[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Juancheng Contributed by: Gourgues Denis http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.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
[meteorite-list] AD - New Mesosiderite - NWA 8368
Dear List Members, I would like to use my 1st Free Ad of 2014 to introduce a beautiful new mesosiderite, NWA 8368. I have it very affordably priced considering what features each specimen displays. This stony-iron has been highly polished and the slices have been etched on one of the sides displaying an attractive 'snowflake-like' pattern! To see all available specimens of NWA 8368, please click here: http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa8368.html If you are interested in any of the specimens, please click 'Buy' and fill out the purchase form or email me directly, First-come, First served. Thank you for looking and interest! Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ 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] AD- Auctions Ending In A Few Hours
Dear List Members, I have some great pieces ending at auction in a few hours.. Please take a look if you can spare a few moments Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Kind Regards, Adam __ 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] Target on Mars Looks Good for Curiosity Rover Drilling
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-134 Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 29, 2014 The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis. The rover used several tools to examine the candidate site over the weekend, including a wire-bristle brush -- the Dust Removal Tool -- to clear away dust from a patch on the rock. The target slab of sandstone has been given the informal name Windjana, after a gorge in Western Australia. In the brushed spot, we can see that the rock is fine-grained, its true color is much grayer than the surface dust, and some portions of the rock are harder than others, creating the interesting bumpy textures, said Curiosity science team member Melissa Rice of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. All of these traits reinforce our interest in drilling here in order understand the chemistry of the fluids that bound these grains together to form the rock. Before Curiosity drills deeply enough for collection of rock-powder sample, plans call for a preparatory mini-drill operation on the target, as a further check for readiness. Curiosity's hammering drill collects powdered sample material from the interior of a rock, and then the rover prepares and delivers portions of the sample to laboratory instruments onboard. The first two Martian rocks drilled and analyzed this way were mudstone slabs neighboring each other in Yellowknife Bay, about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) northeast of the rover's current location at a waypoint called The Kimberley. Those two rocks yielded evidence last year of an ancient lakebed environment with key chemical elements and a chemical energy source that provided conditions billions of years ago favorable for microbial life. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project is using Curiosity to assess ancient habitable environments and major changes in Martian environmental conditions. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech, built the rover and manages the project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. For more information about Curiosity, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/. You can follow the mission on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity. Guy Webster 818-354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov 2014-134 __ 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: April 16-24, 2014
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents - sols 3636-3644, April 16, 2014-April 24, 2014: Opportunity is exploring south of Solander Point on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of clay minerals seen from orbit. Opportunity drove six times on Sols 3637, 3639, 3641, 3642, 3643 and 3644 (April 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 and April 24, 2014), totaling just over 656 feet (200 meters). Elevated motor currents have been seen in the right-front wheel. So in addition to extra actuator heating, the rover has switched to driving backwards again. The project is continuing to investigate mitigation strategies for the elevated wheel current. On Sol 3639 (April 19, 2014), Opportunity passed another milestone of 24 miles (39 kilometers) of total odometry. As of Sol 3643 (April 23, 2014), the solar array energy production was 658 watt-hours with an un-calibrated atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.273 and a solar array dust factor of 0.817. Total odometry is 24.32 miles (39.14 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
Re: [meteorite-list] AD - New Mesosiderite - NWA 8368
Now that's one nice Meso! On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: Dear List Members, I would like to use my 1st Free Ad of 2014 to introduce a beautiful new mesosiderite, NWA 8368. I have it very affordably priced considering what features each specimen displays. This stony-iron has been highly polished and the slices have been etched on one of the sides displaying an attractive 'snowflake-like' pattern! To see all available specimens of NWA 8368, please click here: http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/nwa8368.html If you are interested in any of the specimens, please click 'Buy' and fill out the purchase form or email me directly, First-come, First served. Thank you for looking and interest! Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ 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
