Re: [meteorite-list] advice...
I have this wonderful vision of the future. The supply has dwindled to nothing and our collections are worth small fortunes. The scientists are getting bored of calling us looters, bandits, thieves and bounty hunters as it means they won't be getting any new stuff by insulting us .and then it is discovered that a 5km asteroid is going to come down somewhere in Western Asia. While 500million people are attempting to flee the area before the catastrophy, the likes of Farmer, Elliott, etc are chartering flights into the would-be disaster zone and investing in fireproof hats. The scientists, meanwhile are holed up in their bunkers on the far side of the world hollering PIRATESS to anyone who cares to listen. Just tryin' to lighten the mood! Rob McC --- Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's always quite a bit of talk about dwindling supply. Who cares about supply issues if there isn't much demand 5 years from now. I sure would like to hear some feedback about demand. Especially from the top dealers like Mike, Hupes, Elliot, Blaine etc. I cant be the only collector wondering what my collection will be worth 10 or 20 years from now. I have enough invested to worry about losing 50% of what I put in. Some dealers who have been around for 20 + years should have a better idea of where its headed. Is the collector ( buyer ) base growing exponentially ? or is it holding steady ? How does it compare to 10 years ago? BTW- I have only been collecting since 2003 Bob - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:04 AM Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] advice... Well, the good times in Sahara are over, we all have to get used with that fact, although so many newer collectors refuse to face the truth. The Munich show is always well frequented by Moroccans (it's not so far like Tucson for them). Dramatically was the decline of the amounts of material from the 2003 to the 2004 show. 2005 again remarkably less material compared to 2004 was available. And this year? This year they hit the absolute space rock bottom. Prices are raising and raising. 0.14cents/g - I can't see any extortion with that price. I know, that all are spoiled from the narrow peak of the desert rush, but be prepared to pay more in the coming years. I recommend you, if you feel the price would be to expensive, to send the stones back and to buy from Bessey, from the rest of his stock, who can offer unclassified OCs still at old prices. Muhaddin Alaman PS: Btw. the Moroccans also have to live.. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Dave Harris Gesendet: Samstag, 11. November 2006 13:14 An: metlist Betreff: [meteorite-list] advice... Hi Folks, I think a few of you chaps know of Abdelfattah, a Moroccan dealer - I know nowt about the chap personally. He has sent me some pics of 3.3kg of meteorites (about 8 individuals). Now, he's asking $140 a kg plus shipping - Having to make the assumption that these are just OCs - this sounds very expensive to me. If anyone has any advice or wants to see the pics - let me know. I do not think one can tell a great deal from the pics. I don't know whether or not it is worth me buying them 'on spec'. Help! dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
AW: [meteorite-list] advice...
Hi Rob, at least there is hope for those, who bought rare early pre-NWA-desert, that their collections will gain value again after the devaluation of the last 5 years. (Names and falls all in all never were afflicted). Eeeeh, and Rob, those among the scientists still having the opinion you mentioned, are a very small minority, which is often not directly knowing, what they are talking about in this respect, a few of the few certainly trying, if given the possibility in public, to distinguish at other people's expense. Cheers! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Rob McCafferty Gesendet: Montag, 13. November 2006 13:39 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] advice... I have this wonderful vision of the future. The supply has dwindled to nothing and our collections are worth small fortunes. The scientists are getting bored of calling us looters, bandits, thieves and bounty hunters as it means they won't be getting any new stuff by insulting us .and then it is discovered that a 5km asteroid is going to come down somewhere in Western Asia. While 500million people are attempting to flee the area before the catastrophy, the likes of Farmer, Elliott, etc are chartering flights into the would-be disaster zone and investing in fireproof hats. The scientists, meanwhile are holed up in their bunkers on the far side of the world hollering PIRATESS to anyone who cares to listen. Just tryin' to lighten the mood! Rob McC __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future
Hi Rob, That 'tis indeed a 'peachy utopia of a vision'! Though ironically it's the scientists that are sending the robots to 'Farm' the Antarctic for pristine space rocks, the collectors are the ones roaming the war zones and dry horrible deserts of the world looking for the weathered brown chunks - something is wrong there!? In reality of course, in the future there will be numerous sample return missions, mars rock will be so plentiful that they will actually give it away with Frosties, and 'Lunar rock pens' will be cheaper than the plastic ones. Yeah right! Or due to the high prices, there will be so many ''reproduction'' meteorites and moldavite tektites flooding onto the market, that public suspicion of all things 'meteorite' will be such, that only a select band of collectors will know the difference and supply will thus still be plentiful- oh sorry that's now isn't it!!! No joking aside, every few years a nice big fall does seem to come along, Lesotho, Park forest, etc, that will keep the supply chain topped up, but prices will probably go up, people wont be chucking NWA's in boxes and selling them by the Kilo like sweets that for sure. On the subject of large catastrophic impacts, it would be interesting to see what would happen in such a case, of course anything big enough to vaporize a city probably wouldn't have any/much cosmic material left, so any small fragments might actually be quite valuable! And might even ironically get public interest right up to such an extent that there are fewer meteorites available for sale and thus higher prices. That reminds me, time for another decent fall methinks, Cosmic gods!! Mark Ford -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty Sent: 13 November 2006 12:39 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] advice... I have this wonderful vision of the future. The supply has dwindled to nothing and our collections are worth small fortunes. The scientists are getting bored of calling us looters, bandits, thieves and bounty hunters as it means they won't be getting any new stuff by insulting us .and then it is discovered that a 5km asteroid is going to come down somewhere in Western Asia. While 500million people are attempting to flee the area before the catastrophy, the likes of Farmer, Elliott, etc are chartering flights into the would-be disaster zone and investing in fireproof hats. The scientists, meanwhile are holed up in their bunkers on the far side of the world hollering PIRATESS to anyone who cares to listen. Just tryin' to lighten the mood! Rob McC --- Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's always quite a bit of talk about dwindling supply. Who cares about supply issues if there isn't much demand 5 years from now. I sure would like to hear some feedback about demand. Especially from the top dealers like Mike, Hupes, Elliot, Blaine etc. I cant be the only collector wondering what my collection will be worth 10 or 20 years from now. I have enough invested to worry about losing 50% of what I put in. Some dealers who have been around for 20 + years should have a better idea of where its headed. Is the collector ( buyer ) base growing exponentially ? or is it holding steady ? How does it compare to 10 years ago? BTW- I have only been collecting since 2003 Bob - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:04 AM Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] advice... Well, the good times in Sahara are over, we all have to get used with that fact, although so many newer collectors refuse to face the truth. The Munich show is always well frequented by Moroccans (it's not so far like Tucson for them). Dramatically was the decline of the amounts of material from the 2003 to the 2004 show. 2005 again remarkably less material compared to 2004 was available. And this year? This year they hit the absolute space rock bottom. Prices are raising and raising. 0.14cents/g - I can't see any extortion with that price. I know, that all are spoiled from the narrow peak of the desert rush, but be prepared to pay more in the coming years. I recommend you, if you feel the price would be to expensive, to send the stones back and to buy from Bessey, from the rest of his stock, who can offer unclassified OCs still at old prices. Muhaddin Alaman PS: Btw. the Moroccans also have to live.. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Dave Harris Gesendet: Samstag, 11. November 2006 13:14 An: metlist Betreff: [meteorite-list] advice... Hi Folks, I think a few of you chaps know of Abdelfattah, a Moroccan dealer - I know nowt about the chap personally. He has sent me some pics of 3.3kg of meteorites (about 8 individuals).
RE: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future
On the subject of large catastrophic impacts, it would be interesting to see what would happen in such a case, of course anything big enough to vaporize a city probably wouldn't have any/much cosmic material left, so any small fragments might actually be quite valuable! i dont know... consider canyon diablo... although i agree it would probably produce quite valuble material. destroying a city would make for the ULTIMATE 'hammer' _ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Hi Mark, as far as sample return missions are concerned, we are still at a price per gram for ordinary chondrites of 320 000 000$ - if the Hayabusa probe would have been successful. Gravity is quite an economically awful drag, friction too. (I hope the US-government won't have the idea to declare a War against Gravity...) If I feed the inflation calculator with the widely reported costs of 65,000$ per gram for the Apollo-material, I get out a little less than 300,000$/g today. So lunaites compared to chondrites have to be articles for junk shops... Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von mark ford Gesendet: Montag, 13. November 2006 14:19 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future Hi Rob, That 'tis indeed a 'peachy utopia of a vision'! Though ironically it's the scientists that are sending the robots to 'Farm' the Antarctic for pristine space rocks, the collectors are the ones roaming the war zones and dry horrible deserts of the world looking for the weathered brown chunks - something is wrong there!? In reality of course, in the future there will be numerous sample return missions, mars rock will be so plentiful that they will actually give it away with Frosties, and 'Lunar rock pens' will be cheaper than the plastic ones. Yeah right! Or due to the high prices, there will be so many ''reproduction'' meteorites and moldavite tektites flooding onto the market, that public suspicion of all things 'meteorite' will be such, that only a select band of collectors will know the difference and supply will thus still be plentiful- oh sorry that's now isn't it!!! No joking aside, every few years a nice big fall does seem to come along, Lesotho, Park forest, etc, that will keep the supply chain topped up, but prices will probably go up, people wont be chucking NWA's in boxes and selling them by the Kilo like sweets that for sure. On the subject of large catastrophic impacts, it would be interesting to see what would happen in such a case, of course anything big enough to vaporize a city probably wouldn't have any/much cosmic material left, so any small fragments might actually be quite valuable! And might even ironically get public interest right up to such an extent that there are fewer meteorites available for sale and thus higher prices. That reminds me, time for another decent fall methinks, Cosmic gods!! Mark Ford __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future
Yeah, that's true, but think of the market for 'broken glass in souvenir boxes'! lol Yes I can see the ebay title now - Ebay #134355 Ultimate hammerstone, destroyed an entire city NR! There would probably be a whole new series of new minerals too, molten house glass mixed with vaporized Iron - windowtektite, molten car - 'autotektite' etc.. all just like the Trinitite found after the nuclear tests! -Original Message- From: stan . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 November 2006 13:34 To: mark ford; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future On the subject of large catastrophic impacts, it would be interesting to see what would happen in such a case, of course anything big enough to vaporize a city probably wouldn't have any/much cosmic material left, so any small fragments might actually be quite valuable! i dont know... consider canyon diablo... although i agree it would probably produce quite valuble material. destroying a city would make for the ULTIMATE 'hammer' _ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http:/ /spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmk t=en-us __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] looking for a piece mb
I´m not sure this meteorite realy exists ;) http://cgi.ebay.com/Millbbilliiee-3-gram-individual_W0QQitemZ290049902155 If I have recognized it correctly the ID card is from Mike Farmer and should spell it the right way. But I know, it´s difficult to read it, to spell it and to type it correct ;) greetings from Graz, Austria home town of Arnold Schwarzenegger (spell this one correct... :) Stefan Maybe if you spelled it 'Millbillillie', you wouldn't hate it so much! Hi again list.I hate writing out the word millbbilliiee,so I shortend it to mb.I am looking for a complete 7 to 12 gram complete 100% crusted individual of mb for my collection.Any offers will be appreciated. Steve Arnold,Chicago,USA!! BIG Steve's Meteorites,1999!! Website://:stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Image of the Week - November 13, 2006
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR Image of the Week November 13, 2006 The following new image taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft is now available: o Mars at LS 137 Degrees (Released 07 November 2006) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2006/11/13 Image Caption: These images capture what Mars typically looks like in mid-afternoon at Ls 137 degrees. In other words, with the exception of occasional differences in weather and polar frost patterns, this is what the red planet looks like this month (November 2006). Six views are shown, including the two polar regions. These are composites of 24-26 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) daily global mapping images acquired at red and blue wavelengths. The 'hole' over the south pole is an area where no images were obtained, because this polar region is enveloped in wintertime darkness. Presently, it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. Ls, solar longitude, is a measure of the time of year on Mars. Mars travels 360 degrees around the Sun in 1 Mars year. The year begins at Ls 0 degrees, the start of northern spring and southern autumn. Northern summer/southern winter begins at Ls 90 degrees, northern autumn/southern spring start at Ls 180 degrees, and northern winter/southern summer begin at Ls 270 degrees. Ls 137 degrees occurs in the middle of this month (November 2006). The pictures show how Mars appeared to the MOC wide angle cameras at a previous Ls 137 degrees in March 2001. The six views are centered on the Tharsis region (upper left), Acidalia and Mare Eyrthraeum (upper right), Syrtis Major and Hellas (middle left), Elysium and Mare Cimmeria (middle right), the north pole (lower left), and the south pole (lower right). All of the Mars Global Surveyor images are archived here: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/index.html Mars Global Surveyor was launched in November 1996 and has been in Mars orbit since September 1997. It began its primary mapping mission on March 8, 1999. Mars Global Surveyor is the first mission in a long-term program of Mars exploration known as the Mars Surveyor Program that is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD - eBay auctions ending soon
Dear Listees, I have some eBay auctions ending soon, here are some examples: NWA 1774 Meteorite - R3.8-6 - Thin Slice - 4.242g http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-1774-Meteorite-R3-8-6-Thin- Slice-4-242g_W0QQitemZ140050595658QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewItem NWA 1777 Meteorite - EUCRITE Polymict - 2.670g http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-1777-Meteorite-EUCRITE- Polymict-2-670g_W0QQitemZ140050595786QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewIt em NWA 4420 Meteorite - Prim. Aubrite - Thin Slice 2.604g http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-4420-Meteorite-Prim-Aubrite-Thin- Slice-2-604g_W0QQitemZ140050596075QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewItem NWA 4422 Meteorite - CK3.9 - Thin Slice - 1.698g - NEW! http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-4422-Meteorite-CK3-9-Thin-Slice-1-698g- NEW_W0QQitemZ140050596283QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewItem NWA 4423 Meteorite - CK3.8 - Thin Slice -1.288g - NEW! http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-4423-Meteorite-CK3-8-Thin-Slice-1-288g- NEW_W0QQitemZ140050596385QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewItem NWA 4425 Meteorite - CK3.8 - Thin Slice - 5.914g - NEW! http://cgi.ebay.com/NWA-4425-Meteorite-CK3-8-Thin-Slice-5-914g- NEW_W0QQitemZ140050596471QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3239QQcmdZViewItem Best wishes, Philippe METEORITICA http://www.meteoritica.com/ http://stores.ebay.com/Meteoritica __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Sonny and Rubens latest meteorite finds!
Hi all, This weekend Sonny and I were once again out in the field hunting for meteorites. Sonny, along with his Son, and their friend Steve Smith scoured a California dry lake bed and came up with some nice finds. My Son (Ruben Jr.) and I also hunted a dry lake bed but ours was Willcox Playa in Arizona. We all had a lot of fun and a bit of luck! Take a look at the links below see the finds Sonny and his team made in California or click on the link to my web site and read about my newest Arizona find. Sonnys team finds: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/meteoritemall/album/576460762339520163 The Story with pics: The Reluctant Willcox Playa Hunt http://www.mr-meteorite.com/willcoxplayahunt.htm Pictures only: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/meteoritemall/album/576460762339546615 Ruben Garcia Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future lunarites
--- Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I feed the inflation calculator with the widely reported costs of 65,000$ per gram for the Apollo-material, I get out a little less than 300,000$/g today. So lunaites compared to chondrites have to be articles for junk shops... Martin Woohoo! Anyone wanna sell me some lunarite at junk shop prices, then? Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
AW: AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future lunarites
If I'd sneak around in the Johnson Space Center, from time to time opening my trench coat, throatily whispering in the ear of the startled visitor: lokilookilooky Moon! Loookilooky 99,5% off from NASA price, isn't that then already a junk shop price? Lkilookilooky 4483, Loookilooky 4485, Loooklookilucky 910, looky fine Moon, Rob, good Moon, looky Rolex... Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob McCafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 13. November 2006 23:20 An: Martin Altmann; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] advice.../ the future lunarites --- Martin Altmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I feed the inflation calculator with the widely reported costs of 65,000$ per gram for the Apollo-material, I get out a little less than 300,000$/g today. So lunaites compared to chondrites have to be articles for junk shops... Martin Woohoo! Anyone wanna sell me some lunarite at junk shop prices, then? Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - November 13, 2006
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit's 'Arm' Busy Checking New Targets - sol 1013-1016, November 13, 2006: After Spirit's successful 0.71-meter (28-inch) bump on sol 1010, the team has new targets in the robotic arm's work volume for the first time in 204 sols. There is some interesting light and dark material within arm's reach and this week the team planned a robotic arm campaign including a microscopic imager mosaic, four hours of alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration and 43 hours of Moessbauer spectrometer integration. Spirit is receiving a little over 320 Watt-hours now and is able to occasionally use the Moessbauer or alpha particle X-ray spectrometer overnight. Sol-by-sol summary: Sol 1013 (Nov. 8, 2006): This sol began with the usual engineering block tau (atmospheric clarity) measurement, then a calibration of the miniature thermal emission spectrometer before that instrument was used to stare at the sky and ground. Spirit then used its front hazard avoidance cameras to look at the robotic arm's work volume, then unstowed the arm and took a stereo microscopic image of target Berkner Island. The rover then placed the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on Berkner Island and integrated for four hours. Spirit used its miniature thermal emission spectrometer to stare at target Davis during the afternoon when NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft passed overhead. Sol 1014: The rover changed tools to the Moessbauer spectrometer and integrated for 23 hours. Sol 1015: During the morning of this sol, Spirit conducted dust monitoring of its panoramic camera mast assembly (its neck and head). The rover then restarted the Moessbauer on target Berkner Island for a 10-hour integration. A panoramic camera tau measurement and a miniature thermal emission spectrometer observation of sky and ground were conducted around the Odyssey pass. Sol 1016: On this sol, Spirit took images with its navigation camera. It then restarted the Moessbauer spectrometer on Berkner Island for a 10-hour integration. Total integration time is 43 hours at this target. The rover then conducted a panoramic camera sky observation. Odometry: As of sol 1016 (Nov. 11, 2006), Spirit's odometry is 6,976.89 meters (4.34 miles). OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity on the Move after Solar Conjunction - sol 968-995, November 13, 2006: Opportunity is healthy and has driven away from the Cape Verde promontory for further exploration around the rim of Victoria Crater. Over the course of the next week, the rover will make its way clockwise around Victoria Crater to the next promontory, Cape St. Mary. Opportunity will then image the northeast-facing cliff of Cape Verde to characterize lateral changes in layers of the crater wall. Along the way, Opportunity will be using the panoramic camera to scout a safe place to drive into the crater. During the drive on Sol 992, rover planners performed the first step of the in-flight checkout of one of the rover's new technologies: visual target tracking (VTT). This first checkout included picking a target to track, driving, and testing the rover's knowledge of how its position changed relative to the target. The rover performed this activity as planned. The next step will be to execute a drive to a VTT target. During the solar conjunction period from sol 970 to sol 984 (Oct. 16 to 30), Opportunity used its panoramic camera to image Victoria Crater from the Cape Verde promontory, collected 3.5 hours of Moessbauer spectrometer data each sol on the hole that the rock abrasion tool drilled at target Cha, and performed its standard sol-to-sol atmospheric and remote sensing observations. Opportunity collected more than 50 hours of Moessbauer data on Cha. Sol-by-sol summary: In addition to Opportunity's daily science observations (checking atmospheric clarity with the panoramic camera, monitoring for clouds with the navigation camera, and observing sky and ground with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer), the rover performed the following activities: Sol 968 (Oct. 14, 2006): The rover planning team made room in flash memory for data to be collected during solar conjunction. Sol 969: More room in the flash memory was freed during this sol. Sols 970 to 984 (conjunction): The rover took images for a panorama of the view from Cape Verde and conducted Moessbauer spectrometer integration on target Cha. Sol 985: The rover took images for the Cape Verde panorama. Sol 986: Opportunity continued to work on the Cape Verde panorama and used the Moessbauer spectrometer on target Cha. Sol 987: Opportunity retransmitted and deleted data left from solar conjunction. Sol 988: There was more Moessbauer activity on Cha, use of the miniature thermal emission spectrometer, and retransmission and deletion of data from conjunction. Sol 989: Opportunity did more Moessbauer spectrometer observations on Cha and
[meteorite-list] FW: AUCTIONS ENDING, Including a Rare piece of Rangala From India!
From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:32 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: AUCTIONS ENDING, Including a Rare piece of Rangala From India! Hello, Once again there are great auctions ending soon. Check these out: A rare piece of Rangala from India. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemsspagename=item=200045285716 A really pretty piece of Gujba http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemsspagename=item=200045285067 and about 70 other great specimens. Home Page: http://stores.ebay.com/Voyage-Botanica-Natural-History Click on Auctions to see all. Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingham __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] arizona strwenfield maps
Would anyone have a map or a link to ameteoritestrwenfieldin arizona? thanks.justin Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] future
Have any of the list members heard of Planet X and all of the predicted comets comming in with it? Could that possable be our future? I think NOT! But if a disaster happened from a large impact, we would all be under marshal law and there would be no economy! Actualy no food either for that matter. Try a Google search on planet X. But like someone said, falls happen every now and then and perhaps a good basketball sized pallasite will come streaking down and land in the parknext toour back yards! Lets hope! As for future prices, 15 years ago a lot of the good meteorites were selling for 50 cents a gram. Not any more. Oh yeah, and the offerings keep getting smaller! So small that if they fell on the floor they could be lost forever! Happy buying, and hunting! Jim Balister __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] looking for a piece mb
$25/gr. ...I find for $12/gr. similar material, for not speack in Munich the best pieces shows have ask 15 euro for gram or under. Matteo --- Stefan Brandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: I´m not sure this meteorite realy exists ;) http://cgi.ebay.com/Millbbilliiee-3-gram-individual_W0QQitemZ290049902155 If I have recognized it correctly the ID card is from Mike Farmer and should spell it the right way. But I know, it´s difficult to read it, to spell it and to type it correct ;) greetings from Graz, Austria home town of Arnold Schwarzenegger (spell this one correct... :) Stefan Maybe if you spelled it 'Millbillillie', you wouldn't hate it so much! Hi again list.I hate writing out the word millbbilliiee,so I shortend it to mb.I am looking for a complete 7 to 12 gram complete 100% crusted individual of mb for my collection.Any offers will be appreciated. Steve Arnold,Chicago,USA!! BIG Steve's Meteorites,1999!! Website://:stormbringer60120.tripod.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30173 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Poco spazio e tanto spam? Yahoo! Mail ti protegge dallo spam e ti da tanto spazio gratuito per i tuoi file e i messaggi http://mail.yahoo.it __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
