Re: [meteorite-list] Crater 'String' Claim

2007-11-13 Thread lebofsky
Jerry: Ditto Larry On Tue, November 13, 2007 6:25 pm, Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, Jerry, List, This site is Johnny Tonto of Pueblo, Colorado. He been much discussed on the List. His craters are largely Craters of the Mind, I think. I ain't convinced, at any rate. Sterling K. Webb

Re: [meteorite-list] Leigh Anne DelRay

2007-11-12 Thread lebofsky
Dear Geoff: Our prayers are with Leigh Anne today. Larry and Nancy Lebofsky __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta gravity assist flyby

2007-11-12 Thread lebofsky
they are covering the sky in order to locate any asteroids heading toward the Earth. However, Doug, Pluto and the IAU decision is another story that we should discuss over beers sometime. Larry Lebofsky On Mon, November 12, 2007 6:51 pm, mexicodoug wrote: Hi Darren, It certainly was an actual

Re: [meteorite-list] Did a Collision Cause Comet 17P/Holmes'MysteriousOutburst?

2007-11-09 Thread lebofsky
Hi List: I am trying this again since my previouys forward did not appear to go through. On November 13, this newly-discovered asteroid (only about 20 meters diameter) will pass within 2 Earth radii of the CENTER of the Earth (that is close). It will be 9th magnitude (about 50-100 times too

Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta gravity assist flyby

2007-11-09 Thread lebofsky
The first announcment was a real one. I do not think that it was at first realized that it was Rosetta! I hope there will be more info in the next few days. Larry On Fri, November 9, 2007 11:35 am, mexicodoug wrote: Someone has a sense of humour, especially the flying couch comment ! So,

Re: [meteorite-list] Did a Collision Cause Comet 17P/Holmes'MysteriousOutburst?

2007-11-08 Thread lebofsky
the collisional possibilities of Comet Holmes passing through the Asteroid Belt, some of them might have noticed that Comet Holmes DOES NOT PASS through the Asteroid Belt! I'm being sarcastic about this because I made exactly the same mistake myself, until an astronomer, List member Larry Lebofsky

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-11-01 Thread lebofsky
is 3 arc minutes (1/10 of the lunar diameter) from a 7th magnitude star (HIP17476). It really gives you a feel for how thin the material in the coma of Holmes really is! Larry and Nancy Lebofsky __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes from Mars

2007-10-30 Thread lebofsky
Hi Don: Starry Night saves the need of a space suit. John Carter, who did not need a space suit, also did not need a computer program to get him to Mars! I still had my try at this running at home with Starry Night 5.x and the major difference is that the comet is in Cassiopeia. Not a large

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-29 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: Another thing against an asteroid impact. If you go to the comet orbit site at JPL for Holmes, because of its inclination relative to the ecliptic, it crosses near Mars and Near Jupiter, not in the middle of the asteroid belt. It passed through the plane of the Solar System back in

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-29 Thread lebofsky
Hi Again Sterling: Next plane crossing (at 4.8 AU or so) is in 2 years. At that time Jupiter is on the other side of the Sun, so the Trojans, which ar, on average, 60 degrees fore and aft of Jupiter not not even close this time around. So, my bias is a thermal burp (belch). I have seen what an

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Detection of a Short Tail Behind Comet 17P/Holmes

2007-10-29 Thread lebofsky
For you non-astronomical types: I-filter is 0.9 microns (800 nm) J-filter is 1.25 microns (1250 nm) Visible is about 0.6 microns Larry On Mon, October 29, 2007 5:29 pm, Ron Baalke wrote: POSSIBLE DETECTION OF A SHORT TAIL BEHIND COMET 17/P HOLMES Universite de Montreal October 29, 2007

Re: [meteorite-list] Science article on Stardust samples

2007-10-26 Thread lebofsky
Darren: Please thank Anne for the article! :-) It is something that I can use in my class. I would like to meet her some day. Does she go to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show? Larry On Fri, October 26, 2007 7:15 am, Darren Garrison wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:59:53 -0400, you wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

2007-10-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Again: If one were on Mars (hold your breath and bring a warm jacket), Holmes would be 1.17 AU away (vs. 1.63 AU) and 0.7 magnitudes (2 times) brighter than what we see. And there would be less intereference from moonlight! Larry On Wed, October 24, 2007 2:20 pm, mexicodoug wrote: Hi Again

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet 17P (Holmes)

2007-10-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Don: I am still running 5.X and it works fine. Unfortunately the updates still give it as 17th magnitude. Thanks to Sterling I moved to Mars to see how bright it was (2 times brighter). Larry On Thu, October 25, 2007 4:48 pm, Don Merchant wrote: Hi List. If any of you have Starry Night Pro

Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes [17P]

2007-10-25 Thread lebofsky
Jerry and Mark: Nancy and I just went out and saw it again tonight. It appears brighter than last night and it is clearly much more comet-like than last night. Yesterday it looked just a little not-star-like, but tonight, it is obviously fuzzy with the star-like condensation. It is clearly

Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes [17P], continued

2007-10-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Again: We just looked at it with a 100mm f/5 telescope and it is clearly orange. However, it is also very obvious that this thing is unusual. I thought that I had a focusing problem, but the scope was in focus. There is a beautiful circular coma, but the condensation is NOT star-like. It is

Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes [17P], continued

2007-10-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: It looks more like a planetary nebula to me! I will try to get an estimate of its size tomorrow night when I am at a darker site in Yuma with a bigger scope and maybe a camera. It is always hard to get a real magnitude for a comet since one usually talks about integrated magnitude.

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Hello Don: Sounds good to me! We could see all three in the same field of the binocs and then could see it even with the naked eye. Not bad for a nearly full moon! It looked a little reddish and the three of us (Nancy, me, and one of my students) all could convince ourselves that it did not quite

Re: [meteorite-list] comet holmes

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Hello Jerry: Based on Starry Night, the Shuttle was about 360km away at closest and ISS about 390km away. At 300,000 km/sec (speed of light), we are talking about 1/1000 of a second for light to get from there to here. Not sure how far apart they were, but do not think that it was very much

Re: [meteorite-list] comet holmes, Oops

2007-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Too mnay objects running around. 1 AU = 149,600,000 km Comet Holmes = 1.6345 AU from earth this evening (in two days it will be down to 1.630 AU, better duck) This gives a distance of 244,500,000 km Speed of light is 299,800 km/sec So Light Distance = 816 seconds (give or take) Larry On

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Earth Impacts

2007-10-14 Thread lebofsky
Hello Everyone: I just received this from a colleague of mine and rather give him my best guess, thought it would be best to ask the experts. Don McCarthy is an infrared astronomer an instrument builder who does everything from asteroids and comets, to extrasolar planets, to the origin of the

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Happy Birthday Sputnik...50

2007-10-04 Thread lebofsky
Dirk: 1 light year = 9.46 X 10^15 meters or 9.46 x 10^12 km. So, in 50 years: 4.7 x 10^14 km (470 trillion kilimeters). That is within range of a lot of stars. There are a 100 stars within 7.63 parsecs (almost 25 light years), so if you double the distance, there are about 800 stars (star

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Happy Birthday Sputnik...50

2007-10-04 Thread lebofsky
Hello Sterling: You need to take the ionosphere into account. If memory serves me, AM radio does not get through, while FM does. TV gets through, too. Hence the images of Hitler at the opening of the Olympics being picked up and re-transmitted in Contact. Or I Love Lucy in an episode of Amazing

Re: [meteorite-list] Can Meteors Make You Ill?

2007-09-19 Thread lebofsky
Based on my vast experience, they can spawn zombies (and other similar things), carry invaders, and produce singing plants. I can always check my collection of bad and not so bad movies. Oh, you can also become a superhero, but if it is green, superheros need to beware. Larry On Wed, September

[meteorite-list] Call for papers for Meteorite magazine

2007-09-12 Thread lebofsky
Hello everyone: I leave for Denver tomorrow morning (Thursday) and hope to see many of you there. It is that time again for submission of articles to Meteorite. The August issue should be on its way and Nancy and I are just finishing off the proofing of the November issue (it never ends). We

[meteorite-list] Help: Eucrite image for Meteorite magazine

2007-09-02 Thread lebofsky
Lebofsky Editor, Meteorite magazine __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Help: Eucrite image for Meteorite magazine

2007-09-02 Thread lebofsky
or larger. Please send it directly to me. Thanks in advance. Larry Lebofsky Editor, Meteorite magazine __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] beating a dead horse?

2007-08-29 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: To add to Jerry's comment, we saw Vesta tonight too (along with 35 students). Tomorrow it is a little further from Jupiter (2/3 the Moon's diameter), but is due North of Jupiter, about a bright as Callisto (faintest of Jupiter's 4 main satellites). Larry (just missing the rain that came

Re: [meteorite-list] Weston

2007-08-18 Thread lebofsky
M. Robson gave a talk at MetSoc meeting here in Tucson on Thursday. There is something less than 50 pounds accounted for (I think). I am trying to get him to write an article for Meteorite, but it probably would not be until the February issue. Larry On Sat, August 18, 2007 6:05 pm, Sterling K.

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Meteorite Heat Ablation?

2007-08-08 Thread lebofsky
Chris beat me to this. The scale height of Earth's atmosphere is about 6 km and Mars is about 11. So, in the range where meteors burn up and where aerobraking is important, th martian atmosphere is comparable to Earth's. I thought that it was still a little thinner than Earth, but will not argue

Re: [meteorite-list] Cali chondrite fell extremely cold!

2007-07-30 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: My two cents. We had are usual asteroid lunch today (discuss them and other related topics, not eat them). I brought up this topic. Among others there was me, an asteroid person (used to do them modeling of asteroids and, yes, they are cold inside since the typical asteroid probably

Re: [meteorite-list] NEW 'NATURAL HISTORY' MUSEUM IS OPENING

2007-05-27 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: Thanks for the information. I am always concerned that when I teach my intro astronomy class that I may miss the latest discoveries. I will have to revise what I say about the Grand Canyon. Also since I do talk about units of measurement, if there are dinosaurs getting on the Ark,

Re: [meteorite-list] Hal Povenmire Contact Info?

2007-05-12 Thread lebofsky
Hal's email address was at the end of his article in Meteorite magazine in February (and has been sent to Geoff). On Sat, May 12, 2007 3:45 pm, Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, Everybody, Ah, this is the internet at its most typical. Before characterizing a man's work, you really ought to know

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 3628 Bonìmcová - re search paper

2007-04-16 Thread lebofsky
Hi Rob: Let me see what I can do (should have a copy at work). Should I ask one of the authors any questions? I will be seeing Mike Gaffey tomorrow. Larry On Mon, April 16, 2007 4:48 am, Rob McCafferty wrote: Hi list Does anyone have access to and/or able to get me a peek-a-boo at this

Re: [meteorite-list] This is the funniest meteorite dealer I've seen?

2007-04-10 Thread lebofsky
Hi all: I am excited about the Mars CI/CM. Having studied asteroids as well as Mars and its satellites. I have not problems with this claim. Imagine -- the first documented meteorites from either Deimos or Phobos!! The Russians are wasting their time planning a sample return mission now that we

Re: [meteorite-list] MAPS How many on the list subscribe

2007-04-10 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike: It is an excellent journal, but definitely a real scientific publication. It is very different than Meteorite magazine (I read that too and recommend it to those of you who do not yet subscribe to it). Larry Lebofsky Co-Editor, Meteorite magazine [does this make my response an Ad

Re: [meteorite-list] To the dreamers

2007-04-09 Thread lebofsky
Hi Dave: My biggest criticism of many of my colleagues when they teach or go into a classroom: they tend to get excited by the high-powered science that they are doing and this tends to get lost on the kids. In most cases (there are a few strange ones) most of us real scientists got excited about

Re: [meteorite-list] To the dreamers

2007-04-08 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mal: We (actually Nancy) uses this at every teacher workshop that we do. It really points out the importance of learning astronomy (or any other science) by doing it and not just lecturing! Larry On Sun, April 8, 2007 8:09 am, Mal Bishop wrote: When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer When

Re: [meteorite-list] To the dreamers

2007-04-08 Thread lebofsky
Hi Darren: I do not disagree with you on that. From an education point of view (I am trying to teach them astronomy), you want your students to understand what is going on with the sky. But at the same time, you want them to appreciate the wonders of the night sky (in this case) and with this

[meteorite-list] Call for papers for Meteorite magazine

2007-03-22 Thread lebofsky
Hi everyone: You should all have gotten or will soon get your February issue of Meteorite magazine. Nancy and I have just sent off all of the articles for the May issue to the publishers. So, it is now time to think about the August and November issues! The submissions deadlines for these are

Re: [meteorite-list] 70th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society

2007-03-19 Thread lebofsky
Hi Jerry: I will be there (here)! I think Anne Black is also thinking of coming. It is a dry heat. Larry On Mon, March 19, 2007 6:12 am, Gerald Flaherty wrote: Good Monday Morning List, Dawn and I plan to attend the 2007 Meteoritical Society Meeting at Tucson August 13-17. We expect that

Re: [meteorite-list] Could Venus Watch For Earth-Bound Asteroids?

2007-03-12 Thread lebofsky
Hello List: I have observer a few asteroids in my life and have some problems with this article. I am away from home, so I am going mostly on memory and so these are only estimates; 1. If you are to put a telescope at the orbit of Venus, it would have to be in the same orbit as Venus, but not

Re: [meteorite-list] Peruvian meteorite crater -

2007-02-23 Thread lebofsky
Dear Mccartney: If you plan to go to Peru, please read the following. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisco_sour When in Rome ... This is NOT Mexico (or Texas). Larry On Fri, February 23, 2007 2:48 pm, McCartney Taylor wrote: The hunt is on! I just talked to my friend down in South America,

Re: [meteorite-list] Eastern Oregon Meteorite on Ebay

2007-02-19 Thread lebofsky
Hi Al and Edwin, etc. I have in my posession an article by Doug Borgard about Port Orford. The article will be in the May or August issue of Meteorite magazine. Larry On Mon, February 19, 2007 7:50 am, AL Mitterling wrote: Hi Edwin and all, Port Orford. I don't know if you have read any of

Re: [meteorite-list] www.venusmeteorite.com - what are your opinions on this claim

2007-02-15 Thread lebofsky
Hi Randall: I will try to answer one of your questions. I wish I could give you details on how to get meteorites off of Mars, but this is something that I would have to talk to Jay Melosh about (if I can keep him in place long wnough). However, I can address the issue of asteroid/meteroid

Re: [meteorite-list] www.venusmeteorite.com - what are your opinions on this claim

2007-02-12 Thread lebofsky
Hi Randall and Others: I did some checking. To quote Tim Swindle: Yes, there may be meteorites from Venus, but we have not found them yet! It is much more difficult to get something out of the gravity well of Venus, through the Venus atmosphere, and out of the gravity well of the Sun. It is much

Re: [meteorite-list] Sikhote-Alin Picture of the Day - February 07, 2007

2007-02-07 Thread lebofsky
Hi Tracy: Yes there is! Nangasohu Katsina, Chasing Star or Meteor Katsina According to some Hopi this Katsina represents a planet but to many others it is a meteor that is the Chasing Star. The Katsina wears an enormous head dress of trailing eagle feathers, carries a yucca whip and a bell and

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-04 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: I am not a munitions expert, but I think it would be more appropriate to compare the meteoroid with a speeding bullet. The TNT energy is released in all directions while a bullet's (or meteoroid's) energy is directional (at the target). I have seen what the window of the Shuttle

Re: [meteorite-list] Walter Branch

2007-02-02 Thread lebofsky
Dear Sabrina: Our prayers are with you and Walter. Larry Lebofsky (Tucson) On Fri, February 2, 2007 4:58 am, Walter Branch wrote: Hello, I am Walter Branch's wife, Sabrina. On Friday, Walter and our daughter were in an accident. Walter is in critical condition in Trauma ICU. He has

Re: [meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific 'Basin' origin

2007-01-29 Thread lebofsky
Back in the dark ages (1950s and early 1960s), before the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius (Which really starts somewhere between 2060 and 2100), we were taught (and some of us even taught) that it was interesting how it looked like South America fit into Africa and that the Pacific Ocean basin was

Re: [meteorite-list] Average size of craters across the solar system?

2007-01-28 Thread lebofsky
Hi Darren: Lots of other factors going on: Extra velocity caused by the gravity of the impacted body. Composition of the surface being hit. Composition/density (and thus mass) of the impactor. Surface processes that will affect the loss of craters or their just fading away. At some point,

Re: [meteorite-list] SNOW in Tucson! Get ready to be cold. NOT

2007-01-22 Thread lebofsky
Hi From (usually) warm and sunny Tucson. First the good news: It should be lows around 40 F (4 or 5 C) and highs around 70 (20 C) and sunny by the weekend with little chance of rain. That said, here is the webcam picture from the University of Arizona campus. http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Video

2007-01-22 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: I sort of remembered something done on the History channel. So I did a Google search and found: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1239210472564794775q=Tunguskahl=en A 5-minute video on Tunguska. In its usual style, despite interviewing several scientists including Don Yeomans,

Re: [meteorite-list] Tired of winter? Not headed for Tucson soon?

2007-01-18 Thread lebofsky
Hi Dave: My last two emails to the list have failed to get through; do not know the problem. If you get this, but not a second copy from the list, please send it on. We had a cold spell earlier this week (lows in the upper 20s), but it has warmed up a bit (may get rain this weekend and I have a

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet McNaught Update

2007-01-16 Thread lebofsky
Hi Jeff: My last two emails to the listserv have failed, so this is probably only going to you. Nice pics, even though you have not seen the comet. we saw it the end of last week after sunset (had the neighbors come out wondering what we were doing) and saw it in the middle of the day on Sunday

Re: [meteorite-list] LARGE fireball report!

2006-12-19 Thread lebofsky
I beg to differ, it is Gamera who shoots flames as he flies through the Solar System. Larry On Tue, December 19, 2006 4:46 pm, Darren Garrison wrote: On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:19:22 -0700, you wrote: That close to Tokyo, I'd suspect Rodan or Mothra g. Rodan? Mothra? Be serious! Those are

Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

2006-11-08 Thread lebofsky
Hi from Tucson where Global Warming seems to be in action. We (Astronomy Department, Planetary Sciences Department, and Flandrau Science Center) had more than 10 telecopes set up (including two 20-inch scopes). We were able to see all but the last five minutes of the event (went behind the

Re: [meteorite-list] Which Arizona SHOW is the biggest and what are the dates for 2007

2006-11-07 Thread lebofsky
Hi Jerry: No. No other meteorite meetings at that time. This just happens to be the time of year that they always hold the Meteoritical Society meeting. It is my understanding, however, that they will have some meteorite displays at the meeting, but I do not know the details. Larry On Tue,

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrule formation mechanism (Info Please)

2006-10-24 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: Derek's book is only $107.50 on Amazon.com. I hope that Derek will be writing an article for the February issue of Meteorite magazine. Larry On Tue, October 24, 2006 11:28 am, Sterling K. Webb wrote: Hi, For those interested in follow-up to Sears' theories but reluctant to

Re: [meteorite-list] More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago

2006-10-17 Thread lebofsky
Ed: Makes sense to me. There was a giant meteor and when all of the dinosaurs looked up at it they were blinded by the light. Made it difficult for them to find food! Larry On Tue, October 17, 2006 4:25 pm, E.P. Grondine wrote: Hi Ron - meteor impact? Didn't any one at NSF catch this?

[meteorite-list] Articles for the next issue of Meteorite magazine

2006-10-16 Thread lebofsky
be worth publishing in Meteorite, please contact me at this email address. We are always looking for new authors and for those of you at universities, we are seeking articles by students, too. Larry Larry and Nancy Lebofsky Editors, Meteorite magazine 1371 E. Placita Mapache Tucson, AZ 85718

Re: [meteorite-list] First Detailed Pictures of Binary Asteroid Reveal Bizarre System

2006-10-15 Thread lebofsky
Hi Darren: Yes, you are right, but what do you expect from a reporter! However, it you look at the animation (and given that it is a binary), you can see the wobble of the larger mass as it is being pulled upon by the smaller mass and the larger one precesses on its axis (they both precess) due

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Meteoroid Hits the Moon' Article Question

2006-09-30 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike: Yes, this has to refer to the impact itself since when we normally use the term, it implies something coming through the atmosphere. As Editor, one wishes to be able to fix these things, but since it is just a news item, I tend not to change content. Just remember, too, this is a news

Re: [meteorite-list] COMETS AND CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES

2006-09-22 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Doug: Tell this to the astronauts in their space suits. I wish I still had access to my old thermal model programs so that I could give you real answers, but I will do my best. If you look up the surface temperture of the day side of the Moon, you get 107 degrees C. However, the noon

Re: [meteorite-list] COMETS AND CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES

2006-09-21 Thread Larry Lebofsky
__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you

Re: [meteorite-list] 2003 EL61, IN PERSON

2006-09-19 Thread Larry Lebofsky
A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish, University of Arizonayou feed

Re: [meteorite-list] re: A break (was All Hail Eris ...) OT

2006-09-15 Thread Larry Lebofsky
1984 UT3 Nancy R. Lebofsky, American educator [MPC 25443] 3439 Lebofsky Quoting MexicoDoug [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All Hail Eris ?? Does the arrogance and sophomoronic Solar System smugness ever stop on our glorious stellar merry-go-round? Even I'm getting dizzy from this! Now we

RE: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Dear Herbert: I am sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this. I have known Brian for years and I have a great respect for the work he and the Minor Planets Center have done and are continuing to do. However, Brian has been a proponent of demoting Pluto for nearly a decade. By making

Re: [meteorite-list] There Were Once 18 Planets...

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
All: 10 Hygiea (cvorrect spelling, though sometimes seen as Hygeia). Nice asteroid (on the list for dwarf planet), looked at it lots of times (C-class). Larry Quoting Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.spaceweather.com/ SpaceWeather.com September 12, 2006 18 PLANETS: Have you

Re: [meteorite-list] There Were Once 18 Planets...

2006-09-13 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Again: Left out a link. Someone some time ago was also asking about symbols. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/hilton/AsteroidHistory/minorplanets.html Larry __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto Added To Official 'Minor Planet' List

2006-09-07 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi All: As an asteroid scientist, I have some words for the people at the Minor Planets (oh sorry, there are no minor planets) Small Solar System Bodies Center. I do not wish to be barred from this listserv by using any of them. I personally think that it is a little premature for them to be

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites from the bottom of the ocean - Part 2 of 2

2006-09-06 Thread Larry Lebofsky
/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish, University of Arizona

Re: [meteorite-list] Preliminary MOSS meteorite classification

2006-08-30 Thread Larry Lebofsky
/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish

RE: [meteorite-list] Artist conception of view from Pluto (life-size d)

2006-08-27 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Steve: Pluto's thin atmosphere is nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane and it has a haze layer, too. This atmosphere is getting a little thicker now even though Pluto is moving away from the Sun, but it is thought that the atmosphere will eventually freeze out for the winter as Pluto get

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers Lean Toward Eight Planets

2006-08-25 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Sterling: I am so far behind in reading emails that I am now reading the most recent and going backwards. Hence my response to your email from Wednesday. First, with only about 425 scientists voting on the porposal Thursday, there is now a petition for the planetary (and astronomy?)

Re: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'

2006-08-24 Thread Larry Lebofsky
A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish, University of Arizonayou feed him

Re: [meteorite-list] Size Counts concerning Pluto?

2006-08-23 Thread Larry Lebofsky
://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man

Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers Lean Toward Eight Planets

2006-08-23 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Anne: Please remember that many scientists [not me :0)] have something to make up for their common sense ... their big EGOS. If you have any doubt about this, ask Nancy. It is the old my theory is better (bigger) than your theory. There are lots of ways to define a planet (we have seen

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet shower

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Lebofsky
, available through amazon.com., you should buy yourself a copy of it anyway. good hunting, EP --- Larry Lebofsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Darren: This one I think I can answer and not get into trouble with anyone in the astronomy field. Meteor shower: Usually related

Re: Re-2: [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite From A Comet?

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi all: Defending Tim Swindle and Humberto Campins. I have known them for years and they are very conservative scientists. Their work is good and they are well- respected scientists. They do not go off (too often) to make wild, unsubstantiated, claims., hence, the conclusions in their article.

Re: [meteorite-list] Planet Meteorite Mailing List

2006-08-20 Thread Larry Lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite From A Comet?

2006-08-20 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Jeff: Read the May issue of Mereorite magazine. An article by Swindle and Campins. Larry Quoting Jeff Kuyken [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Howdy Bernd, Rick all, Just curious because I recently read somewhere (maybe this list actually but can't remember) that the CH (or CB?) chondrites may now

Re: [meteorite-list] Comet shower

2006-08-20 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Darren: This one I think I can answer and not get into trouble with anyone in the astronomy field. Meteor shower: Usually related to a comet (or sometimes asteroid; extinct comet??) or sometimes not (comet long gone). Comets have tails. This material is small (look at Stardust) and

Re: [meteorite-list] EVEN THE N. Y. TIMES HAS AN OPINION ON PLANETS

2006-08-19 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Sterling: Well, much of the controversy started when that planetarium in New York found that it could not fit Pluto into its display because it was too far from the Sun to fit in the exhibit hall. There were a number of articles about this at the time. Beign a scientist I did a scientific

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] NEW PLANETARY NAMES

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi all: This is why there is an IAU nomenclature committee. It prevents chaos when naming asteroids, comets, satellites, and now planets, I guess. Larry, asteroid 3439 Lebofsky Quoting Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:59:55 -0400, you wrote: Oh... Why name

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
nomenclature. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
-hydrostatic equilibrium shape. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
As long as Rob Britt quotes me correctly and not out of context, I am happy to be worked by him. By the way, there are a good number of real astronomers who are making very strong comments about this resolution. I am not sure that I have ever seen so many egos coming out (I trust me and thee

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Get Demoted After All

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12-- Mike Brown's view

2006-08-17 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi again Darren: Mike Brown makes some interesting and valid points. Others have too. No system is going to be perfect. We are dealing with Mother Nature and she has her own rules. However, I am confused by some of what he says. He says that he had nothing to do with the writing of the

[meteorite-list] Re: THE PLANETARY VOTE

2006-08-17 Thread Larry Lebofsky
the idea of using roundness as a determining factor. The IAU proposal will be voted on by IAU members Aug. 24. It all just might work, Marsden said. -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar

Re: [meteorite-list] NOT PLANETS, PLANEMOS

2006-08-17 Thread Larry Lebofsky
. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University If you teach a man to fish, University of Arizona

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Daren: I am reading these backwards, so have waded through Sterling's comments. Again, I was not on the committee, but have been (because of the Division for Planetary Sciences Committee) briefed by Rick Binzel who was on the committee and who we questioned. Plutons: a class of planets.

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Darren: We were getting ready to redo a kids video we did years ago and now we have to add three new planets (one without a name yet). Larry __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
can they miss it). Chris, if you want to continue this discussion offline, please feel free to contact me. Larry -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
Hi Darren: I promised myself to not be the one to send out a dozen emails on a subject, but I seem to be breaking my own promise. I do not have the information in front of me, but will attempt to contact the person who knows the answer. (how big of an object can still be out there and not

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Plutons' Push Planet Total Up To 12

2006-08-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky
@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Larry A. Lebofsky Senior Research Scientist Co-editor, Meteorite If you give a man a fish, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory you feed him for a day. 1541 East University

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