[meteorite-list] 80th Anniversary of the arrival of a Green Alien from Space!
Listoids, June 27, 1931, 0130 hours, Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia June 26, 2030 hours, New York June 26, 1830 hours, Denver June 26, 1730 hours, Spokane In just a few hours it will be 1:30 AM, June 27 in Tunisia (but I am not going to stay up for it as that will be 3:30AM at my present location in East Africa). It’s a clear starry night at a balmy 24C/75F in Tunisia, much like the night in 1931. Eighty years ago today, after a very long voyage from a spaceport believed to be located in the south pole crater of asteroid 4 Vesta, a green alien shattered into tiny bits against the earth’s atmosphere. The fragments rained down about 2 ½ miles NE of Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia. On the same month and day, but differing numbers of years later, a couple of additional aliens survived re-entry and are quietly living amongst other earthlings to this day. Happy birthday, my diogenite 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 coarse pyroxene crystals. A question for those more knowledgeable than I on impact cratering: could these shattercones have formed during the event that ejected the material from its source crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location? Best regards, Norm Lehrman __ 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
[meteorite-list] 80th Anniversary of the arrival of a Green Alien from Space!
Listoids, Sorry if this is a double posting. I didn't receive the first try, so this is attempt 2--- June 27, 1931, 0130 hours, Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia June 26, 2030 hours, New York June 26, 1830 hours, Denver June 26, 1730 hours, Spokane In just a few hours it will be 1:30 AM, June 27 in Tunisia (but I am not going to stay up for it as that will be 3:30AM at my present location in East Africa). It’s a clear starry night at a balmy 24C/75F in Tunisia, much like the night in 1931. Eighty years ago today, after a very long voyage from a spaceport believed to be located in the south pole crater of asteroid 4 Vesta, a green alien shattered into tiny bits against the earth’s atmosphere. The fragments rained down about 2 ½ miles NE of Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia. On the same month and day, but differing numbers of years later, a couple of additional aliens survived re-entry and are quietly living amongst other earthlings to this day. Happy birthday, my diogenite 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 coarse pyroxene crystals. A question for those more knowledgeable than I on impact cratering: could these shattercones have formed during the event that ejected the material from its source crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location? Best regards, Norm Lehrman www.tektitesource.com __ 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] 80th Anniversary of the arrival of a Green Alien from Space!
Norm you tektite trailblazer! Glad Africa hasn't swallowed you up! Thanks for the comments referring to me -- You made my day with that uplifting surprise - if you only knew what was on our plate you'd appreciate how perfect a gesture it was. Now, I wonder if you wanted a three-stone green piece of jewelry made for a special occasion. Obviously the finest emeralds would go around the border as filler support to frame the pièce de résistance, but, would a moldavite (exquisitely sculpted) or a diogenite (a finely impact-pressed Tatahouine of course) be the centerpiece bolstered by the others? Interesting you posted the times for the romantics among us: Note to those who want a meteorite which fell on a particular anniversary date - but can't get one. A day earlier or later may actually be your special date depending where in the world it fell! Yes, we should celebrate all the June/July diogenite birthdays and above all Tatahouine! Here's my contribution from the best time of my life - carpe diem to all !!! If only that night could have lasted forever ... http://www.diogenite.com/dio.htm Diogenetically yours in stone Doug -Original Message- From: Norm Lehrman nlehr...@nvbell.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 11:16 am Subject: [meteorite-list] 80th Anniversary of the arrival of a Green Alien from Space! Listoids, Sorry if this is a double posting. I didn't receive the first try, so this is attempt 2--- June 27, 1931, 0130 hours, Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia June 26, 2030 hours, New York June 26, 1830 hours, Denver June 26, 1730 hours, Spokane In just a few hours it will be 1:30 AM, June 27 in Tunisia (but I am not going to stay up for it as that will be 3:30AM at my present location in East Africa). It’s a clear starry night at a balmy 24C/75F in Tunisia, much like the night in 1931. Eighty years ago today, after a very long voyage from a spaceport believed to be located in the south pole crater of asteroid 4 Vesta, a green alien shattered into tiny bits against the earth’s atmosphere. The fragments rained down about 2 ½ miles NE of Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia. On the same month and day, but differing numbers of years later, a couple of additional aliens survived re-entry and are quietly living amongst other earthlings to this day. Happy birthday, my diogenite 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 coarse pyroxene crystals. A question for those more knowledgeable than I on impact cratering: could these shattercones have formed during the event that ejected the material from its source crater or are they artifacts of earlier impacts in the same location? Best regards, Norm Lehrman www.tektitesource.com __ 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 __ 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
