Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Anne: I was aware of this article, but thanks for the quote from it. So comets have enough metal to make tools. I guess I have been wrong all these years! Larry Lebofsky On Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:22 AM Anne Black via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: &

Re: [meteorite-list] Giant Impact Crater Might Be Hidden Under Greenland Icesheet

2018-11-14 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
>From the pictures in the Space.com article, the meteorite that is referenced in article is probably the Cape Your Iron. Larry Lebofsky > This is interesting. :-) > > Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater > Hidden Under Greenland Ice By Meghan Bartels, > Space.com,

Re: [meteorite-list] More on meteorite temperature

2016-07-01 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Rob: Did you remember an object is only illuminated by the Sun half the time? Larry > Hi All, > > Playing Devil's Advocate, I decided to try coming up with a scenario that > attempts to maximize the > thermal equilibrium temperature of a chondritic meteoroid just prior to > encountering the

Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar Lava Tubes Could Protect Astronauts

2016-06-25 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Sterling and Paul: There were also two conferences (at least) on lunar habitats that discussed the existence and use of lava tubes that were held in 1986 and 1988 (we were "designing" these in our education workshops in the early 90s). Heinlein wrote several books about underground lunar habitats

[meteorite-list] Craters with meteorites

2016-06-10 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Everyone: I am trying to compile a list of craters that have meteorites associated with them. Of the 188 impact craters that have been identified, how many have associated meteorites? Thanks Larry Lebofsky __ Visit our Facebook page https

Re: [meteorite-list] Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet

2016-01-20 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
ke 80 times the mass of the Earth, nearly the mass of Saturn, to be able to clear its orbit. So, if there is an object that is as big as they say and at the distance the predict (this is just a mathematical model, not an actual discovery), this object would just be a VERY BIG dwarf planet!! Larry

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite or Space related license plates

2016-01-01 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hello Ruben: 1 Ceres. That was how we met David Levy who saw our car on the road and made us pull over so that he could introduce himself (several years before Comet Shoemaker Levy 9). He wanted to make sure that we submitted a picture for an article that was coming out in Sky and Telescope.

[meteorite-list] Fireball over Florida Nov. 10

2015-12-05 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hello everyone: A few days ago, I received a question from a friend of mine in Florida. His all-sky camera had picked up a -18 magnitude fireball on Nov. 10 and he was wondering how that translates to the size of the object that produced it. I told him that velocity was a major factor, but would

Re: [meteorite-list] Ceres' Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail

2015-09-11 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
mineral ID. Someone please correct me if this is wrong. Larry Lebofsky > Hello fellow meteorite (and asteroid) aficionados, > > Yes. There is a mapping spectrometer in the visual and infrared on board > the Dawn spacecraft: >> VIR, the hyperspectral imaging >> spectrometer onboa

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres

2015-06-12 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Shawn: The short answer is, unfortunately, probably not. Ceres generally looks similar (but not a match) to CIs and CMs (clay minerals). This we have known for many years. However, there also seems to be brucite (magnesium hydroxide) which is an indication of low temperature hydrothermal

Re: [meteorite-list] Ceres and Meteorites?

2015-03-06 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Mike: Two short answers: 1. Closest to the CI chondrites 2. Probably no meteorites from Ceres: nothing looks quite like it and I think it is not near a resonance that would easily ship chunks of Ceres to Earth (unlike Vesta). Larry Hi List, Has Ceres ever been connected to any type of

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Strikes Down Thief During Armed Robbery

2015-02-28 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
I used to use their articles in my class and at teacher workshops: WWII bomber found in a lunar crater (the plane was about the size of the 100 km diameter crater) I did a teacher workshop about observing the Moon and told them that this would be their last chance to observe the Moon with their

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Strikes Down Thief During Armed Robbery

2015-02-28 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Ed I used to be an editor and need to correct your last sentence. A few letters missing and a grammar correction. Photos don't lie should have been Photoshop doesn't lie. Larry Paul, most of what The Weekly World News is fabricated, tongue-in-cheek humor. I used to read the front page

Re: [meteorite-list] Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres

2015-02-17 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Graham: I am amazed by how cratered (old) the surface looks. I am still personally very interested in how bright the whitish areas actually are. Icy? Larry Wonderful!...now seeing good detail...can't wait for a closer look and the data analysis. Graham On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:44 PM,

Re: [meteorite-list] Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres

2015-02-17 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Graham: The average albedo of Ceres is about 0.09, i.e., it reflects 9% of the light. Sort of gray. This is from telescopic observations, not Dawn. I think that makes it at least 50% more reflective than Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Most dark asteroids have albedos of about 0.05. The best

Re: [meteorite-list] NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD

2015-01-23 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
It rains in Tucson in the summer! A great example of observational bias. Larry List, Some of you may find this information very interesting! NEO Asteroids Close Approach Data 2000-2014 Graphs and Analysis 10 LD - 0.1 LD ©2015 23.1.15- ANALYSIS by ESSICO / LUNAR METEORITE HUNTER Source

Re: [meteorite-list] 8,416 Newly Discovered NEOs Since 01JAN2015!

2015-01-21 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Dirk This is the TOTAL number of all asteroids that have been observed, not just NEOs. Larry List, Some incoming perhaps mostly not. WOW! 8,461 NEOs Discovered Since 01JAN2015 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2015/01/high-number-of-recently-discovered-neo.html Thank you to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Vesta

2015-01-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Here is the abstract to the original paper published in Science in 1970. Asteroid vesta: spectral reflectivity and compositional implications. McCord TB, Adams JB, Johnson TV. Abstract The spectral reflectivity (0.30 to 1.10 microns) of several asteroids has been measured for the first time.

Re: [meteorite-list] Science Journal: Earth's water didn't come from comets, scientists now say

2014-12-14 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Kelly: Thanks for posting this. I have not read the original article, but I assume that when they present measurements from asteroids, this is really measurements from meteorites which came from asteroids. Larry hi, Michael... I am curious how such a definitive conclusion can be reached

Re: [meteorite-list] Still Arguing About Pluto

2014-10-03 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
And the Sun is a dwarf star, Sterling. Larry List, The argument about Pluto The Planet or Pluto The Small Body continues: http://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/12524/20141002/pluto-planet-again-sta tus-2014-still-undecided-astronomy-debate-ongoing.htm The Harvard-Smithsonian Center

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station’s First Artwork

2014-07-29 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Art: But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. If I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk Meteorite Sheds Light on Dinosaur Extinction Mystery

2014-07-16 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi Mike: That is not what the press release says. It is still thought that the KT impactor was carbonaceous. There was also thought, based on being dark and formation age of the BAF (when the parent body was disrupted), that the BAF was the source of the KT impactor. However, there is a better

[meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Croatia seven years ago, question

2014-07-08 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Hi all We were just told about a meteorite that was found in a park in Croatia back in 2008 or 2009. Does anyone know the name of it and where it is now? Thanks Larry Lebofsky __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com

Re: [meteorite-list] How is Tucson Going?? Astronomy Event

2014-01-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Jim: From a local, I am looking forward to seeing old friends and other locals who I do not see very often. By Saturday February 1, it will have cooled down to a high of 71 (it may hit 80 at the end of the month) and there is a small chance of rain (should we blame those Colorado folks who

Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Tektite

2013-10-29 Thread lebofsky
I have several pieces that look just like that in my yard and agree with Mendy, quartz. Larry Lebofsky Looks like quartz to me. Mendy Ouzillou From: Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum dori...@embarqmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars (MSL)

2013-06-01 Thread lebofsky
Hi Steve: Yes, I did see your video link. Thanks for sending that. All that this demonstrates is that CO2 is denser than air and that, when it displaces the oxygen, the candle goes out. So, even in this case it is not the force of the CO2 that is putting the flame out, but the lack of oxygen.

Re: [meteorite-list] Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars (MSL)

2013-05-31 Thread lebofsky
Hi Graham and Steve: Technically, you are wrong--CO2 sublimates (turns from solid to gas) and does not evaporate (turns from liquid to gas). The triple point (where solid, liquid, and gas exist)of CO2 is 5.1 atmospheres. Since the sea level pressure on Mars is about 0.006 atmospheres, the

Re: [meteorite-list] Old Sci-Fi Movie on TCM Tonight

2013-04-30 Thread lebofsky
Hello Robert: I had seen the movie years (decades) ago and sort of remember the ending (have it recorded but only watched half live). They actually did try to make it as scientifically accurate as they could. In the movie, they were not trying to look for a metal to make their ships out of, but

Re: [meteorite-list] Postponement Repeal sequester's cuts on NASA spending in public out reach

2013-03-26 Thread lebofsky
Hi Gary: We are in the midst of a crisis here in Tucson. Don McCarthy has been given a stop work order for NIRCam (James Webb Space Telescope) which has affected the Astronomy Camp for Girl Scout staff and volunteers that was to be held in a little over a week. While it has not been officially

Re: [meteorite-list] 2012 DA14 Family?

2013-03-01 Thread lebofsky
Hi Elton: Apollos and Atens are technically groups of asteroids grouped by their orbital parameters, only: An Apollo asteroid has a mean distance from the Sun of more than 1.0 AU and a perihelion (closest to the Sun) of less than 1.017 AU (Earth's aphelion or farthest distance from the Sun), so

Re: [meteorite-list] SPACE EXPO - OFF TOPIC (TANGENTIALLY)

2013-02-27 Thread lebofsky
Hi Darryl: Yes, a little more information would be good. How much space (no pun) do you have (floor or table)? How interactive do you want it to be and how many people are there to support what you do? Some activities can be done without a person involved others need a real person to run it.

Re: [meteorite-list] Minor Planet families

2013-02-26 Thread lebofsky
Hi Graham: I am far from an asteroid dynamics person, but many (but not all) asteroid families tend to share compositional similarities and so may very well be remnants of larger objects that have recently been broken up in a collisional event. The families are usually (but not always) named for

[meteorite-list] 2013 Tucson Gem Show Astronomy Event

2013-01-26 Thread lebofsky
will be there with James Webb Space Telescope related activities (along with the Girl Scouts). Please come if you can. http://www.astronomy.com/News-Observing/News/2013/01/Spend%20a%20day%20skywatching%20in%20Tucson.aspx Larry Lebofsky Dear Listees: As most of you know, for the past thirteen

Re: [meteorite-list] Vesta A Planet?

2012-09-27 Thread lebofsky
Yes, Sterling, Vesta is unique. Besides all of the M asteroids in the asteroid belt (remnant cores of differentiated asteroids), the iron meteorites we see today represent at least 50 (I have seen a number exceeding 100) different differentiated bodies. I think, that, while Vesta is clearly

Re: [meteorite-list] Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) Mohave desert risk for meteorite hunters and rockhounders et al

2012-09-24 Thread Lebofsky
Since some of you do come to Tucson, if you live in Tucson, it is likely you will eventually get valley fever. Larry Dear List, Ran across this tidbit about an unknown (to me) RISK FACTOR while Mohave meteorite hunting (in a article about fossil bugs):

Re: [meteorite-list] Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) (Includes Online Map)

2012-09-24 Thread lebofsky
I was part of a test for a vaccine about 25 years ago (did not work). It is interesting that, if you live here or in the Mohave area and have a cough and fever, they will immediately test of Valley Fever (a skin test). However, a friend of mine, who lived in the LA area, had the symptoms and ended

Re: [meteorite-list] Fire caused by meteorites.. Is it possible?

2012-08-29 Thread lebofsky
Hi Chris and Gary: Comets can be hot (actually warm) relative to the ices in them, so we are still talking about temperatures well below the melting point of water, at least at the distance of the Earth. Even though the ices, when mixed with dark material (carbon, for example) could potentially

Re: [meteorite-list] solar eclipse

2012-05-09 Thread lebofsky
Richard: The solar eclipse is on May 20 in the late afternoon. http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Gallery/Pages/Annular_solar_eclipse_of_2012_May_20.html Larry My calander tells me that tomorrow is when! I've been so saturated with Sutter Mill fun that I've lost track. Please chime

Re: [meteorite-list] [2] Asteroid Or Comet Sutters Mill

2012-05-03 Thread lebofsky
.). Larry Or NEO (175706) 1996 FG3 ! (MPOD 24 Oct 2011) Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: lebofsky lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: aerubin aeru...@ucla.edu Cc: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 11:47 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Or Comet Sutters Mill

2012-05-02 Thread lebofsky
Hi Alan: I would agree with you on the consensus that CMs would appear to come from asteroids. Based on spectra and albedo, CM meteorites look like C-class (and possibly several other low-albedo classes) asteroids (very common in the Main Belt). These are asteroid that have surface compositions

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Or Comet Sutters Mill

2012-05-02 Thread lebofsky
Hi Again: One other place that seems to have abundant CM-like material, the surface of Vesta. There are dark areas on Vesta that seem to be composed of carbonaceous chondritic material (based again on albedo and spectrum). I do not know all of the details (missed some of the papers at the Lunar

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?

2012-04-24 Thread lebofsky
Stuart: Have you ever watched any old war movies? Fighter pilots attack from the direction of the Sun. This was a daytime fireball and so probably came in from the sunward side, so not easy to detect. Larry So my question is.why didn't anyone detect this obviously huge meteoroid in space

[meteorite-list] Slide Show just posted by the University of Arizona

2012-04-05 Thread lebofsky
Hello Everyone: University of Arizona News just posted the following slide show about meteorites featuring our own Dolores Hill! http://uanews.org/node/45837 Enjoy. Larry Lebofsky Latest approach to dealing with asteroids... http://www.strath.ac.uk/press/newsreleases

Re: [meteorite-list] LPSC 43 - Any big news or unexpected meteoritestories?

2012-03-25 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike and Kelly: There were several sessions on the Dawn mission. Unfortunately, I missed many of them on Friday. However, what was of most interest to me is the likelihood that the dark areas on Vesta are the remnants of low velocity impacts by carbonaceous asteroids. Hopefully over the next

[meteorite-list] [Ad} Advertising in a special issue of Elements magazine on Impacts

2011-12-16 Thread lebofsky
. Some of you receive Elements as a MetSoc member you will know that it has a large worldwide audience. They are now planning for an issue in 2013 that will be devoted to asteroids. Larry Lebofsky __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Astromyxin - Star Jelley

2011-12-13 Thread lebofsky
Hi Doug: I refer you to the February issue of Meteorite magazine (the real one): Star Slough and Pwdre Sêr by David Andrew White and Ángel M. Nieves-Rivera Abstract Nostoc commune is a species of cyanobacterium. Colonies of nostoc can form large gelatinous masses, even growing in open-air

Re: [meteorite-list] Astromyxin - Star Jelley

2011-12-13 Thread lebofsky
Hello Ed: Did you read my email? No, it is not a hoax, just not from space. It has been written about for something like 450 years. Larry Sounds like it could be Jelly Fungi. It grows in the woods behind my house, albeit in a slightly different form and color. Or, perhaps it is a hoax.

Re: [meteorite-list] Pope Benedict XVI's Astronomer: the Catholic Church Welcomes Aliens

2011-12-01 Thread lebofsky
I did not know that Guy could make pronouncements. I think he has always had fairly long hair, so I do wonder what he is hiding. At least he does not wear a hat to cover a third eye on his forehead, but who knows what his hair could hide on the back of his head! Larry You'll notice Brother

Re: [meteorite-list] Lutetia

2011-11-12 Thread lebofsky
Benjamin and Doug: It has been a few years since I have done any spectroscopy of asteroids. Also, I have not seen the Rosetta spectral results to be able to judge what they are proposing. However, even as of a year ago, there was uncertainty with respect to the spectral classification of Lutetia.

Re: [meteorite-list] Lutetia

2011-11-11 Thread lebofsky
Hi Michael: The only thing that I would disagree with in the article has to do with where Lutetia formed. It has a fairly low inclination and low eccentricity (for a main belt asteroid), so I doubt there is any way that it could have formed in the inner part of the Solar System and found its way

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites-Claims to come from asteroid Vesta?

2011-10-01 Thread Lebofsky
Hi Don The team probably has results that would answer your questio one way or the other. However, there is always a period of time that only those who have been involved in the design of the instruments have exclusive access to the results (only fair since they have dedicated years to the

Re: [meteorite-list] new vesta video

2011-09-21 Thread lebofsky
Richard: The depression is an impact feature, by far the largest relavtive to the size of the body it hit (Vesta). It is possible that the grooves are related to this impact (just a guess). Larry Howdy List, While the 'big depression' on the Vestan south pole has been a major focus...what

Re: [meteorite-list] new vesta video

2011-09-20 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike: I assume that you meant to say slick (hope that I am not putting words in your mouth). I have played this video several times and it is clear how much can be said about Vesta by the narrator without giving any scientific interpretation of it! I realize that there is always the mandate

Re: [meteorite-list] (meteorobs) Major Fireball Over Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada

2011-09-15 Thread lebofsky
Mike: Please remind me to eat faster next time. I was just finishing dinner at a place just south of Phoenix or else would have been on I 10 on my way back to Tucson at the time of the event (missed it by 10 minutes). :( Here's an update on this fall with a google map of all the witness plots.

Re: [meteorite-list] 8000BC Big Dipper Petroglyph: Evolution of star positions

2011-09-12 Thread lebofsky
Hi Chris: I rarely disagree with you, but I do this time (sort of). There IS an option in Starry Night to look at the constellations over time (using proper motion). The Big Dipper (an asterism, not a constellation), looks very similar in 8,000 BCE to what it looks like today. Chris: it is

Re: [meteorite-list] 8000BC Big Dipper Petroglyph: Evolution of star positions

2011-09-12 Thread lebofsky
Hi Chris: VERY Sorry! Just pointing out (it was sort of in the back of my mind at the time), that Starry Night DOES have a special routine for looking at the constellations and asterisms back in time. That was all! If you use the Starry Night to go back 100,000 (actually the limit is 99,999

Re: [meteorite-list] 8000BC Big Dipper Petroglyph

2011-09-11 Thread lebofsky
Hi Robert: I took Starry Night, a planetarium program back about 8,000 years (6,000 BC) and, as I would have predicted, the 7 stars in the Big Dipper are not far off from what we see today. You would have to go back many 10s of thousands of years in order to see a big diffence. I remember seeing

Re: [meteorite-list] 25143 Itokawa and meteorites

2011-08-26 Thread lebofsky
Hello Craig: The theory of a single large object being pulled apart (or exploding as with Krypton) was shown pretty much proven wrong more than 30 years ago. If one looks at the various classes of asteroids, their distribution in the asteroid belt, and potentially related meteorite types, one

Re: [meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

2011-07-20 Thread lebofsky
Hi Elizabeth: The big problem with cerberus is that there is already 1865 Cerberus, an Apollo asteroid. IAU Nomenclatur Committee tries to avoid duplication like that though there are several existing examples. Larry Actually, one of the discoverers (Dr. Doug Hamilton, UMaryland) has a

Re: [meteorite-list] Named minor planets

2011-06-29 Thread lebofsky
but due to their science education (the husband is on the list): 3439 Lebofsky 5052 Nancyruth Larry There's another asteroid, that should be added to the list: (6371) Heinlein (after Dieter Heinlein) Best regards Dieter German Firebal Network www.dlr.de/feuerkugelnetz

Re: [meteorite-list] Named minor planets

2011-06-29 Thread lebofsky
Silly me, I did forget one more husband/wife asteroid pair (and not on your list, Ron). While you have Richardnorton, there is also 149243 Dorthynorton, sorry Dorthy! Also, since you have the two other authors, before there was the Tholin asteroid classification, there was a paper that created

Re: [meteorite-list] How Do We Name Asteroids?

2011-06-29 Thread lebofsky
Kevin Asteroids are named by their discoverer. I am not sure what happens if that person has passed away. So, you need someone to nominate you, someone who has an asteroid that can be names (and does not belong to a special family with special rules such as a trojan asteroid), and someone to

Re: [meteorite-list] How Do We Name Asteroids?

2011-06-29 Thread lebofsky
Dan: Nancy was thrilled when she found out the company that she was in. 5046 Carletonmoore 5048 Moriarty 5049 Sherlock 5050 Doctorwatson 5052 Nancyruth 5053 Chladni 5054 Keil Larry When an asteroid is discovered it is given a provisional name. The letter after the year designates the

Re: [meteorite-list] Pluto May Have Comet-Like Tail

2011-04-22 Thread lebofsky
Richard: The atmosphere of Pluto has been known since 1985. The reclassification of Pluto was in 2006 and was based solely on dynamical considerations (a sphere but has not cleared its orbit, i.e., there are other large things in similar orbits). Its physical properties were not taken into

Re: [meteorite-list] Cold Asteroids May Have A SoftHeart(AllendeMeteorite)

2011-04-16 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling Sorry for taking so long in responding, but I am still catching up from being out of email access for three days this weekend and I missed this one. The presence of hydrated silicates on asteroid 2 Pallas dates back to the early 1980s and has been confirmed numerous times and

Re: [meteorite-list] Cold Asteroids May Have ASoftHeart(AllendeMeteorite)

2011-04-16 Thread lebofsky
, M. A.; Larson, H. P.; LEBOFSKY, L. A. (1982). The 3 Micron Spectrum of Asteroid 2 Pallas.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 14: 719. Unfortunately, the ADS system only gives the page with the title at the bottom of the page and then cuts off the article which starts on the next

Re: [meteorite-list] List of meteorites from Vesta?

2011-04-07 Thread lebofsky
Hi Shawn: I do not think anyone responded to your question about olinive-bearing diogenites. Here is a links to articles: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1502.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1835.pdf Sorry, but have not been keeping up on the subject. Larry

Re: [meteorite-list] List of meteorites from Vesta?

2011-04-07 Thread lebofsky
Hi Michael: Yes, there is a smoking gun and a trail of dust, too. Reflectance spectra of Vesta and areas of Vesta consistent with spectra of HED meteorites and composition of HEDs. Big crater that could be the source of said meteorites. Vestoids in an area where asteroids can be tossed out of

Re: [meteorite-list] Double Planets

2011-03-18 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: I don't like to disagree with you (YES!), but I wonder if you have ever been on a seesaw. If you move Charon away from Pluto, the center of mass moves away from Pluto, not toward it, you have a longer lever arm. You actually get it right when you talk about the Moon later on! Moving

Re: [meteorite-list] GIANT Lunar Download

2011-03-04 Thread lebofsky
It took me less than 10 minutes and you will be limited by how fast your Internet provider download rate is (not what they claim). Great image. Larry I downloaded it last week and on Roadrunner it took 5 mins!! STuart. Pete Pete rsvp...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, all, I suggest not

[meteorite-list] Ad: Please support Tucson's Girl Scouts

2011-01-31 Thread lebofsky
come to your rooms would surely appreciate one of these fine cookies. Thank you for supporting Tucson’s youth as they cope in this difficult time. Larry Lebofsky __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

2011-01-16 Thread lebofsky
Jonathan: The mass of the region between Mars and Jupiter is dominated by the larger objects, so it is a belt of asteroids, an asteroid belt. Larry Barrett, So is the Asteroid Belt actually; a Meteriod Belt, an Asteriod Belt, or a Satellite Belt ? ;~} Jonathan - Original Message

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

2011-01-15 Thread lebofsky
Hello Stuart: We have had this conversation before. Your second question(when does an asteroid become a meteoroid): There is no real minimum asteroid size or maximum meteoroid size. When it comes up as a question, I usually say 5 or 10 meters is the crossover. Also, if an asteroid gets hit by

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

2011-01-15 Thread lebofsky
Chris: If it is blurry, it is called a comet! :-) Larry 10 meters is commonly cited. But realistically, the line is a blurry one. Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Stuart

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

2011-01-15 Thread lebofsky
Last statement on this topic (to avoid more crossing emails). The definition I have seen is that a fireball is defined as something brighter than Venus (so yes, about -4). Yes, the term bolide is generally avoided, but it is still used: People who study cratering events will use the terms

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First RockyPlanet

2011-01-10 Thread lebofsky
Note that this new planet has a density of about 8, so not really terrestrial as such, but more a VERY large iron! Larry at the AAS conference This is the top item on a list of Kepler hits waiting to be verified by ground-based telescopes. The list is roughly 700 hits long and we can expect a

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First RockyPlanet

2011-01-10 Thread lebofsky
Hi Everyone: An update. Geoff Marcy gave an invited talk this evening at the meeting I am at (American Astronomical Society). The density of the new planet is 8.8 +/_ 2.5 g/cc (iron meteorites are 7-8). The large uncertainty (not bad given the size of the object) implies that the planet can be

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Tucson shooting

2011-01-08 Thread lebofsky
of conduct issues at Pima Community College where she works. Tucson is a big town yet small in many ways. If I hear anything else, I will let the list know, but right now, everyone seems to be getting about the same information. Larry Lebofsky Thoughts and prayers to the victims

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread lebofsky
Lebofsky I have only received the first issue, too! Still looking for issue 2!!! John Teague Knoxville, TN -Original Message- From: Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez supeind...@hotmail.com Sent: Dec 14, 2010 2:45 AM To: Meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread lebofsky
Lebofsky I have only received the first issue, too! Still looking for issue 2!!! John Teague Knoxville, TN -Original Message- From: Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez supeind...@hotmail.com Sent: Dec 14, 2010 2:45 AM To: Meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-13 Thread lebofsky
Hi Dennis: Don't panic! Have you ever heard of the US mail? Also this there is a holiday coming up. When I was editor, there were a few times when I actually knew when an issue left the printers. My impression is that foreign airmail got their copies within a week and US subscribers could be as

Re: [meteorite-list] New kind of moon rock identified.

2010-12-11 Thread lebofsky
That's what happens when you have a spacecraft-related paper! Larry IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW SPINEL-RICH LUNAR ROCK TYPE BY THE MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER (M3) CM Pieters, J Boardman, B Buratti, R Clark, JP Combe, R Green, JN Goswami6 JW Head III, M Hicks, P Isaacson, R Klima, G Kramer, K

Re: [meteorite-list] sulphurous smell of meteorites (wasTemperature of meteorites)

2010-11-24 Thread lebofsky
Mark: Very good point! As a grad student (long, long, ago in a distant...) I used to work with various frozen gases, including hydrogen sulfide. It turns out to be more dangerous/poisonous than hydrogen cyanide. However, the nose detects the sulfide at much lower levels. The problem is that if

Re: [meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites

2010-11-23 Thread lebofsky
Thanks Bernd: This will help a lot! My guess is that warm means warmer than the air temperature, but probably not much warmer than body temperature since even 15 to 20 degrees Centigrade (125 to 135 degrees F) is considered hot. Given that some have been said to be frosty, and one always hears

Re: [meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites (Bernd's List)

2010-11-23 Thread lebofsky
Hi Mike: I am still a fan of cold meteorites (yes I am biased), so is it possible that a burn is due to something very cold rather than hot? Larry I have a couple to add to Bernd's list. Both were picked up immediately after the fall: 23) Lixna: Two other workers who were harrowing a nearby

Re: [meteorite-list] Cometary meteorites

2010-11-23 Thread lebofsky
Hi: I have said this to you before that there is about zero evidence that carbonaceous chondrites are from comets. There is only minimal evidence that there are hydrated silicates in comets and at least the CI and CM CCs very much aqueously altered and are consistent with an origin from C, B, and

[meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites

2010-11-22 Thread lebofsky
Hi all: I am in the middle of a workshop on asteroids and meteorites. At the end of the first day, the teachers get to write down questions that they would like answered. During the session, I had said that when they land, meteorites are cold, not burning hot. The question that was asked was how

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact! - Syfy Channel

2010-11-20 Thread lebofsky
I remember this movie from when it was first shown. It is amazing how much bad science there is in it! Actually, it is not an ordinary asteroid that hits the Moon, but I do not want to give the plot away! Or the thrilling ending. Larry The local Syfy channel here (channel 122 Dish Network)

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Announces Comet Encounter News Conference

2010-11-18 Thread lebofsky
Hi All: As far as I know, all we are seeing in the comet images in the jets is dust. If you have fine dust particles and shine light on them, the scattered light will make them stand out like that. One sees the effect in a smokey room (or sports stadium) and I demonstrate this in a classroom by

Re: [meteorite-list] Calculate your own Impact Earth meteor

2010-11-09 Thread lebofsky
Hi Shawn: Do you know if this is updated from the program that is (was?) available at the University of Arizona? Jay Melosh left UA last year to go to Perdue, so it is probably the same program. Larry Hello Listers, I post this cool program a couple weeks ago on the List the Purdue has

Re: [meteorite-list] Eris smaller than Pluto?

2010-11-08 Thread lebofsky
Since no one has picked up on this, try 16th and 17th in size (not including the Sun). AA number of satellites, inclouding the Moon, are larger. larry Hi All, Based on observations from Chile on November 6th of the occultation of an unnamed star by the dwarf planet Eris, it appears that the

Re: [meteorite-list] Clay meteorites?

2010-10-15 Thread lebofsky
Robert: Do you own a CI or a CM? Then you have a meteorite with clay minerals in it! Larry After reading this article, I have a question: Do we have to keep an open mind to the possibility of finding a clay meteorite? -- Bob V.

Re: [meteorite-list] Clay meteorites?

2010-10-15 Thread lebofsky
Hi Eric: Murchison, as an example, contains, 12% water by weight. All of this in clay minerals. This in not a minor component. Larry As I recall Tim Swindle (U of AZ) did noble gas studies of Lafayette carbonate clays. I doubt you are going to find a big chunk of clay, it will be a minor

Re: [meteorite-list] Clay meteorites?

2010-10-15 Thread lebofsky
Hi Carl and Bob: Humberto Campins is in the same department as Dan Britt who has written many papers on both asteroids and meteorites (I think he is the one who perfected the method for measuring meteorite porosities for the work published by Brother Guy). So, yes, Humberto does talk to meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Subject: Re: Habital Planet Discovery Announcement

2010-10-01 Thread lebofsky
Hi Sterling: I hope that I am not repeating something. Too many emails on too many subjects (not all the metlist) the last few days and getting ready for a conference. One thing seems to be missing in these discussions; how the planets were detected. All of the planets in the Gliese 581 system

[meteorite-list] Meteorite magazine

2010-09-11 Thread lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor shower meteorite dropping events

2010-08-12 Thread lebofsky
Jeff: Why would you expect cometary dust particles to look like CIs. CIs are aqueously altered, and there is little indication that this would happen on a comet (though there were possible observations of this from some Deep Impact observations). You need a good deal of heating, enough to melt

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2010-07-30 Thread lebofsky
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Re: [meteorite-list] Lost City dog?

2010-07-25 Thread lebofsky
I was at the AGU meeting when these results were presented. I used to have a picture of the meteorite in situ, with snow, tire tracks, dog paw prints: don't eat the yellow snow. Larry Dear Shawn, Ed, Bob, Mike, Dieter, Martin, and other listers, In light of the extensive and often

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Strange

2010-07-15 Thread lebofsky
Hi John: It looks like a typical rocket launch to me. In the middle, the first plume ends and then a new one begins. This is called first stage shut down and second stage taking over. Larry G'Day List What do you think this is?

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