/Collection%20Pieces%20for%20SALE/chely1335grchely_zps72547a08.jpg.html?sort=3&o=60 Choteau (Extra Rare u
[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts NASA TV News Briefing on Upcoming Mars Mission (MAVEN)
October 23, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center. Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jo...@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY M13-162 NASA Hosts NASA TV News Briefing on Upcoming Mars Mission NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 28, to discuss the upcoming launch of the agency's next mission to Mars and the first devoted to understanding the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet. The briefing on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission will take place at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW in Washington, and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. MAVEN is scheduled to launch at 1:28 p.m. EST Nov. 18 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MAVEN's data will be used to study the history and change of Mars' atmosphere, climate, and planetary habitability. Briefing participants are: - John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, Headquarters - Lisa May, MAVEN program executive, Headquarters - Kelly Fast, MAVEN program scientist, Headquarters - Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator, University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics - David Mitchell, MAVEN project manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Journalists unable to attend in person may ask questions from participating NASA locations, join by phone, or send questions via Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Steve Cole at stephen.e.c...@nasa.gov with their media affiliation by 1 p.m. Monday. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv For more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/maven and http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/ -end- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 600kg Chelyabinsk Meteorite Goes On Display
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2473083/Chelyabinsk-meteor-goes-Giant-600kg-chunk-displayed-hauled-Russian-lake.html Chelyabinsk meteorite goes on show: Giant 600kg chunk is displayed after being hauled from the bottom of a Russian lake * Meteor seen over Russia in February while travelling at 41,600 mph * Rock is believed to be one of the largest pieces to be found * The chunk was recovered from the bottom of Chebarkul Lake last week * It is now on display at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum By Ellie Zolfagharifard Mail Online October 23, 2013 A huge piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, which crashed into Russia earlier this year, has gone on display at a local museum. The meteor fireball exploded over the Ural Mountains in February causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,600 people. A 600kg rock, believed to be one of the largest pieces of this meteorite, is currently being exhibited at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum in the Southern Urals. [Image] A 600kg fragment of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum is shown here. The chunk was recovered from the bottom of Chebarkul Lake, some 60km west of Chelyabinsk. The meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk Region in February 2013 The chunk was recovered from the bottom of Chebarkul Lake, some 60km west of Chelyabinsk, following a recovery operation last week. The meteorite broke up into multiple pieces as it entered the atmosphere, scattering space debris and creating a shock wave estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs. [Video] Live footage on Russian TV showed a team pull out a 1.5-metre-long (five-foot-long) rock from the lake after first wrapping it in a special casing while it was still underwater. Chelyabinsk, 900 miles east of Moscow and close to the Kazakhstan border, took the brunt of the impact THE CHELYABINSK METEOR CRASH A meteor that blazed across southern Urals in February was the largest recorded meteor strike in more than a century. More than 1,600 people were injured by the shock wave from the explosion, estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs, as it landed near the city of Chelyabinsk. The fireball measuring 18 meters across, screamed into Earth's atmosphere at 41,600 mph. Much of the meteor landed in a local lake called Chebarkul. Other than the latest find, scientists have already uncovered more than 12 pieces from Lake Chebarkul since the February 15 incident. However, only five of them turned out being real meteorites. The rock broke up into at least three large pieces as scientists began lifting it from the ground with the help of levers and ropes. The scale itself broke the moment it hit the 570-kilogramme (1,255-pound) mark. "The rock had a fracture when we found it," one unnamed scientists told the lifenews.ru website in a live transmission. "It weighed 570 kilogrammes before the pieces fell off. And then the scale broke," said the scientist. "We think the whole thing weighs more than 600 kilogrammes," he said. The Vesti 24 rolling news channel reported that divers had already recovered more than 12 pieces from Lake Chebarkul since the February 15 incident. The station cautioned that only four or five them turned out being real meteorites. Russian meteorite raised from lake bed Last week, scientists recovered what could be giant chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteor from the bottom of the lake it crashed into in the Urals, Russia The meteor fireball that crashed into Russia in February was part of a 656-foot wide asteroid called 2011 EO40. [Baalke - NOT TRUE!] The fireball measuring 18 meters across, screamed into Earth's atmosphere at 41,600 mph. Six fragments of the meteorite have already been handed over to National Museum of Natural History in Paris. In August, NASA satellites made the unprecedented measurements of the meteor which is thought to have released 30 times more energy than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Spanish astrophysicists analysed fragments of the meteor that were scattered across the Russian town of Chelyabinsk, where the meteor landed, and claim it came from the large Apollo asteroid that regularly crosses passed Earth as it orbits the sun. They added that the piece may have broken off because of the stress caused by the gravitational pull of the planets and the sun, or could have been caused by the asteroid hitting into something else during its orbit. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Awful Trip.......Matija Bericic
Hello, Hope you get this on time, I'm sorry i didn't inform you about my trip to Wales, UK for a conference. but unfortunately i was robbed at the hotel where i lodged along with other folks. I am so confused right now, I don't know what to do or where to go. I didn't bring my phones here and the hotel telephone lines were disconnected during the incident. So I have access to only emails. Please can you loan me some money so I can settle my hotel bills and leave here immediately. Those thieves made away with my credit card as well which is why this can't be resolved instantly. I have been to the Police and they directed me to the embassy. Please let me know if you can help me out. Regards, Matija __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Forest City Contributed by: Herbert Raab http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
