Hello Listees,
Rob's eerie green Comet has just exploded majestically as it has made time
receding from the Sun. This is fascinating and this is big news for Comet
people. OK, exploded is dramatic - I should say it had an unexpected
outburst and just got 5-10 times brighter while it was just
Where's Martin A. (of Chladni's Hairs) Martin, what were you telling me
about Tulipmania and meteorites the other day? That meteorites had nothing
in common with Tulips in 1600's Amsterdam? Ehemmm. I rest my case. I just
want to know who's going window shopping in Amsterdam for their new
Dear Joe, Sounds like fun. The Orionids have
had a wonderful peak this year and probably account for the visual displays you
and the rest of the world are seeing, though the trjectory you give wasn't easy
for me to follow. As to "landing" just over yonder, well Just
wanted to encourage
Hello Listees,
Rob's green Comet has exploded. This is fascinating and this is big
news for Comet people. OK, I should say it had an unexpected outburst and
just got 5-10 times brighter while it was just on its way out and ready to wane
quickly. I'm sure if we were on the comet that would
Comet's Exciting Explosion Part II
Hi Doug -
I wonder why Rob's come frgamented up at this
particular time. Where was Rob's comet at in terms of
the plane of the ecliptic? Had it just passed a nearby
large gravitational body?
good hunting,
Ed
--- MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED
Hello shooting star devotees and comet origin enigmaticists,
Just an update on the great surprise comet of 2006,
C/2006 M4 (SWAN), discovered by Rob Matson by early July...
We are in bright Moonlight at the first quarter and Rob's comet continues to
be nicely visible from suburban or reasonable
Hi Steve Dave,
If it is set up as Steve says, i.e. bracketed by removing the biggers first,
24 mesh sieve opening is 0.71mm and the next in the Tyler screen scale,
20 mesh sieve has 0.85mm holes, then:
0.71mmyour sampling0.85mm
This assuming he used all the standard sizes. There are about 12
Chi Steve wrote:
and a 14 gram slice of GEIDAM with crust for $175. I will pay all postage
and shipping.
Hello Steve, please, I know you are trying hard and sometimes things are
getting out of control.
I am sorry to have to post this as I am in favor of a kinder and gentler
list where respect
. I am
speaking out because I want to be sure when I ever get my dream on this OC,
that it is the real McCoy...er make that REAL GEIDAM (and not some cheesey
phoney Gouda or Edam).
Wishing better yet for the Garden of Eden,
Doug
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From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED
. If anyone has real specimens from the GEIDAM locality, please
let me know, even if it isn't for sale, I'd love to have the pleasure of a
consolation photo.
Best wishes, Doug
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From: M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]; steve
Martin wrote:
Subject: [meteorite-list] (AD) Collector Card Series vs Chladni
Casketseries Pepsi vs Coke
Hi Martin,
Casketseries? :-) Is this a post-Halloween commercial?!!
I enter Chladni Clastics.
Good luck to all of you with the Mortadellan meteorites (EU protected
geographic label, IGP)
Bonjour Pierre-Marie,
It is always a good idea to provide references when you see such
attention-getting assertations, and wish to share and investigate the truth
behind them. Perhaps you can track down the apparent sole Apollo-age source
of this conjecture, Dr. Philip Seff, alledged to be a
Ha! I agree with Dave and this ad made my day last time, so I imagine it's
approved for twice in one week, under the special material exemption,
since it is really only half ad and half humor and counts only half each
time. Even the title of his post was funny, thanks for that Mike, though
I'll
Hello to all, I have been looking for several years for a Nikon F2 (the
expensive DE-1, DP-12 prisms would be rewarded well, but DP-1 is still
fine), and could settle even for a Nikon FE as well.
Since the camera is useful for longer exposures - my area of interest, I'll
be forgiving on the
Hello Meteorite friends and acquaintances,
What a wonderful time I've had on my trip to the USA with the local
astronomy club during the planetary syzygy championed by that little
hot-shot of a planet, Mercury. I'd like to share this story...
The ancient messenger Planet swiftly vulcanized the
Chris wrote:
What I'd expect to happen in space is that the individual oil droplets
will gradually coalesce as they collide (a statistical process).
Eventually, you'll have a single blob of oil drifting around in (or on)
a single blob of water.
Hi, I think Dave has not defined the question
Doctor Death wrote:
Somewhere I recall that the best time to watch meteors is around 4:00 am
where the Earth is facing foward in orbit.
And the most likely time for a retrivable fall is 4:00 pm when a meteorite
is approaching earth is catching up to it in orbit. Kind of like retriving
bugs
Dear List,
Had clear, fairly dark skies all night, observed 23:00 - 01:00 EST Saturday
night/Sunday Morning covered the peak of the Leonids, which have always been
a tough call no one can figure out...
After seeing one reasonable fireball at 23:30, I spent the rest of the time
bs-ing with
Hi Chris, Bob and Listees; Geminid fans,
Yup, thanks for mentioning the Geminids - you're both right that there is
one nice possible shower on December 14 with the Geminids before next
August's 2007 Perseids when the Perseid peak falls during a New Moon and
just before dawn at optimal
the moon will NOT be bad enough to throw a wet blanket for the Geminids
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From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bob King [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids, good
Moni wrote:
Did you take her to the desert and let her loose and she sniffed until she
found one or how?
Jejeje! Go Go Go, Trixie, Go !! Hopefully Trixie wasn't too loose around
the Shooting Star (Racer X's car's name)...
Sadly, Chim-chim, after hunting forever, only dug up a trunkful of
Hola Listees,
Thanks very kindly for the meteorite fictional book ideas many of you kindly
sent in response to my post the other day.
I thought I would post a summary in case anyone else was looking for gift
ideas for friends family or loved ones.
First, I'll tell you the book I decided to
by the namsake of Chladni's heirs: Story featured in Nation
Geographic:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/star_money2.html
Best wishes, Doug
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From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 4:30 AM
...
Congratulations !!!
Notice of my special request is kindly appreciated,
Buckleboo too,
Dougy
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From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'MexicoDoug' [EMAIL PROTECTED];
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:43 AM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list
!
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From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'MexicoDoug' [EMAIL PROTECTED];
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Meteorite novels -gifts II
Hola Doug,
yah and the Grimm brothers weren't only collectors
. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'MexicoDoug'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite novels -gifts II
Martin Altmann said:
There were always wars, wars, wars...
funny
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Cc: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Altmann
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Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite novels -gifts II
Hi, Doug, Martin, List,
Operating on the principle that the longer I talk,
the more likely my chance to really
Hi Pete,
The ones from China are the same ones that are imported here at the low
price end through middlemen who will need their $ cut. They are less
expensive and all you have to do is wait two weeks, but I don' know anyone
who's had a problem and many of us have ordered. If you do buy one
. Which street in Munich is named
after a Mexican explorer :-) ?
Best wishes, Doug
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From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'MexicoDoug' [EMAIL PROTECTED];
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:33 AM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Meteorite
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To: 'MexicoDoug' [EMAIL PROTECTED];
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:33 AM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Meteorite novels -gifts II
Oops Doug,
Thou shalt not over-interpret.
I can't find any increased interest in nor any cultural reception of
meteorites in German
(and download).
Handing the thread back to you, Doug.
Sterling K. Webb
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From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: meteorite-list
Martin wrote:
I checked the archive. This year alone, Steve Arnold Chicago had on this
list 76 ADs. His worst month was January with only a single AD, his best
November with 16 ADs.
The rest of his posts consisted mainly of Wanted-Ads; reports, which
specimens he just bought (to resell
into this
than intended!
Best wishes, Doug
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From: Dave Carothers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Altmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: (AD
Dear Steve and Gary, Listees,
I had forgotten about Steve S.'s involvement in this case. I just wanted
to express my appreciation to Gary for sharing this project with the list
and having the iniciative to persevere to a gold standard collaborative
conclusion. Steve Schoner's contributions
Hi Darren,
In the words of one of the world's greatest minds ever:
Well, this is science,' replied the professor, 'the attempt of the human
mind to understand everything around us, be it giant stellar galaxies,
microscopic bacteria, or these elementary particles. It is interesting and
Mark,
There is no lack of terminology. Yours is an interesting point if you
consider it an achondrite, rather than some intermediate, and don't want to
get into semantic issues with a nomenclature work-in-progress. David Weir
calls them Distinct recrystallized oval inclusions. He also
Dear List,
Here's a fresh ordinary chondrite that fell on this special date in history in
1977.
Check out the bright gray matrix (The photo doesn't do justice):
http://geo.web.ru/db/meteorites/card.html?id=11076
Can anyone comment on what is behind the H5 and H6 classification seen from
Hi Steve,
The color?!! (or is this a trick question?) heh heh
Also the sensitivity of our eyes is such that at low power, we can see the
beam of the green, though the red is much less apparent.
50mW and above might damage the eyes of children playing with it, based on
my 5mW perfectly
Hi Bernd,
A treatment with Babelfish at www.altavista.com tells us that Poglica is a
word with a complex indoeuropean etymology, including most closely from
Slavic. Apparently it most recently means button, and earlier was derived
from roundish things like goiter and roundish ball.
Hi Marcin-ho,
Does the crust after these millenium still look like you took a high
temperature blow torch to steel and watched it turn rainbowish colores, or
are we talking about an old magnetitated surface that has been exposed to
the elements and kept certain characteristics of its original
Oops, make that desert varnish doesn't count as the original good stuff...
Hi Marcin-ho,
Does the crust after these millenium still look like you took a high
temperature blow torch to steel and watched it turn rainbowish colores, or
are we talking about an old magnetitated surface that
Oops, make that desert varnish doesn't count as the original good stuff...
Hi Marcin-ho,
Does the crust after these millenium still look like you took a high
temperature blow torch to steel and watched it turn rainbowish colores, or
are we talking about an old magnetitated surface that
Hi Gary,
Fusion crust can be in the eyes of the beholder, so the difficulty with this
question is we are making a one-size fits all definition.
For the irons, you could get a vey thin local destruction of any
crystalline patterns or figures (no longer etch), some chemical change from
heating can be brutal and cause asteroid skins. I
just don't know how that could survive in tact throughout entry...
Best wishes, Doug
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From: Gary K. Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Monday, December 04
Yeah, Alex!
OK, David, so then, that rim on Boguslavka is the alpha-2 zone of the
ablated surface.
Here's photo I just took of the piece I contracted from Cladni Heirs,
terrible photo, but it shows beautifully that fusion heated rim (could be
called part of the fusion crust I guess - but
The dog ate it
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From: Dave Freeman mjwy
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] possible leonid meteorite
I am not convinced yet.any pictures in the as
Hello listees, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone,
If you really want to keep abreast of the Palau coins, there is a quite
beautiful series I'd like to recommend. The particular 1993 kicked off the
series (well there was an uglier one in '92) with a sexy and nice outer
space
for the affluent part of the meteorite community, and a proof made of
sterling silver always is quite eyecatching.
Best wishes, Doug
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From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (AD
Michael wrote:
It should be added that many list members do NOT resent Xxx X, and
do, in fact, gleefully read his posts but mostly - in anticipation of the
posts of those who hate him to be hysterically humorous - like watching pin
ball machines run amok in a giant Greyhound bus station.
Alex, Big NWA 4485 congratulations and may the befreundet Christmas spirit
brilliantly bring velvety melanite-emblazoned gems into Germany's skies.
That moonpiece is dangerously admirable for anyone with purse and a pulse.
I'm still walking on water for Christmas's to come, after an encounter
By all means, Bernd !
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From: Zelimir Gabelica [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2007 Peoples Choice Harvey Award Nominee
Zelimir wrote:
Bernd is by no means the best
Hello Listees,
So far I have NEVER placed a meteorite advertisement on the list in my few
years here. I don't think depending on income from selling is the right
reason to entitle one to either more ads, or more say, any more than I think
one who never offers ads should count more. (Not directed
I am curious, it is physically possible for a meteorite to enter our
atmosphere so slow that it would fall without burning, no fireball, no
melting of the surface of the rock?
Hello 001,
You mean shaken but not stirred? Cool question, on cool entry... Not in
any mood to think, so I vote NO,
Hello Elton and everyone,
Ah, Elton, then may I ask if the appropriate classes of tektites, have a
fusion crust just to make a little more interesting discussion?
After the huge discussion we just had on this very same subject of fusion
crusts for irons, I thought everyone was finally happy:-).
Hello Michael. Nogotta meteorite :-)? If you are writing a book, may I
suggest...
For a good look at the stone, Check Figure 1 (page 90, see online link
below) of the 1983 paper on the Nogata chondrite or better yet, contact the
authors, for a nice picture of the low iron L6 meteorite which
Hi Mike, and welcome as a contributor to the meteorite list. Here's looking
to some fresh grist for the mill, especially on those days we, or our
discussions, start feeling as old as the meteorites themselves! Of course
your comment left me wondering, of the few meteorites you do have, if you
Doug or anyone currently on line with position of the recent Comet, I'd
appreciate a head's up to locate it OR is it that conspicuous in the SW
twilight???
For you Yanks near Plymouth and Boston, you can see it weather/pollution
permitting from 16:50 until it sets at 17:22. Use the Sunset as a
Martin teased the R.O.W. about some obscure Jünger fellow and hove out a
who said (with clairvoyance) to cater to a more American style of
literature:
...came in with Halley's comet (1835) go out with it (1910) ...
Jerry quipped: Mark Twain!
As my Favorite Martin wonders how Mark Twain
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von
MexicoDoug
Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Januar 2007 10:00
An: Meteorite Mailing List
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Mark Twain, a Eurochallenger, and Perihelia
Martin teased the R.O.W. about some obscure Jünger fellow and hove out a
who said (with clairvoyance
Hi Darren,
Regarding the Villalbeto de la Pena meteorite paper, I thing the Seller
mirko66 was quite explicit about offering a paper. Also, having personally
dealt with the Seller, I am sure if someone bid up a paper to the value of
what the main mass would be worth (1.4 kg), he would not force
Hi Gary,
Nice discussion!
I think there is a big difference between fusion crust for irons and just
a thermally altered zone.
Fusion requires the crust to have been fused. At velocities over 3 km/s
the fusing material is the same material that is ablating, and as we know
very little remains
Leandro benvenuto al nostro gruppo:-)
Please join us all for a hot cappuccino sweetened with mollified meteorite
rind, whipped with fuchsia flamed CAI's swirling into a swarthy, crusted
Italian meringue.
Good health and a kind welcome,
Doug
frezing in Mexico
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David wrote:
During the depression wasn't a loaf of bread like a penny? If you could
find a job to earn one! Who was buying space rocks I can't imagine.
Imagine some character named Nininger? Though you're right - that's why he
was so successful! Btw, the loaf of bread was $0.07. And a car
This brings up a question to all. Did anyone down south of the equator see
this [comet] in broad daylight from 01/12 to 01/16? All the reports I have
thus far seen are from the north. It should have been easily seen in broad
daylight down there as the sun would be higher in a blue sky.
Hello
Meteorite Déjà Vu?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1objectid=10419869
Photos: Comet mistaken for plane in fiery plunge
Friday January 19, 2007
By James Ihaka
(photo by Dave Curtis) The McNaught Comet seen from Dunedin.
The Fire Service and police around the country received
PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT IS STILL VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT!
MexicoDoug and all.
I can still see it with the naked eye! The sky is crystal blue today. It
is just below and somewhat left of the the sun about 9 degrees or so.
Venus can also be spotted to the east about
Hello List, with such a brilliant moon above us these evenings, Tucson
a.k.a., The Old Pueblo is the METEORITICALLY ENDOWED city to be,
which such a tradition of attracting the most fabulous planetary
specimens every February. This year is no exception!
Please enjoy the follow photo from
Hello from the field, after being blasted out of Holbrook yesterday
morning.
I can say that two days ago in the Holbrook strewn field, I was camping
in the middle of it, which is basically an erroded shrub, dry lake mud
flat. It was drizzling all day long, making a wicked cold burn, but
Dear List,
Finally I'm home! It's been a long Tucson for me, all very enjoyable.
Please take a moment
to hear me rant -or more appropriately: rave- about the meteorite folks who
colored my world in Arizona and beyond.
First, in order of meeting, is Jim Kriegh with whom I feel privileged to
have
(continued from last message)
To warm down a bit I stopped by to see Kitty Killgore who I didn't expect
this year. Apparently the show promoter had kicked Martin's SWMC out of the
show some time as a not for profit, because as everybody knows, this is
Tucson and everything has to have a price
Dear List,
Finally I'm home! It's been a long Tucson for me, all very enjoyable.
Please take a moment
to hear me rant -or more appropriately: rave- about the meteorite folks who
colored my world in Arizona and beyond.
First, in order of meeting, is Jim Kriegh with whom I feel privileged to
have
Hola Tom, from Mexico,
SODALITE, PLAGIOCLASE?
Suerte Sunlight is probably the best bet :-(, Doug
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] do meteorites fluoresce??
Geoff wrote:
Happy Birthday Parnallee! 150 years old today...My girlfriend, the lovely
Cindy Sue...'s very pretty as well, and has NO chondrules at all : )
Hello Geoff, Cindy Sue and List members,
So happy for Parnallee, you and Cindy Sue on this magical date now past.
Please join me to see
Hi again, like Sterling I will repost my message sent a while ago as it
didn't go through instantaneously and Holbrook is hot. Undoubtable the
messages will show up sometime in a couple of days so pardon the
duplication...
Best health, Doug
From: MexicoDoug
To: DNAndrews; Meteorite-list
Sent
Dear List,
Thanks Gary for the Lunar eclipse reminder. Normally a Full Moon (which is
the only time Lunar eclipses occur) is bad news for asteroid chasers,
because, the sky is wiped out by the light reflected off the moons surface
the whole night allowing the lovers among us though to cast
Hi Dave and Jason,
I appreciate the discussion from you both, all the food for thought...
Each time I saw your posts, I didn't find any of you referencing the obvious
fact of the possible effect on travel distance of the superb orientation of
the Adamana specimen with respect to the physics.
Jeff, Gun-buff's, G'Mornin'
It's an artillery M-series M1895 (M1895M1A4) 305mm (12-inch) Coastal Defense
Gun (made in about 1895) on an M1917 Barbette Carriage. The big gun can
fire a 900 pound (409 kg) nicely oriented shell over 16 miles (26.5 km)
range through the atmosphere at sea level. At
Hurray Steve! And thanks for the new word 'redux' I looked it up, first
foolishly assumed it was a typo, being a chemist with redox on the mind.
Hurray Anne! I've been at odds with Michael on Proud Tom for a long time:
* * *
Doug posted re: Proud Tom BS (Jan 2004):
Michael, My respects to the
Hi Chris, Rob, List,
Meteorite goes through the window ... or science thrown out the window?
But Chris, if you are that generous with the benefit of doubt, to be
consistent, what general effect would the lift, drag, and related
turbulence, have caused on this fragile lightweight during the
larger object until that point- an
object not as sensitive to aerodynamics.
Chris
*
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Chris wrote:
In a steady 18 mph wind [which would give the metal a fall angle of 20
degrees], that equates to a horizontal ground speed of 18 mph. The heavier
the object, the longer it will take to reach that zero airspeed. So if this
thing was falling vertically, and then experienced a brief
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From: MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite
GoesThroughWindowinIllinois
Chris wrote:
In a steady 18 mph wind [which would
Hello Chris, List, If anyone receives more information regarding this
event, please contact me on or off list. Thanks, Larry
Listees, Larry, hope we can keep this on-list for all those interested. The
local astronomy club seems to have it covered (GTA = Greater Toronto Area):
Best, Doug
And another colorful story rolls in (don't think the picture is of the
event, but who knows nowadays:)
Strange Object Over Waterloo Region Canada
by Greg Mercer
Was it a planet? A plane? A meteorite? Little green men? Whatever it was,
residents across Waterloo Region saw something unusual in the
http://www.ourstrangeworld.net/?p=7726
I'm a lousy Newsbot: the above link goes with this story and 'picture'.
Best, Doug
Strange Object Over Waterloo Region Canada
by Greg Mercer
Was it a planet? A plane? A meteorite? Little green men? Whatever it was,
Hi List amigos,
Just curious ... Sterling what model you have accounts for potato sized
meteorites (and powder) scattered in and around meters from the impact, yet
strictly powder inside, especially for a meteorite that sheds like this one
particularly along its natural 'fault' lines. Let me
Not so fast Sterling :-) The size of the crater, which is rare or even
unique... doesn't make mucked-up analyses a requirement!
Short and simple as I just read your reply to me in which you somehow missed
the central point I asked about when you insisted that the crater contains
nothing but
Hi Sterling, my brief comments are inserted in your text in all lower case,
Hola, Doug,
I think the variety of reports I've already posted
and then referred to several times, are all that I can
say to your dislike for my reconstruction of the
event. I confess to being somewhat mystified by
during the excitement..
Sterling K. Webb
best health,
doug
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From: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite List
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Cc
Hi Martin! Wrong country !
You must mean Harry Steele vs. Dr. Stanley Moorehead? I highly recommend
that 1954 movie to those who have somehow missed it !
Have a really Monze Day!,
Doug
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From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Hi Herman,
Glad it could be helpful, and also would like to thank your for the always
positive comments and attitude you have on the list.
I prefer the graph I already posted, but I got a private email that it was a
nice graph, but...but one had to stand on their head to read it best. So
Dear Jim,
The great crater in our hearts and weeping of our desert-worn eyes caused
with this news and thought of missing you can't seem real.
We will observe a day of admiration and respect in your honor today: for
your unique and wonderful accomplishments strewn across the world in the
Hi Rob, Sterling and List,
Thanks for the reality check Rob, a.k.a. that pesky detail called
conservation of mass that insists on being respected even in sexy mudpits.
Sterling, what % is spalled backwards in these (much-to-be-desired) models
of such low-end impact energies in somewhat
Perhaps a study might be done on the deterioration of a pallaside meteorite
in tropical conditions.
Hi Francis, List,
Nice consolation thought. At 3800 meters altitude in the mountains, they
are lucky if they don't dip below freezing most nights of the year and in
most of the days of the
. No problem to chew the local
stuff, too, if we need to break an ethereal altitude hangover? ...
¡ Salud ! (Cheers!) ;-)
Doug
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From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday
@meteoritecentral.com; mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS
Hi Dough, list,
yes, I understand that the list may have got a rather negative impression of
Peru due to these very ugly experience Mike and his
to stick around too long...
Best wishes,
Doug
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From: Jan Hattenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; mexicodoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] INTERVIEW WITH CARANCAS LOCALS
Hi Dough
Hi David, Bob and Jan, List,
David - There has been a cold war going on down there to define who has
rights to market alcoholic drinks called Pisco (If you don't think this is
important - very seriously-, think again!!!), and the fight for control
portions of the sea between Peru and Chile is
Hello Walter,
Up to and including, one Troy ounce, I prefer saying Mementos.
Medallion sounds like a big medal to me, a $5 word, so size does matter.
Drawing the line, if at all, is subjective to one's own personal reference
set (for me it is either a Spanish Milled Dollar 27.1g, US Silver
WOW !!!
What a cargo of pure beauty! It appears to even have hips? We heard rumors
of a 300 pounder being found up in there, and finally the wonderful chance
to see it on RFS POD !!! It was also tempting not to post a question to
the list about this, but not to spoil the meteorite
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