Hi Sterling:
Derek's book is only $107.50 on Amazon.com.
I hope that Derek will be writing an article for the February issue of
Meteorite magazine.
Larry
On Tue, October 24, 2006 11:28 am, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
Hi,
For those interested in follow-up to Sears'
theories but reluctant to
Hi Jerry:
No. No other meteorite meetings at that time. This just happens to be the
time of year that they always hold the Meteoritical Society meeting.
It is my understanding, however, that they will have some meteorite
displays at the meeting, but I do not know the details.
Larry
On Tue,
Hi from Tucson where Global Warming seems to be in action.
We (Astronomy Department, Planetary Sciences Department, and Flandrau
Science Center) had more than 10 telecopes set up (including two 20-inch
scopes). We were able to see all but the last five minutes of the event
(went behind the
I beg to differ, it is Gamera who shoots flames as he flies through the
Solar System.
Larry
On Tue, December 19, 2006 4:46 pm, Darren Garrison wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:19:22 -0700, you wrote:
That close to Tokyo, I'd suspect Rodan or Mothra g.
Rodan? Mothra? Be serious! Those are
Hi Jeff:
My last two emails to the listserv have failed, so this is probably only
going to you.
Nice pics, even though you have not seen the comet. we saw it the end of
last week after sunset (had the neighbors come out wondering what we were
doing) and saw it in the middle of the day on Sunday
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
Hi From (usually) warm and sunny Tucson.
First the good news:
It should be lows around 40 F (4 or 5 C) and highs around 70 (20 C) and
sunny by the weekend with little chance of rain.
That said, here is the webcam picture from the University of Arizona campus.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/
Hi All:
I sort of remembered something done on the History channel. So I did a
Google search and found:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1239210472564794775q=Tunguskahl=en
A 5-minute video on Tunguska.
In its usual style, despite interviewing several scientists including Don
Yeomans,
Hi Darren:
Lots of other factors going on:
Extra velocity caused by the gravity of the impacted body.
Composition of the surface being hit.
Composition/density (and thus mass) of the impactor.
Surface processes that will affect the loss of craters or their just
fading away.
At some point,
Back in the dark ages (1950s and early 1960s), before the Dawning of the
Age of Aquarius (Which really starts somewhere between 2060 and 2100), we
were taught (and some of us even taught) that it was interesting how it
looked like South America fit into Africa and that the Pacific Ocean basin
was
Dear Sabrina:
Our prayers are with you and Walter.
Larry Lebofsky
(Tucson)
On Fri, February 2, 2007 4:58 am, Walter Branch wrote:
Hello,
I am Walter Branch's wife, Sabrina. On Friday, Walter and our daughter
were in an accident. Walter is in critical condition in Trauma ICU. He
has
Hi Sterling:
I am not a munitions expert, but I think it would be more appropriate to
compare the meteoroid with a speeding bullet. The TNT energy is released
in all directions while a bullet's (or meteoroid's) energy is directional
(at the target). I have seen what the window of the Shuttle
Hi Tracy:
Yes there is!
Nangasohu Katsina, Chasing Star or Meteor Katsina
According to some Hopi this Katsina represents a planet but to many others
it is a meteor that is the Chasing Star. The Katsina wears an enormous
head dress of trailing eagle feathers, carries a yucca whip and a bell and
Hi Randall and Others:
I did some checking. To quote Tim Swindle: Yes, there may be meteorites
from Venus, but we have not found them yet!
It is much more difficult to get something out of the gravity well of
Venus, through the Venus atmosphere, and out of the gravity well of the
Sun. It is much
Hi Randall:
I will try to answer one of your questions.
I wish I could give you details on how to get meteorites off of Mars, but
this is something that I would have to talk to Jay Melosh about (if I can
keep him in place long wnough).
However, I can address the issue of asteroid/meteroid
Hi Al and Edwin, etc.
I have in my posession an article by Doug Borgard about Port Orford. The
article will be in the May or August issue of Meteorite magazine.
Larry
On Mon, February 19, 2007 7:50 am, AL Mitterling wrote:
Hi Edwin and all,
Port Orford. I don't know if you have read any of
Dear Mccartney:
If you plan to go to Peru, please read the following.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisco_sour
When in Rome ...
This is NOT Mexico (or Texas).
Larry
On Fri, February 23, 2007 2:48 pm, McCartney Taylor wrote:
The hunt is on!
I just talked to my friend down in South America,
Dirk:
1 light year = 9.46 X 10^15 meters or 9.46 x 10^12 km. So, in 50 years:
4.7 x 10^14 km (470 trillion kilimeters). That is within range of a lot of
stars.
There are a 100 stars within 7.63 parsecs (almost 25 light years), so if
you double the distance, there are about 800 stars (star
Hello Sterling:
You need to take the ionosphere into account. If memory serves me, AM
radio does not get through, while FM does. TV gets through, too.
Hence the images of Hitler at the opening of the Olympics being picked up
and re-transmitted in Contact. Or I Love Lucy in an episode of Amazing
Hello Everyone:
I just received this from a colleague of mine and rather give him my best
guess, thought it would be best to ask the experts. Don McCarthy is an
infrared astronomer an instrument builder who does everything from
asteroids and comets, to extrasolar planets, to the origin of the
Hello Don:
Sounds good to me! We could see all three in the same field of the binocs
and then could see it even with the naked eye. Not bad for a nearly full
moon! It looked a little reddish and the three of us (Nancy, me, and one
of my students) all could convince ourselves that it did not quite
Hello Jerry:
Based on Starry Night, the Shuttle was about 360km away at closest and ISS
about 390km away. At 300,000 km/sec (speed of light), we are talking about
1/1000 of a second for light to get from there to here. Not sure how far
apart they were, but do not think that it was very much
Too mnay objects running around.
1 AU = 149,600,000 km
Comet Holmes = 1.6345 AU from earth this evening
(in two days it will be down to 1.630 AU, better duck)
This gives a distance of 244,500,000 km
Speed of light is 299,800 km/sec
So Light Distance = 816 seconds (give or take)
Larry
On
Hi Again:
If one were on Mars (hold your breath and bring a warm jacket), Holmes
would be 1.17 AU away (vs. 1.63 AU) and 0.7 magnitudes (2 times) brighter
than what we see. And there would be less intereference from moonlight!
Larry
On Wed, October 24, 2007 2:20 pm, mexicodoug wrote:
Hi Again
Hi Don:
I am still running 5.X and it works fine. Unfortunately the updates still
give it as 17th magnitude. Thanks to Sterling I moved to Mars to see how
bright it was (2 times brighter).
Larry
On Thu, October 25, 2007 4:48 pm, Don Merchant wrote:
Hi List. If any of you have Starry Night Pro
Jerry and Mark:
Nancy and I just went out and saw it again tonight. It appears brighter
than last night and it is clearly much more comet-like than last night.
Yesterday it looked just a little not-star-like, but tonight, it is
obviously fuzzy with the star-like condensation. It is clearly
Hi Again:
We just looked at it with a 100mm f/5 telescope and it is clearly orange.
However, it is also very obvious that this thing is unusual. I thought
that I had a focusing problem, but the scope was in focus.
There is a beautiful circular coma, but the condensation is NOT
star-like. It is
Hi Sterling:
It looks more like a planetary nebula to me! I will try to get an estimate
of its size tomorrow night when I am at a darker site in Yuma with a
bigger scope and maybe a camera.
It is always hard to get a real magnitude for a comet since one usually
talks about integrated magnitude.
Darren:
Please thank Anne for the article! :-) It is something that I can use in
my class. I would like to meet her some day. Does she go to the Tucson Gem
and Mineral Show?
Larry
On Fri, October 26, 2007 7:15 am, Darren Garrison wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:59:53 -0400, you wrote:
Hi All:
Another thing against an asteroid impact. If you go to the comet orbit
site at JPL for Holmes, because of its inclination relative to the
ecliptic, it crosses near Mars and Near Jupiter, not in the middle of the
asteroid belt. It passed through the plane of the Solar System back in
Hi Again Sterling:
Next plane crossing (at 4.8 AU or so) is in 2 years. At that time Jupiter
is on the other side of the Sun, so the Trojans, which ar, on average, 60
degrees fore and aft of Jupiter not not even close this time around.
So, my bias is a thermal burp (belch). I have seen what an
For you non-astronomical types:
I-filter is 0.9 microns (800 nm)
J-filter is 1.25 microns (1250 nm)
Visible is about 0.6 microns
Larry
On Mon, October 29, 2007 5:29 pm, Ron Baalke wrote:
POSSIBLE DETECTION OF A SHORT TAIL BEHIND COMET 17/P HOLMES
Universite de Montreal
October 29, 2007
Hi Don:
Starry Night saves the need of a space suit. John Carter, who did not need
a space suit, also did not need a computer program to get him to Mars!
I still had my try at this running at home with Starry Night 5.x and the
major difference is that the comet is in Cassiopeia. Not a large
is 3
arc minutes (1/10 of the lunar diameter) from a 7th magnitude star
(HIP17476). It really gives you a feel for how thin the material in the
coma of Holmes really is!
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
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the collisional possibilities of Comet Holmes passing through
the Asteroid Belt, some of them might have noticed that Comet Holmes
DOES NOT PASS
through the Asteroid Belt!
I'm being sarcastic about this because I made exactly the
same mistake myself, until an astronomer, List member Larry Lebofsky
Hi List:
I am trying this again since my previouys forward did not appear to go
through.
On November 13, this newly-discovered asteroid (only about 20 meters
diameter) will pass within 2 Earth radii of the CENTER of the Earth (that
is close). It will be 9th magnitude (about 50-100 times too
The first announcment was a real one. I do not think that it was at first
realized that it was Rosetta!
I hope there will be more info in the next few days.
Larry
On Fri, November 9, 2007 11:35 am, mexicodoug wrote:
Someone has a sense of humour, especially the flying couch comment !
So,
Dear Geoff:
Our prayers are with Leigh Anne today.
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they are covering the sky in order to locate any asteroids
heading toward the Earth.
However, Doug, Pluto and the IAU decision is another story that we should
discuss over beers sometime.
Larry Lebofsky
On Mon, November 12, 2007 6:51 pm, mexicodoug wrote:
Hi Darren,
It certainly was an actual
asteroid and shows how well they are covering the sky in order to locate
any asteroids heading toward the Earth.
However, Doug, Pluto and the IAU decision is another story that we should
discuss over beers sometime.
Larry Lebofsky
On Mon, November 12, 2007 6:51 pm, mexicodoug wrote:
Hi
Jerry:
Ditto
Larry
On Tue, November 13, 2007 6:25 pm, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
Hi, Jerry, List,
This site is Johnny Tonto of Pueblo, Colorado.
He been much discussed on the List. His craters
are largely Craters of the Mind, I think. I ain't convinced, at any rate.
Sterling K. Webb
Rob:
I may try to contact the people who observed it and see what they think.
This thing is smaller than Rosetta by a bunch (9 meters if 10% albedo).
Larry
On Fri, November 16, 2007 1:06 am, Rob Matson wrote:
Hi Larry and List,
Just when the asteroid Rosetta case of mistaken identity was
Hi Sterling:
I agree with you completely about distinguishing between old vs. new
meteorites from Namibia.
I refer you to the excellent article by Ronnie Mckenzie in the August
issue of Meteorite magazine where he addresses this particular issue.
Larry Lebofsky
On Mon, November 19, 2007 7:18
There is another version of the story (maybe somewhat rewritten) as a
story within a story:
The Moon Lady by Amy Tan. It is one of the books we (Nancy) uses in our
teacher workshops. In it, it is a magic peach, not a magic pill.
Larry
On Mon, November 26, 2007 4:52 pm, Darren Garrison wrote:
and dinosaurs
a billion yers ago and then wham, along came golbal resurfacing which
boiled off the water and decomposed the carbonates!
Speculatively,
Larry Lebofsky
On Thu, November 29, 2007 1:10 am, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
Hi, List,
ESA had a big (press) conference to release the first
Hi All:
I was wanting to find REAL numbers, but may have to rely on memory:
1. The Moon stops very little of what might hit the Earth. The cross
section of the Moon is pi x radius(Moon)**2. A sphere at the Moon's
distance is
4 x pi x radius(orbit)**2. Since the distance from the Earth to the
Hi Again:
I found it!
It (the impact cross section) is (I should have realized) incoming
velocity dependent. For objects going at 50 km/s the cross sectional area
of the Earth is increased by 5%. However, for something approaching at 25
km/s, this increases to 20%!
For something going really
Wow, that is amazing. History repeating itself.
I did a presentation on Thursday on the Geminid meteor shower and when
looking up meteors found the following.
It is a long link thanks to going to Google, so it might be easier to go
to Googe videos, type in meteor shower and it is the first site
Doug:
Forgot something. If you watch the newscast, it states the following:
A meteor is from an extinct constellation! I wonder which one is missing?
Anne, have you ever thought about teaching the media in Denver what a
meteor (and meteorite) is?
Larry
On Mon, December 17, 2007 12:06 pm,
Hi Andi:
I agree. I sent two emails to the list some time ago and neither seems to
have made it (did not like my Google links?). Actually filmed Jan. 4 in
Denver.
Larry
On Mon, December 17, 2007 2:29 pm, Andreas Gren wrote:
It looks more like space junk.
Andi
Hello List,
Surprised
Hi all:
I am not an expert in this subject, so maybe I should not say anything
(but I will anyway).
When something just misses the Earth, its orbit will get changed. I
would assume similar to Apophis, in 2029, that there is a very small
chance that a close approach would lead to an even closer
Jerry:
SL/9 WAS one object that got too close to Jupiter and was pulled apart by
the gravity of Jupiter (probably at the same time it was being captured
into an orbit around Jupiter). It also, unfortunately for it, went into an
orbit that had perijove (closest point in orbit) INSIDE of Jupiter,
Hi All:
This idea is not new. Don Davis et al. published a similar model more than
20 years ago. It is also interesting how similar the artist concept of the
rings in the article is to one done by Bill Hartmann something like 30
years ago. It would be nice if people gave credit where credit was
Hi Pete:
One other possiblity: Capture! Think about SL/9. I suspect that for the
Earth/Moon system, this is not a very likely situation. Jupiter is much
larger (with greater gravity) and objects passing by Jupiter will be
going much slower than they would pass by Earth.
Larry
On Wed, December
Hi Göran:
It is all in the timing. If I remember correctly, when orbits are
calculated, the greatest uncertainty is in the time of perihelion passage
(where it is in its orbit). So, while they know the inclination of the
orbit (where it will be when it crosses the orbit of Mars), the greatest
Hello Sterling:
We have a regular Asteroid Lunch here at U Arizona where we sometimes
even talk about asteroids and meteorites! Last week, I happened to ask Jay
Melosh (who I think originally wrote the LPL program) about the Canyon
Diablo impactor (I am reviewing a book for Meteorite magazine).
Dear Listees:
Happy New Year to all of you and we hope to see many of you in a month
here in Tucson at the Gem and Mineral Show!
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
On Mon, December 31, 2007 5:32 pm, Notkin wrote:
Dear Listees, Friends, and Colleagues Around the World:
My father just called from
on
February 8.
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Pete:
Thanks for this. This is a great visual of objects in the Solar System!
Larry
On Wed, January 9, 2008 3:47 am, Pete Pete wrote:
Good morning/evening, List, (depending what side of the planet you're on)
Here's a decent solar system chart I came across, for anyone interested:
Hello Mark:
Google Earth can mark the locations with pins, but not sure about coloring
countries.
Lasrry
On Wed, January 9, 2008 10:09 am, Mark Crawford wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm looking for a (free, ideally) tool to let me map out my colleciton.
The kind of thing I'm after is just something
Hi All:
Would a short article in Meteorite magazine on this subject be of interest
to readers?
If so, please let me know and I can contact the authors who I know and are
here at the meeting I am at. There may be issues if this is going to be
published elsewhere, but it can't hurt for me to ask.
Hello Michael:
28978 Ixion (2001 KX76)
Larry
On Fri, January 11, 2008 5:47 pm, Michael Murray wrote:
Hi List,
With reference to the Kokogiak.com solar system bodies picture that
Pete posted back on the 9th, I don't see the Kuiper object 2001 KX76
supposedly to be 1200 to 1400 km diameter in
Hi all:
I just saw a movie on TV the other night. I was at the American
Astronomical Society meeting and could not sleep, turned on the TV and
there was a movie about meteorites. In it, on a number of occations, you
could hear the sound of the incoming meteorite before the hit the ground
and
Jerry:
Interesting trailer that they have. Temples in 10,000 BC?
I do, however, like how they take Earth at Night and take away the light
pollution!
Larry
On Sat, January 12, 2008 7:24 pm, Jerry wrote:
10,000 BC opens 03/07/08 AD. Were any of you asked to consult?
Jerry Flaherty
Hi All:
In case your are interested in images from MESSENGER, it appears that the
lines are busy, so the spacecraft download is delayed a little.
Larry
Original Message
Subject: [alllpl] MESSENGER Post Flyby Assessment
From:Mary
Jerry:
Yes, bright rays indicate younger craters. When the crater is created,
some of the rock is shock melted, forming a glassy material that we see as
the bright ray eminating from the impact site.
Larry
On Wed, January 16, 2008 7:55 pm, Jerry wrote:
Do the bright rays indicate a more recent
Hi Again:
A little bit more on space weathering (wish I had the time to read up on
the latest or at least talk to friends who know more than me on the
subject).
Over long periods of time, when you remelt the material on a surface, you
get very small particles with the iron dispersed within it
Tom:
There will be an article by Melinda Hutson on this very subject (meteorite
from Mercury) in either the February or May issue of Meteorite.
Larry
On Tue, January 22, 2008 4:26 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the post. I had to remember to breath!
Dr. Love had said there
and Nancy Lebofsky,
who are on this list. Check online at: http://meteoritemag.uark.edu.
This magazine provides a wide variety of information
and updates on the latest in the meteorite world.
Welcome.
Dave
--- Michael Gilmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Everyone and List Members!,
I
This is a test
Larry
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on the Moon
forming from volcanic eruptions).
Good work Sterling!
Larry Lebofsky (with an f)
PS Sterling: At 4:00 in the morning, had no clue what you meant about
Sorry about the w message you sent me. Thought you might have said
something about our persident!
On Thu, January 31, 2008 1:42 am
Hello Sterling:
Take it one more step. Given the location of the crater within Caloris
and given (at least it looks to me) that the channels seem to predate ANY
of the other craters (the channels do not deform any craters, but seem to
have been there when the craters were formed), how about
Hi All:
Here are a few more images from Friday and Saturday. Which include Anne
and Geoff setting up (sorry).
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/GemShow0202.mht
Larry
On Sat, February 2, 2008 8:42 pm, Bob Evans wrote:
I know every one is busy enjoying the show, but, Im sure the rest of us
Hello list.
Sme people have had problems opening my link. If you email me directly, I
can send the images to you directly.
Larry
On Sun, February 3, 2008 10:33 am, Michael Gilmer wrote:
Hi Larry and All!
The following link in a previous list post is broken
and 404.
Here are some pictures from Monday and Tuesday.
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/Gemshow020401.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/Gemshow020402.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/Gemshow020403.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/Gemshow020404.JPG
Sorry for not posting these sooner (or not taking more).
Larry
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/P1010306.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/P1010308.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/P1010311.JPG
http://nats102.arizona.edu/Gemshow/P1010312.JPG
Ed:
The surface rocks on Mars are weathered. Since much of the original iron
did NOT go to the core of Mars, there is lots of iron in the surface rocks
which have weathered, turning the iron to iron oxide -- rust. The rocks
that make it to Earth from Mars are from below the surface, so have not
for the May issue (had promises from
several people) and starting to think about the August issue.
Deadline for May is February 28 and for the August issue it is May 19.
Hope to hear from you with articles and ideas!
Larry and Nancy Lebofsky
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Hi Pete:
As at least one other person has said, please be careful with the
definition of bolide. The IAU does not recognize the term (they do not
recognize terrestrial or gas giant or Jovian for planets either, but that
is a part of another story). However, if you look at the Wikipedia
and interest in
the DVD.
I hope that you will soon receive your February issue of Meteorite in the
mail and that you enjoy it.
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Hi Mike:
Yes, this has to refer to the impact itself since when we normally use the
term, it implies something coming through the atmosphere.
As Editor, one wishes to be able to fix these things, but since it is
just a news item, I tend not to change content.
Just remember, too, this is a news
Hi Darren:
Yes, you are right, but what do you expect from a reporter!
However, it you look at the animation (and given that it is a binary), you
can see the wobble of the larger mass as it is being pulled upon by the
smaller mass and the larger one precesses on its axis (they both precess)
due
be worth publishing in Meteorite, please
contact me at this email address.
We are always looking for new authors and for those of you at
universities, we are seeking articles by students, too.
Larry
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Ed:
Makes sense to me. There was a giant meteor and when all of the dinosaurs
looked up at it they were blinded by the light. Made it difficult for them
to find food!
Larry
On Tue, October 17, 2006 4:25 pm, E.P. Grondine wrote:
Hi Ron -
meteor impact? Didn't any one at NSF catch this?
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lebofsky
I have only received the first issue, too! Still looking for issue 2!!!
John Teague
Knoxville, TN
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Lebofsky
I have only received the first issue, too! Still looking for issue 2!!!
John Teague
Knoxville, TN
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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
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
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
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