Hi Sterling:
But remember, that the M classification is based on is visible spectrum.
Overall, it would have to have a relatively featureless visible spectrum
that is redder than yur typical C-class asteroid.
However, I think that there here been more detailed observations that show
that there
Hi Jason:
The asteroids that are spectrally similar to carbonaceous chondrites (CI
and CM) are B-, C-, and G-class asteroids. The density of Ceres is about 2
grams/cc and I think that they range up to about 2.5 grams/cc. Many Cs
have densities lower than 2, which probably indicates that they are
Hi Al:
If I remember correctly, Tom Jones brought a meteorite up in the Shuttle
on one of his flights.
Larry
Hi Richard and all,
One of the Shuttle Missions I covered at the Kennedy Space Center, took up
seeds that were eventually brought back down and given to school kids to
plant later
Hi Sterling:
Surface water ICE! And a very think layer that must be continuously
replenished (one assumes from the interior).
Larry
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/water-ice-on-asteroid-100428.html
Water Ice Discovered on Asteroid for First Time
By Clara Moskowitz
SPACE.com Senior
Hi Elton:
I do not know about spectra, but 3200 Phaethon (a Mercury-, Venus-,
Earth-, and Mars-crosser (gets to within 0.14 AU of the Sun) is the source
of the Geminids (December). But no coma has ever been seen (though was
supposedly a little brighter than predicted in 2009 when it had its last
Hi All:
My impression (I too need to do some more research) is that at least
infrared observations of Stardust particles imply that they are similar to
(at least in one this respect) to IDPs (Interplanetary Dust Particles) and
are anhydrous silicates. The implication being that comets (a least
Hi Phil, Chris, Sterling, and Carl (et al.):
One of the first articles (newscasts??) mentioned the Gamma shower which
made no sense, but reminded me of a talk I gave a few years ago about the
sources of meteor showers. I found the following on Wikipedia:
Gamma Virginids
The North and South Gamma
Darryl:
And planets.
Saw both Venus and Mercury in the west, as well as Mars and Saturn (plus
Jupiter this morning)!
Larry
hey mike,
there's a problem with timing...seems like different objects.
while your EST sighting comports with the michigan sightingwhy are
you on EST?
Hi Mike:
These are good definitions for things on Earth (meteorites, etc.), but
once one talks about things in orbit around the Sun, this is in the
purview of the IAU and they already have (not so perfect) definitions for
small Solar System bodies.
As I said previously, I would be hard-pressed
Hi Alan:
Thanks for this. Where was this published? Some of the numbers did not
come though. This works fine with me other than,if read this correctly, it
does not classify anything larger than a meter. What are those objects?
There was a discussion of this topic some time ago and one needs to
Hi Everyone:
A friend of mine (Greg Beckner) in Gainsville, FL just sent me this. He
was out with a group of scouts and saw the following (second paragraph):
I took my Cub Scout pack to the model airplane field last night showed
them a few R/C aircraft. A sidebar to that is the field is
Hi Greg:
Thanks for this information. From what I can tell Route 17 does not always
go true north, so is it possible that north is a little more toward the
west?
Maybe radar saw it.
Thanks again.
Larry
Hello All,
I interviewed someone today in Florida (in person) who witnessed last
Hi Walter:
I could hug you (I would say kiss you but might not be interpreted the
right way). I have been using It Came From Outer Space for years in my
class and since I also use 3D glasses, this is what I have been looking
for and long given up on.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Larry
Hi Darryl:
If we are doing cult, I think that there is a scene of a puddle of water
that something appears to have fallen in. Later, who can forget Levi
Stubbs singing I'm a Mean Green Mother From Outer Space: Little Shop of
Horrors.
Also, there is Bart's Comet (do not remember seeing that go
Hi Sterling:
No, you are not paying for it twice. The government (we) pay for the
research, but do not pay for the publication costs. I do not think that
Science has page charges for authors, so someone has to pay the people who
run the magazine, print it, and distribute it (real jobs). Also,
Here is the second.
I did not see it. :(
Larry Lebofsky
Original Message
Subject: Fw: Meteor
From:Larry Twink Monrad larrytwinkmon...@comcast.net
Date:Tue, February 9, 2010 8:48 pm
To: Larry Lebofsky lebof
Elizabeth:
Bud Light Planetarium???
Thanks,
Larry
Okay, so, http://www.spike.com/video/bud-light/3334612
Enjoy!
Elizabeth
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Walter:
They also had Meteor on (1979), which predates all the disasteroid
movies that came out at the time of Shoemaker-Levy 9.
Not quite as bad a movie, but not the bast in the world given it cast:
Sean Connery (Bond, James Bond)
Karl Malden
those famous Russian actors
Natalie Wood and Brian
Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It
looks like a gem, something that I can use in my class as an example of
what is wrong with this scene?
Larry
So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy?
http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/
Hi Graham:
Unfortunately (in my opinion), with a permit, you could walk around the
show with a sidearm or a bullwhip.
Larry
Looks like you'll all be recognizing me this time then as I walk round the
show
Cheers,
Graham
Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Or
As they used to say:
We will ride you out of town on a rail (an old tradition).
Larry
MeteorWongMekong iron?
IDPwhat Hopper the dog uses to make sure he knows which are his and
which are Ruben's meteorites!
Katie Boundrythat long thin dark dancer who was first discovered
Yes, Mark, it was a great party. It was good to see everyone there!
And it was clear!
Hope to see everyone at the Lunar Lab exhibit on Saturday January 30.
Larry in Tucson
Hello List,
Great show, great party! Thanks Geoff and everyone who helped make it
possible. I hope I can make it
I saw it. It made it through. Might have succeeded since there was a line
break between an and al.gif!
Larry
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:50:44 -0800, you wrote:
http://virga.sfsu.edu/pub/jetstream/jetstream/big/1001/10011900_jetstream_an
al.gif
Just a tip in case some members are viewing their
Hi Mark (and Geoff if you see this):
I just received an email from the MIT Alumni Associaton and they are
meeting at the Sky Bar on the 27th from 5:00 to 8:00. I do not know how
many people will show up for that group.
Larry
PS Missed Mars, guess I left too early. :(
Right on Larry, they had
Hi Graham:
Before we let you in to Arizona, a little geography lesson:
Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona (UA Wildcats)
Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona: Arizona State University (ASU Sun Devils)
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona University (NAU Lumberjacks)
If you mix them up, you might get
I will take cash for subscriptions at the show. Probably can do credit
cards, too, if you trust me with the number (could use a vacation).
Larry
Ooopsthanks for the warning...good job there are not that many tree's
about in the area's we are visiting!
Cheers Larryanyone at the show
Hi Jeff:
This was just the conversation that was had several years ago (almost to
the day). It was at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (2006?; was it that
long ago?) and I (with Nancy?) was having this very discussion with Anne
Black and Geoff Notkin in their salesroom (one word) as to how to
Hi Eric:
For about a year, this was a topic for the editors of Meteorite magazine.
We decided to be consistent with strewnfield since we had the column From
the Strewnfields by Martin Horejsi at the time (miss your articles in the
magazine, Martin).
Larry
Hi Listees,
Thanks to you all who've
Hi all again:
Those who study impacts on Earth and other bodies tend to use the terms
impactors and bolides for the things that make holes in the ground but too
big leave any meteorite. This gets around the asteroid/comet problem.
I just got this from WIkipedia (same article that Sterling used?:
Hi Chris:
I am glad that we agree on this.
Larry
It's seldom confusing in practice, since the context almost always makes
clear what is actually under discussion. I'm pretty consistent in my own
usage: the body before and during its incandescent (meteor) phase is a
meteoroid, and after its
Hi Sterling:
Yes, it is not uncommon for definitions to be, unfortunately for the
general public, to be in the context of who is studying what. Cratering
people do not necessarily care what caused the impact (asteroid or comet)
other than in the modeling that includes parameters such as density,
We will all miss Christian.
Our condolences to his family.
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
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Hi Sterling:
A meteoroid is an natural object in orbit around the Sun that is smaller
than an asteroid. There has already been a discussion of what constitutes
a small asteroid and what consitutes a large meteoroid. Technically,
cometary dust particles are all meteoroids.
Also, technically, 2010
Hi Sterling:
Thanks for researching that. This is the problem of a press release that
is not followed up with what probably actually went on at the actual
session where the paper was presented.
Larry
Dear Count, and Listoids,
Another story:
Hi Sterling:
The events quoted by you from John Lewis' book are open to interpretation.
Similar interpretations give us:
Ezekiel saw a flying saucer
And, for those who like interpretations of the Bible and other writings:
Joshua made the Earth stand still: This was due to the fact that Venus
Dear Katsu:
Thanks for sending out this article.
Larry Lebofsky
Hello list,
My paper entitled Solar-Radiation Heating Effects on 3200 Phaethon
was finally published in the latest issue of PASJ, as follows,
http://pasj.asj.or.jp/v61/n6/610621/610621.pdf,
of which PDF file is freely
Paul:
For all of his research on these falls, Lewis did not make any effort to
try to validate the events beyond his interpretation of the writings. It
has been a long time since I read the book or talked to him about it.
Larry
Grondine asked:
Has anyone ever thought of going to those fall
Hi Mike:
Please contact me off line.
Thanks
Larry Lebofsky
PS If anyone has an up-to-date email address for Mike, please let me know,
thanks
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Saw nothing from Tucson, but have not spent much time outside since it has
been cloudy and (relatively) cold (at least for those of us in Tucson, and
waiting to get all of the responses from places that are really cold).
Larry
Hey all,
My cousin sent me a message in Facebook this morning (see
Sorry, can'tg type
500 to 600 people in the room.
Larry
Dukinâ out the Younger Dryas Boundary
http://www.agu.org/blog/fm09/?p=77
Other AGU 2009 Meeting Blogs
http://www.agu.org/blog/fm09/
List of Science Blogs Covering 2009 AGU Fall Meeting
Hi Everyone:
I just came back from our weekly Asteroid Lunch where I presented this
session!
Dukin' it out summarizes the session perfectly. There were somewhere
between 500 and 800 people in a room with 400 seats (I counted).
The talks literally went (with respect to being an impact event: no
or wondering
if what you are thinking of writing would be of interest to us and our
readers. We can also talk about this at the Gem and Mineral Show, but that
is fairly close to the deadline!
We hope to hear from you soon.
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
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Hi Paul:
Yes, I was aware of this. I was working with another associate on a
Cratering workshop for teachers and she used the term K-P boundary. She
had to explain it to me and I had to make sure that she needed to explain
this to the teachers and not just throw the term out at them.
So is it P
Hi all:
I am involved with a teacher professional development workshop this week
and the teachers give us questions that they hope we can answer for them.
I am fine with most of them (such is Pluto a planet?), but I figured that,
before I give them a partially correct answer, I would ask the
Hello Everyone:
I am participating in a teacher workshop on impact cratering. I plan to
show the Sikhote-Alin Documentary from the early 50s, but I thought that
there was also one relating to Tunguska (not one of the recent it was a
UFO videos). Does one exist?
Thanks.
Larry
Hi All:
I interviewed Brother Guy in the Feb. and May 2007 issues of Meteorite
magazine.
Larry
The curator sounds like a pretty interesting person
http://vaticanobservatory.org/GConsolmagno.html
Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it
close to reality, to
Hi Richard:
You are too young:
We have mixed quotes:
[One of these days, Alice,] Pow, right in the kisser: Jackie Gleason as
Ralph Cramden (the Honeymooners)
What a revoltin' development William Bendix and Chester A. Riley (The
Life of Riley)
Larry
Nah,
Yesterday I thought a cartoon
Hi Everyone:
I want to thank ALL of you for your outreach articles and keep them coming
(hint, hint)! I have been going into classrooms with meteorites (and using
them in my college class) long before I took on editorship of Meteorite.
This was one of the main reasons that Nancy and I got
What is truely amazing that Alan Hale co-discovered Hale-Bopp in 1995
(fact), while Alan Hale, Sr. died in 1950 and Alan Hale, Jr. died in 1990.
Wow! I do not think that they were related.
Larry
PS yes, I do think that the Thomas Bopp who left the list was the real
Bopp of Hale-Bopp. :(
On
Hi All:
There are several scientists who are also space artists (all good friends):
Bill Hartmann has been doing this for years:
http://www.psi.edu/hartmann
Dan Durda
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/paintings.html
and Jim Scotti
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/art.html
Come to mind.
Hi Mark:
For Earth, 20 times (give or take), not 50.
This new spot, from what I can tell, looks to be on the small end of the
SL9 impactors, so we are talking about under a kilometer in diameter, I
would guess.
Also, it is likely that this event came in at a higher velocity than SL9
since they
Hi:
Got this, too. Went back to yesterday (14th) and same error message.
Larry
This is what I got: Sorry, the site you requested
has been disabled
Greatly appreciate your service to the meteorite community!
Michael
On 7/14/09 9:38 PM, spacerocks...@aol.com
send
these As Soon As Possible along with any appropriate pictures.
Oh, due date for the November issue is mid August (about August 17). If
you are planning to write something or have an idea that you want to pass
by us, please email us.
Thanks
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
Good Morning list,
I
Hi Sterling:
Lots of things probably hit the Earth early on, including something that
made the Moon. Given what the Moon looks like, just think about what the
Earth looked like after the late heavy bombardment.
In the back of my mind, there is always the idea of the Deccan Traps being
the result
Hi Sterlng and Darren:
Twilight Zone: Sterling's response to Darren came 30 minutes before
Darren's email!
I will be good and watch the movie. May be something to use in a class on
bad science.
On that note, did either of you make it through Impact!? Talk about lame
endings. From the beginning
If Kleopatra were to hit the Earth (at least that is what I get out of the
main page), we would be in big trouble. For those of you who do not
remember, 216 Kleopatra, thanks to radar observations, looks very much
like a big dog bone, 220 kilometers long and 100 kilometers across.
Larry
It is
Hi Darren:
My bad.
Kassandra is only 100 km in diameter, so not quite as big as Kleo.
However, it is a T-class asteroid (dark). I observed it years ago and it
did not show any evidence of hydrated minerals, but have not had a chance
to see if anyone has looked at it in the last decade or so. Ts
Hi Sterling:
I will admit that, at first, I got the wrong asteroid (though now more
interesting composition) and I am never one to say you are wrong, but...
YOU ARE WRONG!
Sorry, that felt good!
If you go by Wikipedia, you lost 3 zeros 1x10^18 bit 1X10^15. It would be
had to believe that a
Hi Sterling:
Sounds more reasonable, if destroying everything is reasonable.
Any idea how often these occur? This is 5 times the diameter of either
Sudbury or Vredefort and these are more than a billion years old.
Maybe this is big enough to punch through the mantle and bury itself in
magma.
a lot more to worry about than
planet x (like being pulled into a black hole).
Larry Lebofsky
wasting my time teaching real science to teachers and kids on a lot
smaller budget
Darren wrote:
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/2012/trailer
For even more hype, disaster movie 2012 also
The story was on the Mike Huckabee radio show this morning.
No I do not normally listen to him if that thought crossed anyone's mind.
Larry
Wow. This has gone from a side trip to WTFia to a full-blown
start-forwarding-the-mail experience. The behavior of the media doesn't
surprise me in
Hi Bernd:
I have not been able to find an average amount of Ni in humans (seems to
depend on a lot of things like what kind of oil you consume, how far from
Sudbury you live, etc.--micrograms per gram of body weight). But it is
important.
From Copperwiki:
Nickel deficiency is rare in humans as
Thanks Ruben:
WIll you be writing something for this?
LArry
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Hi Andre:
There is already 3869 Norton (as in Norton's Atlas), but I do not see one
for Richard, I am amazed.
Larry
Excellent, André,
I am taking the liberty to send your suggestion
(copy of your mail) to the Meteorite List.
This, just to avoid cross-cutting of similar
ideas and perhaps
Hi Erik:
If memory serves, the original reason that G. P. Kuiper proposed the
existance of the [Edgeworth] Kuiper Belt was as a source of comets with
relatively short period (under a hundred years or so?) comets.
So, if you believe that some meteorites ocme from comets, then these
probably
Hi Paul:
We actually talked about this at asteroid lunch yesterday! The case
against a tsunami is that there is no other evidence anywhere along the US
coast or on the other side of the Atlantic. Skeptics think that it could
just as easily been a huge hurricane storm surge. Do not know much more
Eric:
This sounds like a good candidate for an extinct comet! The big question
is, why it has not been seen before. I am not a dynamicist, so I do not
know if a close encounter by an asteroid to, say the Earth, could put a
normal asteroid into a retrograde orbit.
Larry
A new asteroid was found
Hi All:
Why can't these chevrons in the Mars picture just be typical sand dunes?
I happened to look at the whole picture and the lower features that look
like boomerangs are called barchans and are caused by wind. I happened to
actually use this picture at a workshop last week! The wind blows
Hi all:
I know that Rich Kolwalski slept through most of the initial excitement
after he reported the discovery of 2008 TC3 to the Minor Planet Center,
but I would not consider him automated!
Larry
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Media contact:
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Hi Eric:
A quick response to this:
1. Black, yes. Many asteroids are dark (reflect less than 10% of the light
that reaches them). This may be due to shock (black chondrites) or due to
the presence of carbon as in the carbonaceous chondrites (or comets for
that matter).
2. However, to the best
Hi everone:
As someone who has studied asteroids, this is great news.
Only two comments:
1. I am a little concerned with the classification of the asteroid as F.
The spectral range is not perfect and I wonder what the uncertainty of the
spectrum is (might be very poor quality at the longer
Hi Again:
Not reading emails in order and falling behind:
TC3 had the 4th highest spin rate of any observed asteroid. It was (I
think I said this to the list before), a solid chunk of rock (unless it
had static cling).
Larry
Hi All,
Just got this from Rob (Matson):
'Hi Bernd, Please feel
Hi Phil:
I have for some time tried to avoid the silver hammer, but if I had a
hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, etc.
Oh: I'd rather be a hammer than a nail: El Condor Pasa
Larry
Greetings:
Don't know about y'all, but I'd rather be a hammer than a nail, yes I
would.
I can't think of the
Hi Teddy:
Thanks for compiling this. This is exactly what I need to update one of
the articles that will appear in the May issue of Meteorite magazine.
Larry
Larry Lebofsky
Co-Editor, Meteorite magazine
A lot more of West has been recovered since I last posted find totals
over a week ago
Hi Everyone:
I was told, on Friday, that the February issue of Meteorite magazine has
finally been mailed out. You should start seeing them soon!
My impression is that they will arrive everywhere, except the US early
next week (thanks to airmail) and probably a few days to a week later
(thanks
Hi Eric, Graham, etc:
How many hours do you have? I do whole lectures on this subject.
There are probably several experts out there listening to this whole
conversation. My experience is probably several years out of date, but
there have been a number of on-going discussions of what is space
Hi Eric:
Being an ordinary chondrite, West is probably similar in composition to
the S asteroids that have a reflectivity of something like 15%.
Larry
On Thu, March 12, 2009 5:31 pm, Eric Wichman wrote:
Hi all,
While looking at photos of our most recent extraterrestrial visitor, the
West
Hi Again Everyone:
I am starting to get questions about the February issue.
Yes, it is late. Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the magazine is published
(not warm, sunny, Tucson) had one of those bad ice storms at the end of
January which shut down the University of Arkansas for a week. That put
the
Hi Mike and all:
This has been an exciting past few months.
In fact Meteorite magazine will have six articles on three recent falls,
which must be a record!
Thanks to all of you who contributed.
Larry
On Tue, March 10, 2009 9:27 pm, Michael Farmer wrote:
Late at night here in Texas, about
Dear Marco:
Thanks for this information. There was a minor error in it, however.
The article lists Alan Treiman at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This
is correct. However, LPI is in Houston, Texas, not Tucson, Arizona. The
Planetary Sciece Institute is in Tucson. Close but no cigar.
Lest we
Hi to those of you looking for Texas meteorites:
Anyone interested in writing a short article about the fall for the May
issue of Meteorite?
Does not need to be long, but should have a few photos.
Anyone? Anyone?
If you have never written anything before, do not worry. Nancy and I are
good
Hi Dirk:
Thanks for forwarding this post to us. When I see the CSS and Spacewatch
people, I will see if I can get an estimate for how much it would cost to
see everything down to 1 to 2 meters heading toward Earth (the detection
of the Sudan event was lucky and the person who discovered it did
Hi Elton:
How many fireballs, etc. have been seen recently? I know there have been a
bunch, but would like to know how many there have been if anyone is
keeping a tally.
We have our regular asteroid lunch here in Tucson today and this would
make an interesting topic for our group.
Thanks
Larry
To continue on Sterling's theme about Mars (a little off topic from
meteorites):
Thanks to Gene Shoemaker, a number of lunar missions, and Apollo, it was
clear that the craters on the Moon were impact features and not volcanic.
However, for Mars, it was just another Moon-like body!
Mariner 4,
Jeff and all:
You reminded me of the importance of certain meteorites to the study of
asteroids.
It was a near infrared spectrum of Orgueil and then Murchison that led to
the discovery of water of hydration on C-class asteroids and made a very
important connection between the primitive asteroids
The last I heard was that they are actually AHEAD of schedule! So next
year, all the construction should be done.
Larry
On Mon, February 2, 2009 2:38 pm, Mike Miller wrote:
Hi All while in Tucson I heard From a police officer that is was
supposed to be finished next December in time for the
Hi Everyone,
especially those of you who could not make it to Tucson.
Since you now have a lot time, think about writing an article for
Meteorite magazine! Our next deadline (May Issue) is in about 4 weeks, so
plenty of time to write up something that is 1500 to 2500 words long. The
February
Hi Graham and Rob:
Some of this is from memory and some of this I had to look up. David Levy
was actually working part time for me at the time doing education
outreach, so I know some of the details.
1. As far as I know, scientists still do not know where SL9 came from
(beyond Neptune). Probably
Dave:
Here is a link to diagram of the comet in orbit around Jupiter. This is to
scale, so the orbit is very long and narrow and it major axis is about 350
times the diameter of Jupiter (50,000,000 km vs. 150,000 km).
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/27/jupiter2.html
If
Hi Doug:
This is one of many models for the capture and a very possible one.
However, from what I see of the obital evolution and the actual abstract,
I would say that prior to capture, in this model, SL9 was a Jupiter family
comet which is a far cry from an asteroid belt object (had to come
While I have not read this book, generally, comets cannot hit the Earth
over a short interval like SL9. SL9 was in orbit around Jupiter. It is
highly unlikely that a comet could be captured in orbit around Earth.
Continuous bombardment on Earth only happens in movies unless there is a
massive
The book, not the radio broadcast or the movies.
Larry
On Fri, January 9, 2009 4:58 am, Martin Altmann wrote:
No Al,
England, moving lights, giant explosion, low flying object, tentacles,
octopus.
That all points definitely to H.G.Wells' The War of the Worlds !
Martin
Dave:
Johnny Carson also is responsible for one other famous phrase:
billions and billions
not Carl Sagan.
Larry
On Sun, January 4, 2009 9:29 am, Dave Gheesling wrote:
Michael wrote: Dave Gheesling was essentially correct in stating that
The
word, HAMMER first appeared in a book by Niven
Hi Twink:
Yes, got beat out on the response that it was the Quadrantids (radiates
out from a now-defunct constellation, Quadrans Muralis; mural or wall
quandrant). It also appears to be related to a 2-km asteroid, 2003 EH1.
However, going back even further, there is a lost comet, C/1490 Y1 (seen
Hello Everyone:
Nancy and I want to wish you and your families a happy holiday season, on
this, the fortieth anniversary of one of the most famous images from the
Apollo era. On Christmas Eve, 1968, Bill Anders in the Apollo spacecraft
orbiting the Moon, took the attached image as the Earth
Hi Jerry:
If you go so to www.heavens-above.com and register for your location (they
have a very extensive list), you can then click on the place where it
shows irridium flares for the last 24 hours. It can also show daytime
ones.
Larry
On Sat, December 13, 2008 2:54 pm, Jerry Flaherty wrote:
Richard:
Have you tried heavens above:
http://www.heavens-above.com/
You just need to input your location and then there is a place to look for
Iridium satellites (can do it for the next 10 days or for the last 24
hours). I have seen back-to-back satellites, but never two at once.
Larry
On
Hi Martin:
Is there some going to the Munich show who could do a short write-up for
Meteorite? Does not have to be long and the more pictures (captioned), the
better.
Thanks
Larry
On Tue, October 21, 2008 9:44 am, Martin Altmann wrote:
Good Day List,
The days get shorter, the winds colder
Sonny Clary: A New Meteorite Discovery in Chicago Valley, California
Greg Redfern: America is Heading Back to the Moon
Zelimir Gabelica, et al.: Ensisheim-Meteorite 2008: From Russia, With Love
Arthur Ehlmann: Monnig Meteorite Gallery Five-Year Anniversary
Larry Lebofsky: The Great Planet Debate
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