Re: [meteorite-list] Absentee Bids
Yo, List members who cannot make it to the Tucson Show - Absentee bids are pouring in, Odd, since I was going to leave yesterday. Anyway, I will not bore you with the whys, but I Have not left yet. So: ABSENTEE BIDS - in by noon, tomorrow (Sunday) Please. Thanks, Michael PS: The "To Print" edition of the Auction catalog will be Completed some time tonight. (though those who weren't Worried about paper could always have printed once the Link had been set up) Best wishes, Michael __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] High Jacked
In a message dated 1/30/2010 9:29:56 PM Mountain Standard Time, photoph...@yahoo.com writes: Hello Listers & Listees I have noticed that the price for Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters book has increased by a 1000% in the past couple weeks. I remeber seeing it priced at $27 new and now its priced at $233 on Amazon.com new. I guess it's time for me to get a copy before it's at $1,000. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0878423737/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&con dition=new Shawn Alan Hello List members, I have right here in room 230, InnSuites, in Tucson, these: 2 copies of Rocks from Space 6 copies of Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites. Those are the very last spare copies Dorothy Norton had around the house. As far as we both know these are the very last copies available, then both books will be officially Out-of-Print. Those books are $50 each. (Mailing from Denver after the show, I cannot leave the room during business hours) If you are interested pease do let me know very quickly. Thank you. Anne M. Black WWW.IMPACTIKA.com email: impact...@aol.com Vice-President www.IMCA.cc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tucson Photos, Az Meteorite Exhibition
Hello List http://www.flickr.com/photos/46923...@n06/sets/72157623154261599/ Just loaded a large bunch of photos taken today at the Arizona Meteorite Exhibition, by the University of Arizona's Lunar & Planetary Laboratory. It was a blast, big turn out, no time to do descriptions, sorry. I'll be adding more. Enjoy Keith V Chandler AZ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy
They had a movie called Asteroid on earlier today. That one is a real keeper as well. I love it when rocks just explode into huge fireballs on impact with the ground :-) -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: To: "Elizabeth Warner" Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It looks like a "gem," something that I can use in my class as an example of what is wrong with this scene? Larry So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy? http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/ http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-bang-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/ Clear Skies! Elizabeth __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy
Thanks for the link. It is on in 20 minutes (10:00 here in Tucson). It looks like a "gem," something that I can use in my class as an example of what is wrong with this scene? Larry > So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy? > > http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/ > http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-bang-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/ > > Clear Skies! > Elizabeth > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] High Jacked
Hello Listers & Listees I have noticed that the price for Rocks from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters book has increased by a 1000% in the past couple weeks. I remeber seeing it priced at $27 new and now its priced at $233 on Amazon.com new. I guess it's time for me to get a copy before it's at $1,000. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0878423737/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new Shawn Alan __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] "Meteor Storm" on Syfy
So, anyone else watching this masterpiece on Syfy? http://www.apocalypticmovies.com/tag/meteor-storm/ http://www.sfuniverse.com/2010/01/29/michael-trucco-talks-battlestar-big-bang-and-one-huge-meteor-storm/ Clear Skies! Elizabeth __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] More on the Lorton... or Lorton hears a Who ?
In a message dated 1/30/2010 8:57:20 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, cdtuc...@cox.net writes: >>I would like to know how state and city Gov's fit in? I seem to remember from this list that AZ. treats finds as okay as long as you have some sort of hunting or collecting permit? I think they said they allow collection of all but burial objects and arrow heads? Carl<< I don't know about anybody else, but anything I find that has fallen out of the sky, I'm pretty sure it landed in my yard, regardless of its longitude and latitude. :O) GeoZay __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Manned mission to Phobos
Under some future president, possibly... http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527451.100-destination-phobos-humanitys-next-giant-leap.html?full=true The print version of the article: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/tmp/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Off topic, but thanks
Greetings to everyone on the meteorite list: It was three years ago this past week, when I was involved in a terrible automobile accident that nearly took my life, and the life of my daughter, now 10. I don't know why, but a few minutes ago I did a Google search on my name. I found my website for the psychology practice at which at work (I am the amateurish webmaster). Evidently, there is a Walter Branch library in Houston, Texas. That's cool, I like libraries. A few odds and ends. Then a found an email my wife had sent to the list soon after the accident and the subsequent well wishing emails from many list members. Re-reading those emails literally brought tears to my eyes. Many list members sent cards to me, letters and emails to my wife and even financial contributions and meteorites. Eric Olson even visited me in the hospital. Thanks Eric. I spent months in the hospital recovering from the initial injuries and complications. More surgeries (ten total) followed my discharge but I saw my surgeon for the last time on Thursday of this week and well, that's it. My three year medical ordeal will end with a Band-aid over a small abdominal wound. I know I have said this before, but I just wanted everyone to know that those cards, letters, contributions and support meant a lot to me. They still do. I still have the signed poster, all the cards, letters, emails etc. which you good people sent to me and my family. I cherish the framed card which begins, "Get Well Soon, Walter, From Your Meteorite Friends..." Some "Meteorite Friends" have gone on to other pursuits, some have lost loved ones and some we have lost. Some have found fame and fortune and some live in obscurity. I know at times I have been grumpy on this list and perhaps sent some emails I later regretted sending but I really do enjoy being a member and I apologize to those I have offended. Anyway, for those of you who made it made it through this rambling way off topic email... Thanks again. I hope a rock from space lands in your back yard, if not through your roof! -Walter Branch _ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Auction PRINT Page
Yo, I, as well, am running LATE. However, the PRINT page Of the auction catalog I will have it finished on site before I leave. http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/TucsonAuction10.html It will have a link. I will be done today or tomorrow at the VERY latest, as I have to have a copy to print. You can just go to the "PRINT" copy and hit "print" On your computer when it is done. Best wishes, Michael On 1/30/10 9:26 AM, "Paul & Janice Harris" wrote: > Dear List, > > I should learn to never say "Final" :-) > > So... Here is the mostest currentest, latest update. > > Tucson Show Information > http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/ > > Thanks! > > Paul > > > > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tucson Information Page - Second Final Update :-)
Dear List, I should learn to never say "Final" :-) So... Here is the mostest currentest, latest update. Tucson Show Information http://www.meteorite-times.com/tucson/ Thanks! Paul __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 30, 2010
> True dat, except Dima oughtn't have a finger on the trigger. > Paul Swartz We just don't see that he has a punk on the floor! They have to keep the bandits away somehow... o(;?-D __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] More on the Lorton... or Lorton hears a Who ?
Paul wrote; "I have always wondered about the case of a meteorite hitting a house or landed on a property, for which the "owner" was still paying off his or her mortgage." I am pretty sure that the mortgage holder does not legally own anything outright except a piece of paper. Unless they go through foreclosure procedures. I think this has been illustrated recently by cases being thrown out of court where bankers complained of owners selling off parts of the property prior to the final foreclosure date, In these cases home owners got to keep the proceeds of sales of things that normally would have stayed with the home. Things such as kitchen cabinets, sinks, etc. The court ruled that lenders are just lenders. I would like to know how state and city Gov's fit in? I seem to remember from this list that AZ. treats finds as okay as long as you have some sort of hunting or collecting permit? I think they said they allow collection of all but burial objects and arrow heads? Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax Paul Heinrich wrote: > In > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-January/060468.html , > Richard Kowalski wrote: > > "I find the comments amusing. It's pretty obvious > that the rock belongs to the land owner, not the > doctors. I just wonder if it dawned on them > themselves or if someone contracted them about > this. I'm not even suggesting one of the dealers > mentioned in the article contacted the owner > about this, but I wouldn't be surprised if some > hunter contacted them to advise them of their > rights..." > > When the fall was first reported, it struck me as being strange that > the doctors should to be claiming to be the owners when they > likely were only renting it. > > In a similar vein, I noted that a person or two, who sold Park Forest > meteorites to collectors said that they found their Park Forest > meteorites in the street. In such a case, the real owners of those > meteorites would be the city of Park Forest. Noboby seemed to > question their ownership of their meteorites at that time. > > In > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-January/060498.html , > Greg Stanley about the "Hodges Meteorite Strike (Sylacauga > Aerolite)" wrote: > > "On December 1, 1954, the day after Ann Hodges > was struck, he discovered a second fragment of the > meteorite in the middle of a dirt road. McKinney > was able to sell his rock to the Smithsonian for > enough to purchase a small farm and a used car." > > Although at that time, people failed to pay any attention to him > having found it in a dirt road. If this dirt road was a county road, > it seems like it really belonged to the county government. If it > was a private dirt raod, it would belong the landowner, whose > raod the land was on. It seemed like in this case, McKinney got > away with "finders keepers". > > I have always wondered about the case of a meteorite hitting a > house or landed on a property, for which the "owner" was still > paying off his or her mortgage. In such a case, would the mortgage > company have partial claim to the ownership of the meteorite and > debris from the impact? Would it have a say in how the meteorite > was either sold or donated and a share of the profit from any > sale of it? > > Yours, > > Paul H. > > __ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 30, 2010
>Top stuff! >Dave >www.fallingrocks.com True dat, except Dima oughtn't have a finger on the trigger. Paul Swartz __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Barf And Pee Bags: State Treasures In Space
Only in California: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/science/space/30moon.html?hp To California, Moon Junk Is State Treasure By JESSE McKINLEY Published: January 29, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO - In one small step for preservation and one giant leap of logic, the official historical commission of California voted Friday to protect two small urine collection devices, four space-sickness bags and dozens of other pieces of detritus, all currently residing nearly a quarter of a million miles from the state. This is not a joke. I repeat, Houston, not a joke. Saying it wanted to raise awareness of both the state's cosmic contribution to the Apollo 11 moon mission and the potential threats from lunar interlopers, the California State Historical Resources Commission voted unanimously to designate more than 100 pieces of space trash, scientific apparatus and commemorative tokens to its list of protected resources. Milford Wayne Donaldson, the state historic preservation officer, said the reasoning behind the first-of-its-kind designation was simple: Scores of California companies worked on the Apollo mission, and much of their handiwork remains of major historical value to the state, regardless of where it is now or what it was for used for then. "It has a significance that goes way further than whether it came from a quarter million miles away or not," Mr. Donaldson said. "They are all parts of the event." While Apollo 11 was indeed a landmark mission - during which Neil A. Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and he and Buzz Aldrin apparently ditched their boots - it wasn't exactly tidy. Worried about the weight of their landing capsule, the harried lunar explorers left behind tons of trash, including empty food bags, electrical equipment and, yes, several receptacles meant for bodily waste. There is also a collection of artifacts of historical note and emotion: Mr. Armstrong's footprint, for example, and an American flag. Apollo 11 also left behind a mission patch from Apollo 1, in which three astronauts died in a fire, and a message from world leaders. And while some of the garbage might seem like, well, garbage, California is just one of several states seeking protection for the items in the face of possible lunar missions by other nations as well as a budding space tourism industry. In New Mexico, home to early Apollo test sites like the White Sands Missile Range, a similar measure is expected to be considered by the state's cultural properties review committee in April. Beth O'Leary, an assistant professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University and an expert in "lunar archeology," said she had screamed with delight when she heard the news from California. But she admitted that persuading people to safeguard Apollo's space junk was often a challenge, if only because it is on - you know - the moon. "I don't think anyone argues with it being a major event in the history for humanity, right up there with the invention of fire," Ms. O'Leary said. "But people don't tend to think of it as something we need to be protecting." So for the last decade, she and other historians and archeologists have been pushing for protection through their Lunar Legacy Project, which has an inventory of items left behind at Tranquility Base where the astronauts landed in July 1969, including a plaque spelling out exactly who made the mess. "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon," it reads. "We came in peace for all mankind." Mr. Donaldson said he hoped his commission's vote might help goad the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization into placing the landing site on the World Heritage List, an international compilation of famed landmarks. "I think there's a threat from private companies," Mr. Donaldson said. "And with today's technology, they could probably pinpoint this." That said, Mr. Donaldson admitted that there were no "space cops" available to safeguard the state's newest historical resource. But, like the Apollo astronauts themselves, he seemed optimistic that Friday's vote might lead to bigger and better things. "Hopefully," he said, "this will take off." Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tucson Show Photos
Tucson Show photos from Bob Evans: http://s949.photobucket.com/albums/ad336/bobe5531/ Regards, Michael Johnson http://www.rocksfromspace.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 30, 2010
Top stuff! Dave www.fallingrocks.com -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael Johnson Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:49 AM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 30,2010 http://www.rocksfromspace.org/January_30_2010.html __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - January 30, 2010
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Re: [meteorite-list] Distribution of Canyon Diablo meteorites at Meteor (Barringer) Crater ???
Hello Paul, Ron, and list, For those who do not have easy access to Nininger's book Arizona's Meteor Crater, the Holsinger map (November 1908) of meteorite fragment distribution at Meteor Crater is available online at this link: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7030/extref/434157a-s3.jpg Also of likely interest is David Kring's much more recent study of the distribution of the ejecta blanket at the crater site, chapter 7 of his Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/barringer_crater_guidebook/ Best wishes to all, Piper __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Distribution of Canyon Diablo meteorites at Meteor (Barringer) Crater ???
Hello Paul, See Arizona's Meteor Crater by H H Nininger, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Co. 1956; p. 26. He shows in a map S. J. Holsinger had made (1908) showing distribution of meteorite fragments that had been recovered. See also: Smithsonian Institution Contr. to Astrophysics, v. 2 No. 7 pp. 145-160: http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Astrophysics/pdf_hi/SCAS-0009.pdf Ron Hartman - Original Message - From: "Paul Heinrich" To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Distribution of Canyon Diablo meteorites at Meteor (Barringer) Crater ??? Dear Friends, Has anyone compiled and published a map showing how the various size fragments of Canyon Diablo meteorites were distributed by the impact around Meteor (Barringer) Crater in Arizona? If so, what has been inferred about the impact processes by the distribution of Canyon Diablo meteorites around it? Yours, Paul H. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
