[meteorite-list] August Issue of MeteoriteTimes is ready!
Greetings List! I posted this to the list yesterday the 1st but I was again having posting problems. Art had to re-subscribe me again and I think I may have solved the problem. (Not Art's fault) Thanks! Paul Dear List, We can't believe another month has gone by already... Thanks to the people below you can read the new issue of MeteoriteTimes at http://www.meteoritetimes.com/ Contributing Writers Stuart Atkinson Anne Black Michael Blood Mark Bostick Mike Farmer Ron Hartman Martin Horejsi Stephen E. Pierce CPG Joel Schiff Calvin Shipbaugh Robert Verish Cartoonist Fred Hall Thank you! Paul and Jim Paul Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Tobin [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Meteorite Exchange, Inc. http://www.meteorite.com MeteoriteTimes.com Magazine http://www.meteoritetimes.com PMB#455 P.O. Box 7000, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 USA FAX Number(310) 316-1032 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] el hammammi trade
Hi list. I'm looking to trade 127 gram individual of EL HAMMAMMI for whatever you might want to trade for. I'm really getting my micro/macro collection in high gear. Please let me know who wants to trade for this beautiful piece. It has nice fusion crust to it. steve = Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 The Midwest Meteorite Collector! Website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Who I am
Great idea to post pictures of us, meteorite lovers. Here is site where you may see not only who I am but also appreciate a titanium-vanadium sphere from space. http://www.spacedebris.kit.net I am accepting offers. Dealers interested in selling that sphere for me are welcomed. Wilton from Bahia, Brazil
[meteorite-list] New Comet Hoenig
http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/news/current/article_688.asp New Comet Hoenig By Roger W. Sinnott Sky & Telescope August 2, 2002 A comet first seen by a German amateur astronomer in July, then lost for five days, is about to become an easy target for small telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere. The nearly tailless object looks like a fuzzy, 10th-magnitude star, slowly making its way from Andromeda into Cassiopeia. It should brighten to 9th magnitude by mid-August as it enters the north circumpolar sky, then remain this bright through September while turning south across Ursa Major. It was shortly after midnight on July 22nd that Sebastian Hoenig of Dossenheim, Germany, found himself unable to sleep. So he got up, loaded his Meade 10-inch telescope into the car, and drove to his favorite observing site in the Odenwald woods near Heidelberg. He soon stumbled upon a fuzzy glow just north of the Great Square of Pegasus, in a region he knew to be almost devoid of galaxies and other deep-sky objects. But Hoenig had no star atlas with him - not even a scrap of paper for making notes - so he rummaged through the car and turned up an empty water bottle! Its small white label was just large enough for him to make a careful sketch of the star field. He kept the object in view long enough to determine that it was moving slowly to the north, at about 3 arcminutes per hour. Later that day Hoenig e-mailed the discovery details to the Central Bureau of Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But neither he nor any other observer could locate the object again, owing to a very bright Moon and the object's uncertain location. Finally on July 27th, Ken-ichi Kadota in Saitama, Japan, captured a CCD image of the comet 8° north of Hoenig's initial position, thus confirming the discovery. Calculations by Gareth V. Williams (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), announced July 30th on IAU Circular 7941, indicate that Comet Hoenig will reach perihelion (its closest point to the Sun) around October 1st. It will then be situated between the orbits of Venus and the Earth, traveling in a near-parabolic orbit inclined 73 ° to the plane of the ecliptic. The ephemeris below gives the comet's right ascension and declination (equinox 2000.0) at 0 hours Universal Time for the next few days, its predicted magnitude, and the constellation though which it is passing. With this find, Hoenig becomes the first amateur astronomer to discover a comet from German soil since 1946. But he's no stranger to comets; he is also credited with locating 20 comets in SOHO spacecraft images of the Sun's vicinity. Comet Hoenig, C/2002 O4 Date (0h Dec. (° UT)R.A.(h, m)') Magnitude Constellation Aug 223 09.4+51 13 10 And Aug 323 05.8+53 21 10 Cas Aug 423 01.7+55 30 9.9 Cas Aug 522 57.0+57 40 9.8 Cep Aug 622 51.5+59 52 9.8 Cep Aug 722 45.1+62 03 9.7 Cep Aug 822 37.6+64 15 9.6 Cep Aug 922 28.6+66 24 9.6 Cep Aug 1022 17.9+68 32 9.5 Cep __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - July 29 - August 2, 2002
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES July 29 - August 2, 2002 o Yardangs in Medusa Fossae (Released 29 July 2002 http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020729a.html o Poynting Crater Ejecta (Released 30 July 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020730a.html o Medusae Fossae (Released 31 July 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020731a.html o Enigmatic Terrain of Elysium Planitia (Released 1 August 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020801a.html o Frosted Crater (Released 2 August 2002) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20020802a.html All of the THEMIS images are archived here: http://themis.la.asu.edu/latest.html NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Researchers Publish Latest Results In Continuing Search For Ancient Martian Life
Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington August 2, 2002 (Phone: 202/358-1726) Catherine E. Watson Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) RELEASE: 02-150 RESEARCHERS PUBLISH LATEST RESULTS IN CONTINUING SEARCH FOR ANCIENT MARTIAN LIFE In the latest study of a 4.5 billion-year-old Martian meteorite, researchers have presented new evidence confirming that 25 percent of the magnetic material in the meteorite was produced by ancient bacteria on Mars. These latest results were published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The researchers used six physical properties they refer to as the Magnetite Assay for Biogenicity (MAB) to compare all the magnetic material found in the ancient meteorite -- using the MAB as a biosignature. A biosignature is a physical and/or chemical marker of life that does not occur through random processes or human intervention. "No non-biologic magnetite population, whether produced by nature or in the laboratory, has ever met the MAB criteria," said Kathie Thomas-Keprta, an astrobiologist at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston and the lead researcher on the study. "This means that one-quarter of the magnetite crystals embedded in the carbonates in Martian meteorite ALH84001 require the intervention of biology to explain their presence." Magnetotactic bacteria, which occur in aquatic habitats on Earth, arrange magnetite crystals in chains within their cells to make compasses, which help the bacteria locate sources of food and energy. Magnetite (Fe3O4) is produced inorganically on Earth, but the magnetite crystals produced by magnetotactic bacteria are very different -- they are chemically pure and defect-free, with distinct sizes and shapes. Four of the MAB biosignature properties relate to the external physical structure of the magnetite crystals, while another refers to their internal structure and another to their chemical composition. In their earlier studies, the researchers found that approximately one-quarter of the nanometer-sized magnetite crystals in ALH84001 had remarkable physical and chemical similarities to magnetite particles produced by a bacteria strain on Earth called MV-1. This is the first time, however, that any researcher has used the full MAB range of biosignature properties to compare the proposed bacteria- produced crystals in Mars meteorite ALH84001with the bacteria-produced crystals from Earth and with the other magnetites in the meteorite. The comparison between the proposed bacteria-produced crystals in the meteorite and crystals known to be produced by Earth-bacteria MV-1 is striking and provides strong evidence that these crystals were made by bacteria on Mars. The fact that Mars Global Surveyor data suggest that early Mars had a magnetic field is consistent with a reason why Mars would have magnetotactic bacteria. "Our best working hypothesis is that early Mars supported the evolution of bacteria that share several traits with magnetotactic bacteria on Earth, most notably the MV-1 group," said Simon Clemett, a coauthor of the paper at Johnson. Mars has long been understood to provide the sources of light and chemical energy sufficient to support life, but in 2001 the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft observed magnetized stripes in the crust of Mars, which showed that a strong magnetic field existed in the planet's early history, about the same time as the carbonate containing the unique magnetites in ALH84001 was formed. In June, researchers using the Mars Odyssey spacecraft announced that they had found water ice under the surface of Mars. These attributes, coupled with a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, would have provided the necessary environment for the evolution of microbes similar to the fossils found in ALH84001. "We believe this latest study proves that the magnetites in ALH84001 can be best explained as the products of multiple biogenic and inorganic processes that operated on early Mars," Thomas-Keprta said. An international team of nine researchers collaborated on the three-year study. The team, led by Thomas-Keprta of Lockheed Martin at Johnson Space Center, was funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Co-authors of the study are Clemett and Susan Wentworth of Lockheed Martin at JSC; Dennis Bazylinski of Iowa State University (funded by the National Science Foundation); Joseph Kirschvink of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena; David McKay and Everett Gibson of JSC; Hojatollah Vali of McGill University in Canada; and Christopher Romanek of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. For a more technical discussion of this latest publication please visit the following Web site: http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/astrobiology/biomarkers/recentnews.html -end- __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman
[meteorite-list] 1922 Norfolk Meteorite Newspaper article
Hello Everybody, Found another old meteorite newspaper article. This one is on the 20 TON Norfolk iron meteorite! No, not the Norlfork Octahedrite that was found in 1907. Evening Tribune, San Diego, California, May 12, 1923 Title at top of paper "FIND BIG METEOR; EARTH TORN" Article reads: MANY TREES BURIED BY 20-TON VISITOR Associated Press, Norfolk, Va, May 12.- The meteor which flashed across the skies of Virginia last night and rocked the homes in half a dozen cities by the shock of its landing, was found today 12 miles southwest of Blackstone in Nottawa County. Cover 500 Square Feet Striking a grove of oak trees the meteor made a depression in the earth which measures 500 square feet in area. Several trees were buried beneath beneath the falling body in the hole. The Meteor apparently was composed of some metallic substance. Residents in the vicinity said there was a terrible detonation when the object, which apparently weighed as much as 20 tons, hit the earth, and a sheet of flame was sent up which was plainly visible for miles. Scientists from Richmond will visit the scene to make an analysis of the material of which the meteor was made. (end of article) Since I have never heard of, nor could find any reference to this meteorite I assume it didn't happen. Has anyone ever heard about this event before? No meteorite was recovered from that area at that time. Mark Bostick
[meteorite-list] re: Who Am I - revisited
Well, then my entry into the list-member photographic hall of (not so) fame; I am relatively new to this list, but if you want to know what a Dutch meteorite afficionado and archaeologist looks like in respectively; - the southern part of his country during fieldwork in 2001 (with a stone handaxe); http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/Image233.jpg - in the Gobi desert of China in 1998 for observing meteors; http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/china.jpg - preparing for a total eclipse in northern France in 1999; http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/eclips.jpg - During a warm and windy day at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem in 2000; http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/mewall.jpg - at Meteor Crater, Arizona, in 2001, after observing meteors; http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/marco2.jpg Cheers, Marco __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
Following Bernd's example a photo of me can be seen in my "Collectors Corner" column of the June "issue" of MeteoriteTimes. http://meteoritetimes.com/Issues/2002/june/index.htm Anne Black also had a photo of me a Tuscon in her photo pages. A photo of me also appeared in the last few of the Voyage issues, plus having attended both Tuscon and Denver most of you have probley seen me. Mark Bostick "The Big Collector" - Original Message - From: Bernd Pauli HD Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:00 PM To: meteorite-list Subject: [meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited Hello List,Unfortunately I don't have a website but there is a pictureof my wife "Pauline" and me on the net. I had the honor ofbeing chosen by Paul and Jim as their first "Meteorite PersonOf The Month" in their on-line magazine MeteoriteTimes. So,if interested just go to:http://MeteoriteTimes.com/Issues/2002/May/index.htmthen click on back issues, then on May '02,and last but not least on "Meteorite People".Best regards fromsummerly Germany,Bernd__Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Asteroid Collision Print
I thought I would send you all a link to my brand new Digital Art Print of a massive earth impact about to take place it's called "End of an Era." If your interested or just want to have a look at it heres the link, let me know if you think I portrayed it correctly. http://www.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=12060 Thanks, Ron
[meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
There's a recent pic of me on the below picture gallery page ("Top Of The World...")
*This* is a typical Lake District scene by the way... lots of lakes, forests and the like. Not exactly easy meteorite-hunting ground! But there are *lots* of dry stone walls built out of stones plucked off the fellsides, so I never go anywhere without a magnet and always keep my eyes open.
One day... sigh...
Stu
http://groups.msn.com/Thephotofamily/adayoncatbells.msnw?albumlist=2
[meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
Hello List, Unfortunately I don't have a website but there is a picture of my wife "Pauline" and me on the net. I had the honor of being chosen by Paul and Jim as their first "Meteorite Person Of The Month" in their on-line magazine MeteoriteTimes. So, if interested just go to: http://MeteoriteTimes.com/Issues/2002/May/index.htm then click on back issues, then on May '02, and last but not least on "Meteorite People". Best regards from summerly Germany, Bernd __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
In a message dated 02/08/02 15:56:52 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Rob; Where's that one of you and the Vaca Merta Dave, do you mean the Vaca Muerta main mass? ;-) http://fernlea.tripod.com/robsvaca.jpg That was taken about 3 years ago in the Holbrook strewnfield. Back then, it showed only minor oxidisation to the matrix, but when we were there again last February, it had reached weathering grade W370 and the top end had split away from the rest of the mass. Cheers, Rob. www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Mobile: 07909-773929 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
Dear Rob; Where's that one of you and the Vaca Merta carcass??? Best jerky, Dave Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 02/08/02 00:39:03 GMT Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> So, for the next few days, if there is a picture of you on the net >> anywhere, link it here so we can see who's who. > > > > Ok. > > Me, standing in Harvey Nininger's bathtub in the ruins of the American > Meteorite Museum, Route 66. (Thankfully, no-one dropped the soap!) > http://fernlea.tripod.com/robintub.jpg > > Me again, as both photographer and subject. > http://fernlea.tripod.com/robmirror.jpg > > > My Holbrook hunting buddy and sparring partner Gregory "Greg" Wilson > wrote: > << http://members.aol.com:/sharkkb8/jgwwhaleshark2.jpg > > Guess which one is me. ;-) >> > > That's a tricky one.give us a clue please ;-) > > Cheers, > Rob Elliott. > www.meteorites.uk.com > Fernlea Meteorites, > The Wynd, > Off Dickson Lane, > Milton of Balgonie, > Fife. KY7 6PY > United Kingdom > Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 > Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 > Mobile: 07909-773929 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Who I am??? - Revisited
In a message dated 02/08/02 00:39:03 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, for the next few days, if there is a picture of you on the net anywhere, link it here so we can see who's who. Ok. Me, standing in Harvey Nininger's bathtub in the ruins of the American Meteorite Museum, Route 66. (Thankfully, no-one dropped the soap!) http://fernlea.tripod.com/robintub.jpg Me again, as both photographer and subject. http://fernlea.tripod.com/robmirror.jpg My Holbrook hunting buddy and sparring partner Gregory "Greg" Wilson wrote: << http://members.aol.com:/sharkkb8/jgwwhaleshark2.jpg Guess which one is me. ;-) >> That's a tricky one.give us a clue please ;-) Cheers, Rob Elliott. www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Mobile: 07909-773929 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
