[meteorite-list] Meteorite found in second Connecticut home
Story here: http://www.westhartfordnews.com/articles/2013/05/15/news/doc518cffeb1cb0a652600153.txt#.UZOe18xvjKs.twitter __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Iowa Event resend
Dirk Ross wrote: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:23:53 -0700 (PDT) From: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Wisconsin Iowa Event resend To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Global Meteor Observing Forum meteor...@meteorobs.org Message-ID: 816232.37169...@web53102.mail.re2.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear List, I hope that NASA and other groups were able to run some air sampling missions shortly after the event so that we have more data on particle distribution at high altitudes. Someone have any morning photos from the area in case there is still a debris cloud? Anyone living in the event area or downwind might consider trapping some micro-meteorites from this event. Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo http:www/lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ For those who might get a chance to interview witnesses near the (hopefully found) strewnfield, please check to see if anyone in the path of the meteor recalls hearing pinging of small particles (on the order of 1 to a few millimeters or so) upon their houses/buildings, or if anyone finds tiny pieces of rock (same sizes) around their properties (such as sidewalks, porches, etc.). This occurred with the Park Forest meteor, so it'd be nice to see if any further occurrences of this phenomena happen. Dave Johnson __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fred Whipple and Comet 17P/Holmes - Cannibalizing one's sibling(s)
Bernd Wrote: Its appearance was absolutely different from any comet I have ever seen - a perfectly circular and clean cut disk of dense light, almost planetary in outline with a faint, hazy nucleus ... (brightness = Andromeda Nebula). By the next night, it brightened perceptibly and he saw an outer faint diffuse envelope some 80,000 kilometers in diameter. The comet must have brightened about a hundred times within a very few days before discovery. It was ideally placed for observation in the northern sky, not far from the frequently observed Andromeda nebula, and should have been discovered earlier unless it had been much fainter. What distinguished P/Holmes besides its unique appearance was its rare variation in brightness. It faded very little for nearly a month, its coma growing larger all the time. Then it plummeted in brightness by perhaps 200 times. By January 15, 1893, it looked like a faint globular cluster. On January 16, observers in Europe were astonished to find that the comet had almost regained its original naked-eye brilliance. It then faded quickly and was last seen in 1893 during April. Interesting - it appears that this comet might be going through a cycle, since the discovery appearance is strikingly similar to how it is now, based on the above account. Hopefully it will remain visible now for a month, and could we also be in for a resurgence of activity a few weeks after that? Based on what I've read here, if there is similar behavior that occurred then and is re-occurring now, wouldn't this rule out a collision, even if by a sibling? Obviously no cannibalism occurred, since it is here once again. Would orbital dynamics allow for a sibling body to have grazing collisions over such a time frame, allowing both bodies to remain relatively intact? Dave Johnson __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
