ET wrote
"Really, don't you collectors find that you want something a great deal
more when you feel that it can't be had?"
What, like smallpox? :)
You're right of course!
"Why not simply bring back or send back from a remote catapult system
canisters to Space shuttles poised for recovery
"Just get out your list of humans killed by being struck by a meteorite"
Sterling, surely we need to define a new concept here - that of the
"virgin meteorite" strike. Or been struck by the meteorite that's
around been around the block a few times assisted by postal services.
I have a long li
Hi Dan
Your seller states:
"Authenticity Guaranteed and backed up by a 100% money back no
questions asked return policy."
Why not try to work the problem out first before airing dirty laundry
in public? I don't know the guy, but your expecting $333/gram material
while he's faced with the co
Hello Eric,
First and most importantly, I would not talk about a cosmic ray being
absorbed and leave the term absorbed for energy in its many form. Keep
in mind so called 'cosmic rays' are really nano-meteoroids that the
NOMCOM hasn't gotten around to classifying ;-): particles, ions, and
for
ss!
This stuff is only 57% heavier than the bulk density of an inflated
basketball! Space Hoops, anyone ... what possibilities!
Best wishes
Doug
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From: James Beauchamp
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rickm...@earthlink.net;
hamp
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rickm...@earthlink.net; MexicoDoug
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 7:58 am
Subject: A better link.. Re: [meteorite-list] Tile Glows
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts_sys
proper service never
reaches a temperature for that to occur) as they wear out, or how
exactly material disappears as they wear out in old age (vs. a defect)?
Best wishes
Doug
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From: James Beauchamp
To: cdtuc...@cox.net; 'Michael Gilmer' ;
'MexicoDoug&#x
literature quickly available to us. A
good place to check on the simple compositional question of being
relatively troilite poor would be the analysis of the type specimen,
Rumuruti ... where I'm sure it was noted. If not there, my next
convenient bet would be David Weir's fantastic
Hi Laurence
Sulfur stinky yes, I don't think R chondrites are considered troilite
rich - are they not comparatively troilite poor? That's why I asked why
he wasn't after pentlandite (and pyrrhotite) as well. The question is
pretty useless trivia without more information about what the asker i
Cher Renaud, it's a joy to see your post on the list!!
For the "Atacama" sample, you might check to see if Grenville Turner is
still active. Contact Drs. Grady or Benedix (who might also be
list-members) if you don't have another lead to contact him.
Bon courage with the enterprise!
Doug
--
It is up to us to make it so.
Steve
-- Original Message --
From: MexicoDoug
To: scho...@mybluelight.com, Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA could sell...
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:18:48 -0400
Steve S wrote:
"I have dreamt of this for years. Just a drea
Steve S wrote:
"I have dreamt of this for years. Just a dream... But you never know...
...
and for them, their trust will increase as the voids left from these
sales fill
with new specimens from asteroids, Mars and the moon when funded
missions return
with new samples."
Hi Steve - A very bea
bla bla bla
Kindest regards
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Michael Gilmer
To: MexicoDoug
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:50 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stones with High Troilite, Low Metal
Hi List,
On rare occasion I have seen troilite nodules for
Lunar and Martian basalts are about 1% troilite and not very magnetic
if you would like that to be a free metal consideration/measure. If
not, you could always scrape off some meteoritic shale or go for highly
oxidized high troilite containing iron meteorites ... like Campo or
Canyon etc.
--
e brother Doug Dawn
(aka
MexicoDoug)! Happy earth-arrival anniversary Tatahouine!
A great place to catch up on the story of Tatahouine is Doug’s website:
(www.diogenite.com/tata1.htm)
My favourite factoid regarding the green meteorite is the common
presence of
tiny shatter-cone horsetails decorating the
?products_id=36
Very cool - Well worth it if you like space nostalgia
Best wishes
Doug
-Original Message-
From: John.L.Cabassi
To: 'Michael Gilmer' ; 'MexicoDoug'
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 11:26 am
Subject: RE: [meteorite-li
JG wrote to MG:
"What law are you talking about?"
Ditto! A fact-supported discussion would be so much nicer.
It is my understanding that when Apollo lost its funding, oodles of
relics entered the private domain and there wasn't much ado about it -
rather, a tacit acceptance and a party atmosph
Hi Michael and Rafael
"3) the grammar was so poor it made the message impossible to discern"
Michael, please give Rafael a break and be more welcoming, it is
obvious from his thoughts that he is a highly educated person but does
not have the benefit of English as his first language. To attack
"It is your brain that is working, not the rods."
Chris, you even though you are right, you're in a generous mood today!
I dowse with a single metal detector rod and that strange box and loop
attached to it. I've had a great deal of success with this method.
Usually I walk right to the meteori
Dear List,
With an abyss in my stomach and many tears for a beautiful Country in
the year of its both its proud centennial of the Revolution and
Bicentennial of Independence, I would like to express my condolences
for the adventurous soul who is likely no longer with us after going to
the All
Hi Martin,
Your estimates give an average density of 7.54 g/cm3 (7.54 ton/m3) for
the whole kit and kaboodle.
That's about 93 cubic meters of 'rites which compacted, theoretically
makes a cube with a sides of 4.5 meters.
That is double the size of my bedroom ... just to find an adamant
bal
Hi Michael, Fare thee well in the New Year.
With reverence towards the enduring patience of the Angel that
enlightens
the rarest amongst us, I would more easily believe that neither of the
Southerners would lie than that Cap'n Blood would not muck it up. You
certainly are not to deny whatever y
Michael B. wrote:
"The barn stone was coupled with the stone that fell at the feet of the
barn owner."
Michael's quoted statement is inaccurate. (Kindly note that my comment
and his quote are both unrelated to the stone being sold in the ad).
Many nice collectors asked me about this, and I
Bob wrote:
"What are the coordinates for the Lafayette (stone)?"
Hi Bob, they are the coordinates of the Purdue University Earth
Sciences Department where Farrington found the Lafayette nakhlite in a
drawer in the geology department (1931). No doubt you can speak for Los
Angeles. The question
Ted is absolutely right. These aren't isolated cases. It goes back
much, much earlier than that, too. Besides the Indiana Martian from the
1930's found in a drawer, consider the cases of Zacatecas (1792), or,
Durango (1800's) supposedly from Chihuahua, or jejeje - how about
Tucson's own epic op
chondrites (only ~100 are known and
many of those are paired). In addition, a number of unique ungrouped
meteorites are OC-like. But again, I don't know of any colleagues who
agree with me that R chondrites are in the OC class. [I would say that
the OC class has two clans, the H-L-LL clan and
Hi Melanie and thanks for the enthusiasm you add to the list ...
Here's a high to low sorting of the "ordinary chondrites", for over
32,000 meteorites:
22.0% L6 ("most common")
19.9% H5
12.9% L5
12.3% H4
11.5% H6
7.8% LL5
4.2% LL6
3.3% L4
2.2% H3
2.0% L3
0.8% LL4
0.8% LL3
0.1% L7
0.1% LL7
0.03
Dear Greg L.,
I would offer to speculate that the purpose of the post from Eric Webb
(who I am not familiar with), is that we might be better off
distinguishing between economically sustainable activities in the
meteorite supply chain and those that are not.
It would seem a reasonable follow
Dear List,
Carl Sagan's 75th birthday anniversary is coming up. This fateful date
is November 9, 2009. (Also the 20th anniversary of the fall of the
Berlin Wall). The Planetary Society has been somewhat quiet about the
Solar Sail project progress, but the project has always been promoted
with
"Excuse me for being blunt, but I always try to combat junk science and
I think this is junk science without even an attempt of a proof."
Hello Göran, Chris, Rob, Ed,
I don't think Ed has ever claimed to be a scientist so I am not sure it
is fair to judge his statements (or book) on scientific
Ed,
As you might suspect, the unlikely-shaped, proposed, giant Indian
impact crater still has not cleared peer review.
If you can demonstrate the Princeton group's chronostratigraphic
studies are unreasonable, I bet Rich Lane at hl...@nsf.gov would rather
you just fired him an email.
What
"encircling the central peak, known as the Bombay High, which would be
3 miles tall from the ocean floor(about the height of Mount McKinley)."
Hi Elton, List,
Lots of creativity in this article; A better comparison would have been
"almost half as high as Mauna Kea". By the same criterion they
Anne wrote:
"If this one is red too there will be a lot of red cars in the
parking lot of the InnSuites in Tucson."
Hi Anne, Did one of the Park Forest stones hit a red Jeep? Alas, the
Neagari meteorite hit a white Subaru in Japan in 1995. Since Subaru
means "Pleiades" in Japonesse; tha
Hallo Rob and everyone else cntributing to this topic...just wanted to
thank you for sharing the fireball link with the list. The sequence was
almost too spectacular to believe. Absolute shock and awe! Best wishes,
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Rob Lenssen
To: Meteorite List
Sent: T
some sources mention Oct. 12 for the fall date!
Cheers, Peter
2009/10/11 Mexicodoug :
Hi List, Peter,
Could you give a little more detail, as 22Na has a half life of about
950
days and the experimental uncertainty of that particular measurement
apparently used to calculate the ratio was 1
Hi List, Peter,
Could you give a little more detail, as 22Na has a half life of about
950 days and the experimental uncertainty of that particular measurement
apparently used to calculate the ratio was 11.6%, not to mention worse
uncertainties with the 26Al. It says the measurement was between
Hi Adam, List,
Maybe Las Vegas, NV probably could build a miniature Tucson with
working freeways and hotels in time for next February, complete with a
Tucson Ring cornerstone half buried in the middle? Is the article
talking about pulling the entire Show as you mentioned? Or, since the
City o
PACT-DRIVEN METASOMATISM. R. P. Harvey and H. Y.
McSween, Jr., Lunar and Planetary Science XXVI, pp. 555-556, LPI,
Houston, TX, 1995.
Kindest wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-
From: Mexicodoug
To: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 12:12 p
Hi Melanie, Werner, Jeff, Bernd and List,
This is yet another reason why cleaning/polishing Tatahouine meteorites
can be shortsighted due to all the exquisite and fragile features it
packs, invisible to the untrained eye.
Plenty of uncleaned Tatahouine specimens still have the Jurassic age
T
e-
From: countde...@earthlink.net
To: Mexicodoug ; meteoritem...@gmail.com
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 6:26 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT eBay (was AD Time to get back to work)
Hi List,
Did anyone mention one of the prime reasons that potential
bidders/
ot
bolide girl logo.
Best wishes,
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Meteorites USA
To: Mexicodoug
Cc: nwa...@comcast.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 5:01 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT eBay (was AD Time to get back to work)
Hi Doug, List,
BTW 33% off listing fees until October 11 on eBay ... watch out for the
stampede :-) ... time to catch a falling star.com
Best wishes,
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
To: Mexicodoug
Cc: nwa...@comcast.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, S
onsent was hilariously true
... (Loweezy could spend hours gossiping with Elviney: Has any woman on
the list -or in the known universe- ever had her husband deny
permission when she wanted to buy herself a meteorite?)
-Original Message-
From: Jim Strope
To: Mexicodoug
Cc: meteo
"I have a question that has puzzled me for some time... On a cheap
item, $20- buy it now, why would anyone bother to watch it? "
Hello Jim !
Maybe the IRS.
$20 is more money than 2/3 's of the current eBay prices in the
collectibles category.
Maybe they debate between (grocery shopping
Dear List,
Let me try to give a little view of what I have seen here ... The
dealers I've bumped into seem to have varying results, though
definitely not a stellar Denver this time. This is all put into
perspective, when I spoke with a lot of the mineral dealers who will
not be lucky enough to
Ready the steel and harness the stallion
And quake the Earth at the centers!
With resonating echoes from the hills and from the valleys ...
Amigos Happy Independence Night ...
Viva Allende
Doug
PS La Libertad, Hidalgo, Aldama, Morelos, Iturbide, La Corregidora, La
Virgin, Los Niños Heroes, que
Aloha Tracy
I have always balked at gel capsules for nutraceuticals, after getting
one or two fro some established collectors selling on eBay - because
they are meant to be swallowed, right?
Suppose for a moment that they are stable, and can maintain their
structural integrity in humid envir
Cheers Richard, Sterling, List,
"Impossible" and its near variants seem less and less meaningful these
days... IMO Sterling's original question is a good one better
understood by the relative probabilities of a comet impact on Earth vs.
the comet going into orbit, rather than just considering
rls from Space -
Best wishes,
Doug
PS, "Eroded" doesn't do it for me, as eroded meteorites can have plenty
of crust.
-Original Message-
From: Darren Garrison
To: Mexicodoug
Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 2:42 pm
Subject: Re: [meteor
Hi Mike Darren, Svend, Bernd, List,
Great question and answers. Still seems a little strong of a term for a
flaky Tatahouine, do you think?
What about a term encompassing the emotion of finding a completely
ripped meteorite?
"Oh! Shucks!",
Doug
PS ... denuded matrix would sound perfect to m
ta's
are for Listoids.)
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-Original Message-
From: Mexicodoug
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] SALE: BIG TATAHOUINE ... BIG KREEPy LUNAR and
More...
http://www.diogenite.com/t1ns.htm (click on musical opt
ion if d
"Question: Are 'meteorite crystals' like the listing below really
meteorites? or are they from the sand / ground near a big crater?
Campo del Cielo eBay item 120367220535 "
Hi Mike, they are shattered and anti--rust treated fragments from a
larger piece that was found. Tehy are being called cry
http://www.diogenite.com/t1ns.htm (click on musical option if desired
for browsing pleasure)
*** !!! *SUPER PRICES* !!! ***
TATATA BOOM DE AY! Get your Tatahouine today! Sale's for a Single Day
... Just give me 50 cents ...
... (well, with minimum wage adjustment and maybe 2 days if I have
t
"Let's use this line of reasoning: the oceans are really really big,
not infinite, but really big. At the bottom of the Marianas Trench
lives a society of mermaids, mermen and sea serpents. How do I know
this? Because the oceans are really big!"
That spoofed proof by contradiction is flawed fo
Greg, if you walked to Alpha Centuri, it would take a long time. (And
if you wanted to go exactly there, it would be quite a warm welcome).
If you traveled at the speed of light it would be like Juan Salvador
Gaviota (instant from your point of view). So the question isn't that
you traveled at
Oh one of these Gamow deals ... lets see, is it:
0.707106781times the speed of light (dividing by the square root of
two to cancel out the dilution of someone watching you, who thinks you
have traveled at 6.18... years?)?
The "..." because exactly is a pretty strong statement and I am
ke
Steve wrote:
"I found a hole"
In answer to your question Steve, the following stony meteorites have
holes in them, enjoy!!!
Bunburra Rockhole (recent Aussie witnessed fall fortuitously(?) and
expertly classified by Dr. Benedix)
Crab Hole (has to be an Aussie favorite)
Ehole (Prorly, the onl
Hi Dirk,
Regarding your disappointment in Steve for the very nice 1.2 kg "Jalu",
it is worth it to review the requirements for the unmentionable:
Backing out on eBay:
eBay Auction Cancellation (General)
Sellers rights: eBay earns the insertion fee from the Seller and won't
prohibit Sellers f
McCartney wrote:
"I use stovepiping to describe the feature on the leeside of a oriented
meteorite."
Stovepiping is a colorful term, even with political connotations. For
oriented, icicled or "spiculigenous meteorites", do the terms
"spiculiform" (adj.) and spicules (n.) have precedence?
I
Darren rote:
">Bernd - 0% Ni content ;-)
Oh, you are some percent Ni. The 0% is likely a rounding error.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel#Biological_role";
Hi Darren,
I don't think there was any concern with about the floating point
arithmetic facing programmers with the 0%. Bernd was precise
om/AZ-BeyondWinslow.html
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-Original Message-
From: Zelimir Gabelica
To: Mexicodoug ; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 8:59 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The tale of a falling star
Hi Doug,
Didn't you forget Winona ?
See here a quite in
material and methods, with Wasson, Moore and Co.,
and appreciate their work with Greg in getting this interesting find
done relatively quickly.
Best wishes, Doug
----
-Original Message-
From: Sterling K. Webb
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Mexicodoug
Sent: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11
Great article, though this paragraph about other "meteors" being found
need editing:
"Other meteors have been located in ancient ruins of the Americas, as
well as around the world, ranging in size from the three ounce
Pojoaque meteorite, found in an ancient pottery bowl near Santa Fe,
N.M., to t
Hi Linton, List,
How sad! - this smacks of Nininger's closing of his museum at Meteor
Crater (Though I am sure the Barringers can identify with it as well).
Lowell is the most deserving of institutions, but it looks like the
meteorite is now in the part of the visitor center that requires more
Hi Geo,
Since regmaglypts are the result of airflow (and only when it travels
relatively fast in sufficiently dense atmosphere), I would suggest that
their sizes of regmaglypts are both proportional to the size of the
piece when it is subject to the turbulence (requires piece to be moving
fas
--> Martian. (Martinus, says Martin, the Martian).
Mercur, Mercuris ---> Mercurian. Venus, Veneris ---> Venerian. (cause I
read somewhere Venusian) Hmm the Doug "Dawn"-space probe is on the way
to
Vesta. Vestalian meteorites sounds a little bit)
Uuh, a
"Pathogens and their hosts are, quite literally, made for each other."
I understand this statement but disagree with it in the terms of the
current debate. It presupposes our thoughts from our experience with
life on earth and the equilibrium life has here. At a basic level we
are just bags of
Dr. Grossman wrote:
"I think most scientists would call it a terrestrial meteorite, or
perhaps a terran meteorite."
Hi Jeff,
Definitely those are viable options, though I think this subject would
spark more debate than Pluto, Plutonian and Plutonic in these extended
circles if it ever had a
Pete wrote:
"can a meteorite hit earth and eject debris which (maybe) land on the
moon or Mars? What would we call such a meteorite---Earthoid, or maybe
Earthite?"
Hi Pete,
Generally the splashed and splattered material from a meteoroid impact
on earth are called "Tektites", or if it was fr
Carl said:
"First of all registered mail must be secured using paper tape which
cannot be removed and the tape is date stamped all along every edge of
the tape (this assures that the tape has not been tampered with)."
Martin said:
"(I remember a country, where, before it joined EU, people havi
Dear Dorothy, I am heartbroken to hear this terrible news, and greatly
missed Richard in the recent fleeting years. Richard was a true
inspiration. Like all things beautiful - a meteor crossing the heavens,
the sound of a beautiful symphony, the tender caress of a loved one,
the whiff of fresh
Hi Ed, Dr. Bunch,
Not quite sure I follow what you mean by a long period comet becoming a
short period comet and apparently circulating for millions of years. I
thought such comet lifetimes are significantly less than that and if
the literature I saw is to be believed, along the P-Tr unconform
Hi Ruben, Greg, and a big hello to Dean,
Ruben you almost did get it (You didn't see us, but we heard you :-),
though we never saw you. You were there just a couple of days before
Greg flew in. The locals with the guy from Mora told me about the iron,
though I wasn't very interested. The find
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:01:26 -0400
From: Mexicodoug
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] K
from the bottom...
Also it should be noted that the classification of Eltanin is "probably
mesosiderite", allowing for the possibility that it is not, but
confirming it is an official meteorite anyway.
Best wishes,
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Mexicodoug
To: Meteorite-list@meteo
Dear Bernd, List,
Thanks for the interesting post on this curious case.
So everyone can enjoy this 0.25cm "fossil" "meteorite" which Kyte
classified as a "CV, CO, or CR carbonaceous chondrite", here is an
original image in color:
http://tinyurl.com/qf8u9w
The "meteorite" is also described a
Dear List,
Please enjoy a photo of Zacatecas (1792), perhaps it is helpful.
http://www.diogenite.com/zacs92.jpg
Sorry I am quiet lately, I am recovering from surgery and it hurts to
even type, so any emails I owe, kindly be patient.
Best wishes
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Michael
Dear List,
Happy anniversary to the Butsura meteorite (H6), whose anniversary of
its fall from the heavens on May 12, 1861 is today.
If today is your birthday whether you be in India, Mexico or Germany,
... happy birthday!
Did anyone notice Svend's site has a writeup on this fall with the
Mike, Looking more angritish now?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120397007921
Best wishes,
Doug
-Original Message-
From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
To: Meteorite List
Sent: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:22 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] Angrite or not?
Hi List,
I've seen t
Hello Walter, List!
This theft of Moon rocks story has seriously been the embarrassment of
the century for JSC. Thankfully time is passing and wounds are healing.
It was a very sad chapter for responsibility and ethics for the entire
academic community.
Mike said:
"Tie up the thieves to pole
Hi List,
I heard some large stones were found near Buffalo, but it really
doesn't make much sense... probably rumors.
If anyone wants to kindly share their coordinates, we will be
publishing a strewn field map of the portion of the first recovered
stones in about one month. It would be great
Hello List,
I don't know if this information was shared anywhere, but hopefully it
can quell any rumors regarding our total finds. They were:
12 specimens (11 were fully fusion crusted)
Total weight of these, a bit over 10 ounces, distributed among six
parties.
Note: I am finally going thro
Hello List,
I don't know if this information was shared anywhere, but hopefully it
can quell any rumors regarding our total finds. They were:
12 specimens (11 were fully fusion crusted)
Total weight of these, a bit over 10 ounces, distributed among six
parties.
Note: I am finally going thro
Hello Rob, Listees,
While I understand your concerns regarding meteorite fever of others, I
would like to assure you that our team flew Dr. Rubin material found by
our fortunate team, and placed it in his hand in less than 72 hours
after it was hot, or better, I should say cold. He actually wa
Hello Rob, Listees,
While I understand your concerns regarding meteorite fever of others, I
would like to assure you that our team flew Dr. Rubin material found by
our fortunate team, and placed it in his hand in less than 72 hours
after it was hot, or better, I should say cold. He actually wa
Hello from Sunny Texas, under clear and starry-eyed skies at the moment,
A few stones were found right at the time of the fall, however, they
were not definitively identified as meteorites - though that was the
suspicion and they were saved.
We (Doug Dawn, Dmitry Sadilenko, Sergey Petukov) dr
Dear List,
I think you will find the following list of items for a GREAT PLANETARY
AND OTHER GOODIES' sale truly exciting and exceptional. Please enjoy a
look and share our excitement. We tried to make the pricing level as
incredible as the pieces are rare and exciting. Regarding the Lunar,
g
"Where is the honor in feeding the ducks?"
Looks like we're all in the kettle now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJgPCNzt5E
Kindly buy some lemonade from the rest of
us before the economy collapses :(
-Original Message-
From: Michael L Blood
To: GREG LINDH ; John.L.Cabassi
Cc: Mete
Hi Bob, sorry I didn't catch this sooner, and wish I could have helped
more so you could see probable biggest ordinary chondrite of your life.
I was skunked and I'm a bit unhappy at the moment for losing the sleep.
I don't know where you live, but assuming it is close to lat. 39 Deg
56' 23"; l
Thanks for the good answers, Martin. Being the quantitative type, I
would mention:
Of the desert regions of the world, a rough indicator where stones can
be found more readily for the reasons already mentioned,
Approximately 60% of the world's deserts are polar-tundra/ice types
Of the remain
Dear List,
Drat's, I was completely rained out and will be again tonight, and then
it head a little too "north" for me. Did anyone see this potential
hammer asteroid inchworming from Ursa Major past Arcturus and towards
Corona Borealis (actually it is thought to be a non-carbonaceous stony
as
Hello Graham,
Thanks for the kind words on Dr. Pillinger. I am sure he has faced very
difficult challenges throughout his career, considering the dependence
in the UK on politicians and external agencies for the success of such
forward looking endeavors.
It is sad to learn about his situatio
Hi Mark and Darren,
Oh just another case of what happens when the scientific peer-review
process is omitted and the overall press tries to pick it up without
quoting their sources very noticeably or being purposefully sly with
their grammar to entertainingly dupe readers waiting in line at Tes
Dear Listees,
Thought I'd pass along to anyone interested in seeing a typical Hammer
of God asteroid (no, it is not called Kali, but it really does have a
devil of an orbital period: 666 days), in the form of Chinese
discovered potentially threatening asteroid (136849) 1998 CS1 (That's
CS1, n
Hi Ed, Rob and friends interested in ranking risks to the species due
to impacts, in the big scheme of things:
1. These folks at Change that's Right Now offer an interesting comet
erradication program:
http://tinyurl.com/a6c273
(no sarcasm - just smiling at what folks will do to make a virtual
Hi Larry,
In the likely model for precapture SL9 I cited, the perihelion of the
comet varies regularly to about 2.5 and 3 AU (in the link:
http://tinyurl.com/742lbr I provided, figure 2), which is well within
the asteroid belt and its main mass d-planet Ceres' aphelion of 3AU. I
was clear ab
Larry wrote:
"1. As far as I know, scientists still do not know where SL9 came from
("beyond Neptune"). Probably a captured comet that happened to come too
close to Jupiter on its first pass or one of its first passes into the
inner part of the Solar System."
Hi Larry, Listees,
IMO, it was far
Hi Listites and other Amphoterites,
As I scratched my noggin on the why, why, why conspicuous consumption
is still such a positive cornerstone even for those who promise to
renew the ever dwindling planetary resources, these words from CNN were
hilarious (could this government project be the l
Hi again, Mike,
Yeah, your wife is right about that stuff. I need a wife one of these
days before I loose my memory and need to glue myself back together...I
know you are really mechanically inclined and like fooling around in
the shop, but personally I'd hold off putting any hot melt boogerg
Hi Mike, All,
Sorry that email got away too soon, It is Cow Gum, not Cow Goo after
reading my link to wiki, I wanted to add, that the solvent in rubber
cement might not be the best thing to expose your meteorite to, but
this stuff called mineral tack (only the white one is considered inert
fo
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