[meteorite-list] PolandMET Tucson final annoucement

2007-01-18 Thread PolandMET
Hello List I will stay in hotel Best Western Executive Inn, 333 West Drachman Street, room 146 (not yet confirmed) together with Minerva mineral dealer from Poland. This is located very close to InnSuite. Phone to hotel is: 323 7917551 Contact with me after fair time (morning, evening) will

Re: [meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT IS STILL VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT!

2007-01-18 Thread MexicoDoug
This brings up a question to all. Did anyone down south of the equator see this [comet] in broad daylight from 01/12 to 01/16? All the reports I have thus far seen are from the north. It should have been easily seen in broad daylight down there as the sun would be higher in a blue sky. Hello

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

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day

2007-01-18 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/January_18.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT like COMET WEST

2007-01-18 Thread K. Ohtsuka
Amazing COMET! COMET McNAUGHT is just reverse COMET WEST in 1976! http://spaceweather.com/comets/mcnaught/17jan07/Crause2.jpg http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image005564.html Katsuhito Tokyo, JAPAN __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Lowicz wanted

2007-01-18 Thread PolandMET
Hi Im looking for Lowicz specimen. If anyone have something nice, please let me know. We can meet in Tucson and do bussines :) -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PolandMET.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT like COMET WEST

2007-01-18 Thread mark ford
http://www.spacew.com/gallery/image005564.html That has to be one of the top 10 astronomy photos of the last decade. Simply Stunning! Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K. Ohtsuka Sent: 18 January 2007 12:47 To: Meteorite Mailing

[meteorite-list] Tom Phillips NWA 482 Thin Sections

2007-01-18 Thread Gary K. Foote
Tom Phillips NWA 482 Thin Sections - amazing micrographs just added to my website; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/thinsections-tomphillips-nwa482.html Gary __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Anita's poem

2007-01-18 Thread Gerald Flaherty
And never found the grommet. and Should I look up or down? Two of your best ever lines Anita. Jerry Flaherty __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Ron Baalke
http://allafrica.com/stories/200701170803.html Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds Kuvee Kangueehi January 17, 2007 The Deputy Mayor of Grootfontein, Paulus Hangula, has revealed that the residents of his town owe the Town Council over N$26 million in water and electricity debts.

[meteorite-list] Saving Arecibo: Observatory's Radar and Unique Precision Make It A Vital Resource

2007-01-18 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan07/brown.arecibo.html Chronicle Online Saving Arecibo: Observatory's radar and unique precision make it a vital resource, argues NAIC director Jan. 18, 2007 By Lauren Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov. 3 the Senior Review, an advisory panel to the

[meteorite-list] Real Stardust From NASA Mission Lands at Washington University in St. Louis

2007-01-18 Thread Ron Baalke
http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/8461.html 'Real' stardust from NASA mission lands on campus 'Real' stardust from NASA mission lands on campus By Susan Killenberg McGinn Record (Washington University in St. Louis) January 18, 2007 Stardust, the NASA spacecraft mission, was given that

Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity amd water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Well pack my bags! Poorly thought out release by Mr. Kangueehi, maybe the

Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Dave, List, Somebody's doing some good PR for Namibia. Take the name Namibia. If you look at the nice Wikipedia article on Namibia, the facts are all there: one of the lowest population densities in the world, one of the most rain-deprived countries in the world (like none), one of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- Dave Freeman mjwy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like a great tourist destination, a big rock, alcoholics and drug addicts, crime, town in debt up to their ears, danger of electricity and water being turned off, high unemployment, and a large military presence. Funny thing is,

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares for Jupiter Encounter

2007-01-18 Thread Rob McCafferty
Jupiter's gravity will accelerate New Horizons away from the sun by an additional 9,000 miles per hour, pushing it past 52,000 mph and hurling it toward a pass through the Pluto system in July 2015. Could someone clarify something which ahs been bothering me for years about this

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares for

2007-01-18 Thread Ron Baalke
Could someone clarify something which ahs been bothering me for years about this gravity assist technique? Why does the spacecraft come out of the gravity well going faster than it went in without thrust? Why does this not apply to spacecraft? It does apply. Gravity assists always

[meteorite-list] Gravitational slingshot

2007-01-18 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Rob, Could someone clarify something which ahs been bothering me for years about this gravity assist technique? Why does the spacecraft come out of the gravity well going faster than it went in without thrust? The trick is that you have to keep track of your reference frames. You are

[meteorite-list] glorious QMIG update

2007-01-18 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids Rightyho http://www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/index.htm Choice Tenham page up Sales page rearing to go Hammond Downs may be on the way Feelers are out to bring back the rest of the QUeenslanders Over to youse __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares forJupiter Encounter

2007-01-18 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Rob, I see Ron just posted the explanation to you and the List, but if you like colored line diagrams galore and equations with delta's in them, take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_slingshot Gotta love those little delta's. Sir Isaac would be de-lighted.

Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Just a little. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares for

2007-01-18 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Oh, great question and answer. Thanks Rob and Ron and Robert!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto PreparesforJupiter Encounter

2007-01-18 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Doh!! Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to

Re: [meteorite-list] NASA Spacecraft En Route to Pluto Prepares for

2007-01-18 Thread Rob McCafferty
Thanks Rob (from another Rob). Your explanation was very concise and clear. Especially having just read Ron's reply. As I told Ron, I'm going to have to spend some time daydreaming about it to get it comfortable in my head but I at least understand the physics now. There was me thinking it may

[meteorite-list] NZ reports falling, flaming object

2007-01-18 Thread MexicoDoug
Meteorite Déjà Vu? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1objectid=10419869 Photos: Comet mistaken for plane in fiery plunge Friday January 19, 2007 By James Ihaka (photo by Dave Curtis) The McNaught Comet seen from Dunedin. The Fire Service and police around the country received

Re: [meteorite-list] Gottingen University Meteorite Collection

2007-01-18 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
I have informations on italian meteorites present in this collection Matteo --- Mark Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Perhaps someone can be of assistance. I am trying to find out some information about a meteorite sample that came from the Gottingen University collection in

[meteorite-list] Proud owner of World's Ugliest Halloween Meteorite

2007-01-18 Thread Eric Harrigan
Greg's reference to the World's Ugliest Halloween Meteorites has prompted me to make my first post to the list. I am the proud owner of the World's Ugliest Halloween Meteorite lot from Greg. I would second's Greg's opinion that these things are mighty ugly. However, beauty is in the eye of

[meteorite-list] ad) - Winona 1.98 gr.- Goalpara Ureilite - Hoba - Djoumine 17.98 gr........

2007-01-18 Thread John Sinclair
Greetings, New listings starting at 1 penny: WINONA Winonite 1.98 gr fragment - The TYPE specimen for this for this rare class GOALPARA Olivine-Pigeonite Ureilite 0.488 gr fragment - found 1868 HOBA Ataxite 0.956 gr part slice - meteorite iron shale collected in 1929 from the 60 ton mass

Re: [meteorite-list] The European Commission on Languages (Way Off Topic)

2007-01-18 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Laughing out loud!!! Thanks. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] The European Commission on Languages (Way Off Topic) This is way off topic

Re: [meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT IS STILL VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT!

2007-01-18 Thread Steve Schoner
MexicoDoug and all. I can still see it with the naked eye! The sky is crystal blue today. It is just below and somewhat left of the the sun about 9 degrees or so. Venus can also be spotted to the east about 5 fist lengths away (40 to 50 degrees?) away from the sun. But it is hard to tell the

Re: [meteorite-list] COMET McNAUGHT IS STILL VISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT!

2007-01-18 Thread MexicoDoug
Steve wrote: Also, for seeing Comet McNaught after the sun goes down here in AZ I don't think is possible as it sets before the sun and the tail points downward and toward the south. So it is a daylight object for us here in the US and the north. Hello again Steve, and thanks for the

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 998 and NWA 482 Thin Sections

2007-01-18 Thread Jim Strope
Hello all Well, we have all enjoyed looking at Tom's photos of the thin sections so I decided to put them up on ebay. Sorry but due to the cost of having them made to stringent quality standards, I had to make the auctions BUY IT NOW NWA 482 Thin Section:

Re: [meteorite-list] AML Price List

2007-01-18 Thread Bill
So how much of The Nininger Collection went to The Huss Collection, AML, and how much of that went to the Max-Planc Institute? Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:28:30 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But Not Enough Funds (Hoba Meteorite)

2007-01-18 Thread Bill
Sounds similar to the first met-list take on Park Forest, if you replace the word military with police, lol. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:53:43 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Namibia: So Much Potential But

[meteorite-list] QMIG update

2007-01-18 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids South Australian Museum holds previously unknown Queensland Meteorite OPAL CORNER More details and hopefully a picture tomorrow www.rawnet.com.au/~qwalkra1/ Hooroo __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] worlds ugliest meteorwrong

2007-01-18 Thread Bob WALKER
Listoids We have been reminded about the worlds ugliest meteorite but I swear I have the worlds ugliest meteorwrong will post picture on my meteorwrong page if there is any interest Ciao __ Meteorite-list mailing list