[meteorite-list] Weekly eBayMeteorites
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Re: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum
Hi Gregory, I agree. Neat photos. Thanks for sharing. Do you know what part of the building was on the other side of that wall with the giant hole? -Walter --www.branchmeteorites.com - Original Message - From: Jose Campos To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 5:54 PM Subject: Fw: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum Hi Gregory, Tks for sharing your pics. The one of the Museum in its heydey is certainly a most interesting document of historical info! José Campos Portugal - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have good instructions on how to locate the old museum? Do we need to contact anyone about prowling the property? The ruins of the museum are impossible to miss, once you've turned gotten to the Meteor Crater exit from the highway. As you head off the highway and begin to go toward the crater, there will be a gas station on your right, and a road that leads toward the fully-visible Museum ruins on your left. That old road toward the Museum is (barely) paved, and it may or may not be actual Route 66 pavement. Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not. As to permission/accessibility, I've heard various reports -- it seems to depend on whom you talk to. When I went there for the first time, I had been told in advance that the Museum ruins were on private property and trespassers would be prosecuted if caught. However, in chatting with employees of that nearby gas station, they said, "Sure, no problem, go on up and take a look." So I did. ;-) The Museum in its heyday: http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM.jpg And the way it looks now (with the rim of the crater in the distance) http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM2.jpg http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM3.jpg Have fun! GregoryJ. Gregory Wilson2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 Santa Monica, CA 90403USA(310) 913-2598 __Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada
Two thoughts came to mind while regarding the article below... 1) Doesn't Canada have some kind of moratorium on sales of meteorites from their country?? 2) What type of disability prevents you from working but allows you the ability to go hunting?? While I don't believe in hunting, I could certainly use that type of "disability" to work on my soccer game!! <> Dennis - Original Message - From: Randy Mils To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04/26/2004 10:47:56 AM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada Hope he doesn't start spending money he doesn't have and never will get. I hate the way the media sensationalizes every meteorite find. This guy is going to be disappointed when reality sets in. Randy >From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meteorite Mailing List) >Subject: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:41:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > >http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d78a3433-e1a9-4093-9b21-30a876345b7d > >Hunter hits meteorite pay dirt >CanWest News Services >April 26, 2004 > >A Winnipeg man down on his luck has hit pay dirt with a couple of strange >rocks he found on a hunting trip. > >Scientists have confirmed Derek Erstelle's finds are meteorite fragments >containing among the rarest and oldest materials in the solar system -- and >are potentially worth $100,000. The news couldn't have come at a better >time for Erstelle, 47, who has been out of work and on disability for four >years. > >"I'm hoping this will clean things up a bit . . . I could certainly use >it," Erstelle said. > >Martin Beech, who teaches astronomy at the University of Regina, said >the rocks are meteorite fragments from the core of an asteroid that was >involved in a collision with another asteroid millions of years ago. > >"Asteroid material is the first material that formed in the solar system," >Beech said. > >He said collectors would eagerly pay $10 per gram for Erstelle's rare >find. The two fragments weigh a combined 9.8 kilograms, which could net >Erstelle a cool $100,000. > >__ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Second Mars Rover Successfully Completes Primary Mission
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040426-1515-ca-marsrovers.html Second Mars rover successfully completes primary mission By Andrew Bridges ASSOCIATED PRESS April 26,2004 LOS ANGELES - The second of NASA's twin Mars rovers wrapped up its primary mission on Monday, the 90th full day Opportunity has spent on the Red Planet since landing late in January on a broad, dry plain it's since discovered was once drenched in water. NASA expects the six-wheeled Opportunity to continue working through September or longer, possibly tripling in duration its planned mission of just 90 days. It's traveled 2,676 feet so far across Mars. "We're ready, willing and able to carry on with the extended mission," said deputy project manager Jim Erickson, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As of Monday, Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, have completed all the baseline tasks NASA required before the space agency would consider the double mission a success. Each identical rover traveled at least 1,980 feet, took stereo and color panoramas of its surroundings, drove to at least eight locations and operated simultaneously with its twin for 60 days. Spirit is already well into its own extended mission. It began on Monday its 112th day on Mars, halfway around the planet from its twin. The goal of the $835 million double mission is to scour Mars for geologic evidence that the planet once was a wetter place capable of sustaining life. Opportunity has found that evidence in spades at Meridiani Planum, where rocks suggest a shallow sea covered the region at one time in the distant past. It's now about 660 feet from Endurance Crater, a broad basin that scientists hope preserves in its rocky rim further evidence of the region's watery past. The crater appears too steep for the rover to enter, Erickson said. On the opposite side of Mars, Spirit has found evidence of only limited amounts of past moisture at Gusev Crater. Spirit is now about 50 days from reaching the Columbia Hills, where it likely will spend the balance of its mission prospecting for traces of more substantial amounts of water, said Mike Carr, of the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists believe the Columbia Hills could contain deposits laid down in the past, when a lake may have filled the vast impact crater that Spirit landed in three weeks before Opportunity. While en route, Spirit recently passed the one-kilometer (.62-mile) mark, Erickson said. Mechanical breakdowns and the fierce martian cold likely will be the death of the rovers, which will remain on Mars once their mission ends. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] JPL Open House Takes Visitors to the Planets and Beyond
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Natalie Godwin (818) 354-0850 NEWS RELEASE: 2004-110 April 26, 2004 JPL Open House Takes Visitors to the Planets and Beyond NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will hold an open house on Sat. and Sun., May 15 and 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., taking visitors on a virtual ride through the solar system with this year's theme, "The Spirit of Exploration." This fun-filled, family event has a little of everything for space enthusiasts and non-space buffs. You can explore the planets as you walk through a model of the solar system, build your own spacecraft, and have your picture taken in infrared light. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with scientists and engineers, who will staff booths to answer questions about current and future missions. Structured around the themes of technology, Earth, Mars, our solar system and the universe, visitors will see and learn more about how missions come together. Watch student-built robots compete and see your friends fly in space. Learn about the devices scientists use to explore our planet, from the ground below to the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Or follow the water to Mars through a tour of the laboratory designed for test-driving robotic vehicles destined for Mars. Kids will get the chance to be rolled over by a rover. Learn how we communicate with the spacecraft currently exploring the solar system. See the world's lightest solid. Watch "Ring World," a multimedia presentation on the Cassini mission to Saturn, shown in planetariums around the globe. Admission is free. No backpacks or ice chests are allowed, with the exception of small purses and diaper bags. Visitors, vehicles and personal belongings are subject to inspection. JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive in Pasadena, off the 210 (Foothill) Freeway at the Berkshire Avenue/Oak Grove Drive exit. Parking is available near the Oak Grove main gate and on the eastern boundary of JPL, accessible from Windsor Avenue via the Arroyo Boulevard exit off the 210 Freeway. Air-conditioned buses will run non-stop between all lots and JPL's main gate. Buses and tour guides will move people between different locations around the facility. Walking is required to some locations. More information is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pso/oh.html or call (818) 354-0112. Directions are available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about_JPL/directions.cfm The California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena, manages JPL for NASA. - end - __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Nininger to Perry Letter; July 22, 1952
(American Meteorite Museum Letterhead) AMERICAN METEORITE MUSUEM OPPOSITE METEOR CRATER ON HIGHWAY 66 POST OFFICE BOX 1171 WINSLOW ARIZONA July 22, 1952 Mr. Stuart H. Perry Newagen Inn Newagen, Maine Dear Stuart: Glad for your letter. Sorry you cannot see your way clear to join in making a permanent set-up but you know your own business, I'm sure. We are thinking of using some of the remaining Perry Fund for work in Arizona - perhaps on some of those leads which we have both received, apparently referring to the old Tucson location. However, I note in several reference to this fund Dr. Harvill has specified that it was for use in old Mexico. I think that I correctly understood you that it was to be used wherever I thought best. Perhaps a note from you to Dr. Harvill would be advisable before we made a field trip within the United States borders or we may get tangled up in red tape again. Of course, if I misunderstood and you did mean it only for Mexico, we are perfectly willing to so use it. Actually, however, our next effort in Mexico may be for the recovery of a big one which is now pretty certainly located; but that will require real money! I'll tell you more when I have seen it. Cordially, (signed) H.H. Nininger HHN: AN __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Perry to Nininger Letter; July 15, 1952
(Stuart Perry to Harvey Nininger letter, Perry's File copy) July 15, 1952 Dear Harvey, Thanks for your letter of July 4 and for the check, and please excuse my delay in acknowledging it. I have been pretty busy, first getting settled and organized, and then with the pictures that I am working on for the eighth volume of Album. It is a troublesome job, handling it at this distance from my assistant in Adrian and my man in Ann Arbor. I brought a lot of pix down here, which I had been unable to work on at home. I have to study them, write descriptions and send to Adrian to be copied, and mount the pix on dummy sheets and send them to be mounted permanently. Seems as if every batch of pix and descriptions is held up by something -- two extra prints No. 11, a macro of Roserio, an analysis that I have to get from Washington, another photograph of Smithfield, ect. ect. But it will all get done in the course of time I am sorry I can't give you a favorable answer to the undated letter that you inclosed. It is just too big a proposition for me. It is a good plan, and I were a multi-millionaire it certainly would appeal to me, but with my resources it is just impossible. We are enjoying life here in the finest summer climate I ever knew. It was 98 in Boston yesterday and hot all over Maine; here 74. The other day it was 52 in the morning, maximum 64. Thanks to the cold Greenland current off the coast, and our position at the tip of a long island, it is always cool. Our best to you and Mrs. Nininger. (Stuart Perry - name is missing as this is the file copy. The original sent to Nininger would have been signed by Perry) Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago
Hi all Here is some additional information on the Rock Elm impact structure. It includes pictures as well a maps of the site. http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/asteroid_local.htm Mike Mike Jensen IMCA 4264Bill Jensen IMCA 2359Jensen Meteorites16730 E Ada PLAurora, CO 80017-3137303-337-4361Web Site: Jensen Meteorites New Book: Meteorites from A to Z __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Fw: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum
Hi Gregory, Tks for sharing your pics. The one of the Museum in its heydey is certainly a most interesting document of historical info! José Campos Portugal - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have good instructions on how to locate the old museum? Do we need to contact anyone about prowling the property? The ruins of the museum are impossible to miss, once you've turned gotten to the Meteor Crater exit from the highway. As you head off the highway and begin to go toward the crater, there will be a gas station on your right, and a road that leads toward the fully-visible Museum ruins on your left. That old road toward the Museum is (barely) paved, and it may or may not be actual Route 66 pavement. Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not. As to permission/accessibility, I've heard various reports -- it seems to depend on whom you talk to. When I went there for the first time, I had been told in advance that the Museum ruins were on private property and trespassers would be prosecuted if caught. However, in chatting with employees of that nearby gas station, they said, "Sure, no problem, go on up and take a look." So I did. ;-) The Museum in its heyday: http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM.jpg And the way it looks now (with the rim of the crater in the distance) http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM2.jpg http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM3.jpg Have fun! GregoryJ. Gregory Wilson2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 Santa Monica, CA 90403USA(310) 913-2598 __Meteorite-list mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Re: Hapkeite
Bruce Hapke did indeed predict Hapkeite 30 years ago! It will be interesting to see if NWA 482 from the farside has it. Bruce Hapke also predicted polysulfur oxides on the surface of Io, and S2O (disulfur monoxide). He also suggested polysulfur oxides might be the UV absorber in Venus' clouds. Be nice to live long enough to see if he was right on that, too. Francis Graham __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Mineral, Hapkeite, Discovered in Lunar Meteorite
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/42604-newmineral.html New Mineral, "Hapkeite", Discovered Associated Press April 26, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A chunk of the moon that landed on Earth as a meteorite contains a new mineral, which scientists have named after a researcher who years ago predicted the unusual process that formed the material. Grains of the material, made of iron and silicon, were found in pieces of a meteorite that was discovered in Oman on the Saudi peninsula, said Lawrence A. Taylor of the University of Tennessee, a member of the research team that reported the find. The process that led to the material's formation on the moon "is much different than anything we can imagine on Earth," Taylor explained. Small meteorites that would burn up in an atmosphere like Earth's can crash into the moon because of its lack of an atmosphere. The mineral was found in a piece of the moon that had been large enough to make it through the Earth's atmosphere without being destroyed. When that happens, Taylor explained, the impact creates heat that melts some of the rocks and forms a vapor that is deposited on nearby materials. The process and discovery of the new material is reported in this week's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some iron-silicon minerals form on Earth, sometimes as a result of lightning strikes, but new mineral is a different combination, Taylor said. Hapkeite has the chemical formula Fe2Si, indicating the presence of two atoms of iron to one of silicon. The researchers named the new mineral hapkeite after Bruce Hapke of the University of Pittsburgh, who 30 years ago predicted the process that forms this mineral. "I told them so," said an amused Hapke, who added: "It's quite an honor." He said he developed the theory to explain weathering of surface materials in space, a process that darkens the moon's surface. Weathering on Earth creates soil through the action of water, oxygen and organic processes. That can't happen on a place without water or an atmosphere, so the darkening and breaking down of the surface rocks had to be explained in another way. Benton C. Clark, a weathering expert at Lockheed Martin Corp., said the process of forming the moon mineral seems plausible, but stressed that it needs to be defined as "space weathering," which would be unlike weathering on Earth. "Naming a mineral after the outstanding scientist Bruce Hapke is a fitting tribute," he said. Robert Craddock, science adviser for the Smithsonian Institution's undersecretary for science, said the paper explains some of the spectral measurements researchers read when they study airless planets. Measurements of the spectrum of reflected light are used to help determine the presence of minerals. The newly found mineral, he added, is one of a number of minerals predicted as possible a result of space weathering. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum
Hello Al and list, The "unsure" comment was Gregory's, but thank you for looking that up for us. During one of my trips to the crater, the guide tour mentioned that the man behind deciding where Route 66 would be was a friend of Barringer's. The guard tour hinted that Barringer talked this man into making the road come by the crater. I don't know if there is any fact in that and the guard tour didn't seem to know either. So I guess this is more just an urban legend. Route 66 was needed because of the many servicemen in San Diego. Logic would tell me it makes more sense to have the road cut across Northern Arizona, where many tourist attractions are, rather then other parts of the state, mostly empty. So I guess you can just consider this food for thought. Mark www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum
MARK BOSTICK wrote: Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not." Hi Mark and all, While surfing the net one time, I ran across a route 66 website which was telling about different sections that the old route took. Mainly for those wanting to go down the route where they could. Some areas now are impossible to travel or unsafe. He had it laid out in different sections. On one of those sections he shows the Nininger Museum ruins and asked if anyone could shed some light on the ruins (of which I did). These people have good detailed information on the old route and according to this fellow that is indeed the old route 66 road that runs in front of the museum or to the south of it between the museum and the crater. All my best! --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] footage
Hi Jo, Not sure if I know which fall you are referring to but sounds like a combination of several falls. Probably the one you want is the Peekskill Fall which actually struck a car (red Malibu) and left a large dent in the trunk. Michael Knapp was inside watching TV when the event occurred. This was one of the wide spread witnessed falls that was video taped. Somewhere on the net there is a video of this fall. You can go to AL Lang's website and look at the car and the Peekskill Meteorite. There was a fall (before video was in widespread use) which fell on a house in Alabama and ended up hitting the thigh of the lady who was in the house also. Also some houses in Weston, Conn. and of course the more recent Park Forest fall which hit a house while a young boy was asleep. One other good website would be Walter Branches website as he has various meteor falls that have hit things. All my best! --AL __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada
yea, kinda like the statesboro meteorite on ebay- "owner has refused an offer of $25,000"- he'll wind up soaking it in heinz 57 and , putting ti in the toaster oven and eating it for dinner. always cc a back-up to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as hotmail does not work sometimes>From: "Randy Mils" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:47:56 -0700 > >__ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! Hope he doesn't start spending money he doesn't have and never will get. I hate the way the media sensationalizes every meteorite find. This guy is going to be disappointed when reality sets in. Randy >From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meteorite Mailing List) >Subject: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:41:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > >http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d78a3433-e1a9-4093-9b21-30a876345b7d > >Hunter hits meteorite pay dirt >CanWest News Services >April 26, 2004 > >A Winnipeg man down on his luck has hit pay dirt with a couple of strange >rocks he found on a hunting trip. > >Scientists have confirmed Derek Erstelle's finds are meteorite fragments >containing among the rarest and oldest materials in the solar system -- and >are potentially worth $100,000. The news couldn't have come at a better >time for Erstelle, 47, who has been out of work and on disability for four >years. > >"I'm hoping this will clean things up a bit . . . I could certainly use >it," Erstelle said. > >Martin Beech, who teaches astronomy at the University of Regina, said >the rocks are meteorite fragments from the core of an asteroid that was >involved in a collision with another asteroid millions of years ago. > >"Asteroid material is the first material that formed in the solar system," >Beech said. > >He said collectors would eagerly pay $10 per gram for Erstelle's rare >find. The two fragments weigh a combined 9.8 kilograms, which could net >Erstelle a cool $100,000. > >__ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada
Hope he doesn't start spending money he doesn't have and never will get. I hate the way the media sensationalizes every meteorite find. This guy is going to be disappointed when reality sets in. Randy >From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Meteorite Mailing List) >Subject: [meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:41:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > >http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d78a3433-e1a9-4093-9b21-30a876345b7d > >Hunter hits meteorite pay dirt >CanWest News Services >April 26, 2004 > >A Winnipeg man down on his luck has hit pay dirt with a couple of strange >rocks he found on a hunting trip. > >Scientists have confirmed Derek Erstelle's finds are meteorite fragments >containing among the rarest and oldest materials in the solar system -- and >are potentially worth $100,000. The news couldn't have come at a better >time for Erstelle, 47, who has been out of work and on disability for four >years. > >"I'm hoping this will clean things up a bit . . . I could certainly use >it," Erstelle said. > >Martin Beech, who teaches astronomy at the University of Regina, said >the rocks are meteorite fragments from the core of an asteroid that was >involved in a collision with another asteroid millions of years ago. > >"Asteroid material is the first material that formed in the solar system," >Beech said. > >He said collectors would eagerly pay $10 per gram for Erstelle's rare >find. The two fragments weigh a combined 9.8 kilograms, which could net >Erstelle a cool $100,000. > >__ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago
Hi all Here is some additional information on the Rock Elm impact structure. It includes pictures as well a maps of the site. http://physics.uwstout.edu/geo/asteroid_local.htm Mike Mike Jensen IMCA 4264Bill Jensen IMCA 2359Jensen Meteorites16730 E Ada PLAurora, CO 80017-3137303-337-4361Web Site: Jensen Meteorites New Book: Meteorites from A to Z __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] New Meteorite Found in Canada
http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d78a3433-e1a9-4093-9b21-30a876345b7d Hunter hits meteorite pay dirt CanWest News Services April 26, 2004 A Winnipeg man down on his luck has hit pay dirt with a couple of strange rocks he found on a hunting trip. Scientists have confirmed Derek Erstelle's finds are meteorite fragments containing among the rarest and oldest materials in the solar system -- and are potentially worth $100,000. The news couldn't have come at a better time for Erstelle, 47, who has been out of work and on disability for four years. "I'm hoping this will clean things up a bit . . . I could certainly use it," Erstelle said. Martin Beech, who teaches astronomy at the University of Regina, said the rocks are meteorite fragments from the core of an asteroid that was involved in a collision with another asteroid millions of years ago. "Asteroid material is the first material that formed in the solar system," Beech said. He said collectors would eagerly pay $10 per gram for Erstelle's rare find. The two fragments weigh a combined 9.8 kilograms, which could net Erstelle a cool $100,000. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Scientists Say Giant Meteorite Struck Wisconsin Long Ago
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-26-meteorite-rock-elm_x.htm Scientists say giant meteorite struck Wisconsin long ago By Juliet Williams Associated Press April 26, 2004 WAVERLY, Wis. - The muddy brown hills and rolling farmland here look like others in Wisconsin. Tall grasses, cornfields and a bubbling brook yield to rocky outcroppings and rows of trees. But scientists years ago saw something different about those rocks and concluded an ancient catastrophic event occurred here, although what type of calamity remained a mystery. They believe they have finally solved the puzzle: A 650- to 700-foot meteorite crashed into the earth at a speed possibly reaching 67,500 mph. The impact 450 million years ago dislodged rocks and created a massive hole in a 4-mile area called Rock Elm about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, three scientists said in an article published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Over time, shale, dirt and sediment filled the hole to make the impact site virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding land. A shallow sea covering Wisconsin at the time of the impact likely blunted the meteorite's effect. The report said the impact at Rock Elm released more than 1,000 megatons of explosive energy, lifted the earth at the center more than 1,650 feet and sent shock waves through the rocks, crushing them. "They were at ground zero, so they got the brunt of it," said William S. Cordua, of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and one of the paper's authors. The confirmation of what happened here millions of years ago is significant to geologists seeking to trace geological patterns, said Don Yeomans, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Although they're not spectacular looking, to Cordua and other scientists the rocks here have always appeared different than those just a few miles away. They're tipped at an angle in many places, reflecting the damage inflicted millions of years ago. Worldwide, there are only about 200 such impact formations, and only a couple dozen in the United States. They are believed to have occurred only every few hundred thousand years. The first modern indication of anything wrong here came in 1942, when a UW-Madison graduate student spotted the differences in soil and quartz and mapped out the area for more study. "Mostly after its discovery it was pretty well ignored," said Bevan M. French, a former NASA geologist who is a research collaborator at the Smithsonian Institution. Even so, the area has been known among amateur geologists and farmers as an anomaly. Since the 1980s, Cordua has trudged through grassy fields and muddy bogs looking for answers about Rock Elm. He started writing about the formation in 1985, and although he suspected it was formed by a meteorite, he couldn't prove it. "What I've been trying to do is hope that people who study more of these things would get interested in it. And that finally happened," Cordua said. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Hollow Meteorite Article
OK, Finally "cured" the web site problem. For those interested, here is the "Hollow Meteorite" article that appeared in the old METEORITE Mag. when it still had an exclamation point in the title: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/HollowMet.html Best wishes, Michael -- When Jesus said "Love your enemies" I think he probably meant don't kill them. Anonymous -- For perspective, try THIS: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html -- cool message fro Ben & Jerry: www.TrueMajority.org/oreo -- AMAZING photos of Aurora Borealis, etc. http://faculty.rmwc.edu/tmichalik/atmosphere.htm -- Hubble space telescope - AMAZING photos!: http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm -- http://www.costofwar.com/ -- SUPPORT OUR TROUPS: http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html -- Worth Seeing: Earth at night from satellite: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg -- - Interactive Lady Liberty: http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm -- Earth - variety of choices: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html -- Michael Blood Meteorites: http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] footage
Dear all, I am trying to track down some footage of a meteorite which went through a house while a lady was watching TV. Would anyone happen to know which area of the US and time scale this occurred? If anyone knows of any other great video footage of meteorites traveling through our atmosphere or causing destruction I would be really very grateful for the help. Many thanks and kind regards Jo __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Crappy map, NOT MUCH There to miss.
Dear List and Mark; I will have to say that Mark's map is about as succinct and direct and accurate as it is in the field at the location. Sometimes in Life and in meteorites, less is in deed, more. Having said that, I rest my case. Thanks Mark! Dave F. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Map to the American Meteorite Museum
Hello Gregory, Tracy and list, Gregory wrote, "The ruins of the museum are impossible to miss, once you've turned gotten to the Meteor Crater exit from the highway. As you head off the highway and begin to go toward the crater, there will be a gas station on your right, and a road that leads toward the fully-visible Museum ruins on your left. That old road toward the Museum is (barely) paved, and it may or may not be actual Route 66 pavement. Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not." The museum is located on Route 66 and as Gregory noticed it is directly beside the gas station..but maybe 1/4 mile from it. The museum is the only building in that small little area so it is impossible to miss. I noticed the museum from about a mile away Interesting to note is that an Eagle (or a Hawk) nest has been built in the top of the tower. While I hope nobody disturbs the nest, it is nice to see that the tower is currently a home. On a recent trip to the museum ruin's a local was examining the site with me. After much thought he turned to me and said, "Can you believe the Indians made such a site so long ago." I explained the history of the museum and mentioned a few other sites that were built in the same manner in Northern Arizona. I think everywhere you go locals are pretty good at using what is available. However, I think I would have looked a little harder for other building materials. I have made a really quick map and have put it on the Kansas Meteorite Society website, since it is Nininger information, and my website is almost out of extra space. http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com/niningermuseummap.html First person to e-mail me their address can have this somewhat crappy map for free. Mark Bostick wwwmeteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] old museum
Hello, for me, it was impossible to go there. I just was on the road, I saw the ruins far away and a guard say me "stop here". Why ? No answer from the guard, no explanation, just "stop here!" I was very disappointed Dominique Padirac Lyon (France) _ Trouvez l'âme soeur sur MSN Rencontres http://g.msn.fr/FR1000/9551 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
