[meteorite-list] AD Great oriented Taza 905g
Dear List Members, I have beauty oriented 905 g Taza - NWA 859 for sale https://picasaweb.google.com/10086119851742847/Taza905g?authkey=Gv1sRgCN-s0bTZ2-WxQg# (specimen was slightly cleaned) Any question? please write to illae...@gmail.com All the best Tomasz Jakubowski IMCA #2321 Managing Editor meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Hart, TX - The ONLY CK3 from the US!! - AD
Hello All, Hart, Texas - The ONLY CK3 from the US!! I had the only six pieces of the new CK3 available on the web page I put together yesterday, but before I could announce it, five were gone in an instant, including the only complete slice!! To see the ONLY specimen now available, here is the link where you can read about it and grab one of the rarest meteorite types out there!! The first to hit the 'Buy' button will be the new owner of this beautiful new meteorite. Thank you!! http://www.naturesvault.net/meteorites/hart.html Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé Collection gmh...@centurylink.net www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog Reference Site) www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest eBay) http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Novato meteorite
Hi, I am looking for a sample of the Novato meteorite, any out there? Thanks, Peter Scherff __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Novato meteorite
Hi: Me too. John Schooler - Original Message - From: petersche...@rcn.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:45 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Novato meteorite Hi, I am looking for a sample of the Novato meteorite, any out there? Thanks, Peter Scherff __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: OT: Flu shot before Tucson?
Michael, Your PS. message might be a bit harsh. Many people believe the flu shot is primarily a money making scheme and their are many better alternatives. I have no opinion but, this read is interesting. see link ; http://www.bewellbuzz.com/general/10-reasons-flu-shots-dangerous-flu/ Best to you, Carl meteoritemax -- Cheers Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: This topic seams to go on forever.however, the most common Means of infection would be touching something someone who Is ill or is about to show symptoms has touchedsuch as an elevator Button. We touch our faces some incredable amount of times per day - In the dozens and flue germs, I am told, are usually spread BEFORE The person has symptoms. I always touch the elevator button with my left elbow...or the right One if the left is unavailable. I HATE shaking hands, but it is rude not To, so use tons of antiseptic hand cleaner. Back to meteorites? Michael PS: If you haven't gotten your flue shot you are both ignorant and irresponsible to others (Excepting those with allergies or other Medical reasons preventing it, of course) On 1/21/13 8:12 AM, Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: I got to thinking (sometimes a dangerous thing) about what somebody said here on the list about the flu being spread by flatulence. My neighbor swears that he caught the flu this way while he was momentarily trapped in a hotel elevator with a sick and morbidly obese woman for 30 to 45 seconds. From what I was lead to believe, she damaged the air with a noxious biscuit and he showed symptoms a day or two later. He is still very angry about it since he last a couple of weeks worth of income. I read up on the subject and think he is accusing the wrong culprit. This is what the CDC has to say: Person to Person People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most experts think that flu viruses are spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth or nose. (To avoid this, people should stay away from sick people and stay home if sick. It also is important to wash hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. Linens, eating utensils, and dishes belonging to those who are sick should not be shared without washing thoroughly first. Eating utensils can be washed either in a dishwasher or by hand with water and soap and do not need to be cleaned separately. Further, frequently touched surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected at home, work and school, especially if someone is ill.) Enough from me who is almost fully recovered and has more energy now than in the last three weeks, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year (Opportunity)
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-030 NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 22, 2013 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, one of the twin rovers that bounced to airbag-cushioned safe landings on Mars nine years ago this week, is currently examining veined rocks on the rim of an ancient crater. Opportunity has driven 22.03 miles (35.46 kilometers) since it landed in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars on Jan. 24, 2004, PST (Jan. 25, Universal Time). Its original assignment was to keep working for three months, drive about 2,000 feet (600 meters) and provide the tools for researchers to investigate whether the area's environment had ever been wet. It landed in a backyard-size bowl, Eagle Crater. During those first three months, it transmitted back to Earth evidence that water long ago soaked the ground and flowed across the surface. Since then, the mission's team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has driven Opportunity across the plains of Meridiani to successively larger craters for access to material naturally exposed from deeper, older layers of Martian history. Opportunity has operated on Mars 36 times longer than the three months planned as its prime mission. What's most important is not how long it has lasted or even how far it has driven, but how much exploration and scientific discovery Opportunity has accomplished, said JPL's John Callas, manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project. The project has included both Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, which ceased operations in 2010. This month, Opportunity is using cameras on its mast and tools on its robotic arm to investigate outcrops on the rim of Endeavour Crater, 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter. Results from this area of the rim, called Matijevic Hill, are providing information about a different, possibly older wet environment, less acidic than the conditions that left clues the rover found earlier in the mission. Timed with the anniversary of the landing, the rover team has prepared a color panorama of the Matijevic Hill area. The image is online at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA16703 . JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL also manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project and its rover, Curiosity. For more information about Opportunity, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rovers and http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov . You can follow the project on Twitter and on Facebook at: http://twitter.com/MarsRovers and http://www.facebook.com/mars.rovers . Guy Webster 818-354-6278 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov 2013-030 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Another Company Envisions Mining Asteroid Resources
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1301/22dsi/ Another company envisions mining asteroid resources BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS SPACE PLACE USED WITH PERMISSION January 22, 2013 Hoping to take the commercialization of space to a higher level, a second company has jumped into what the founders hope will be a lucrative emerging market, prospecting for raw materials among near-Earth asteroids using fleets of low-cost robotic spacecraft, senior executives said Tuesday. The long-range goal is to develop an in situ manufacturing capability, harvesting raw materials and building components in space using high-tech mini foundries built around sophisticated 3D printers. This is about the future. This is about making something happen, company chairman Rick Tumlinson told reporters during a news conference in Santa Monica, Calif. Deep Space Industries is a space resources company. We are about prospecting, exploring, harvesting, processing and manufacturing based on the resources of space. Overall, our business plan, our idea, is to get into this field as it begins. And it is beginning today. Deep Space Industries plans to begin initial operations in the 2015 by launching a trio of small satellites that will hitch rides to space as secondary payloads on missions to launch communications satellites and other large spacecraft. The solar powered DSI FireFly spacecraft, equipped with propulsion systems, solar panels and a suite of compact sensors and cameras, then will head off on high-speed one-way trips to selected targets to characterize the makeup of the asteroids in question and their suitability for mining. The FireFlies will weigh about 55 pounds and be based on designs currently used for low-cost Cubesat missions sponsored by universities and other researchers. If all goes well, DSI will follow the FireFly deployment with slightly larger DragonFly spacecraft in the 2017 timeframe. Tipping the scales at about 70 pounds, the DragonFlies will be launched on missions lasting two to four years with the goal of retrieving 60 to 150 pounds of asteroid material. DSI's long range plans include systems to grind up asteroid materials and a MicroGravity Foundry using a laser-driven 3D printer to build complex metal components in the absence of gravity. Company officials did not discuss what it might cost to build and launch the envisioned spacecraft. But they stressed that no radically new technology is required to turn the dream into reality. You don't see any magic, said John Mankins, DSI's chief technical officer. You don't see any space elevators, you don't see anti-gravity, you don't see warp drive. There is nothing in the business plan that Deep Space Industries is pursuing that cannot be done with technology research that has already been accomplished in laboratories across the planet. While the technologies may not have been used in space, the fundamental technologies are really at hand and it's really a question more of how to accelerate their application and deployment in a way that makes both scientific and business sense, Mankins said. In April 2012, another company, Planetary Resources Inc., announced plans to identify near-Earth asteroids loaded with ice, precious metals and other raw materials and then to send robotic landers to selected targets to carry out mining operations. Planetary Resources is focused on returning valuable ores to Earth or to convert ice into rocket fuel to dramatically lower the cost of space exploration. Asked if the as-yet untested market could support multiple competitors, Tumlinson said we all came up together, all of us in the different companies have sort of the same heritage. We see it as complimentary competition, he said. And you know what? One company may be a fluke. Two companies showing up, that's the beginning of an industry. And so what you're witnessing right now is the beginning of a real industry that begins beyond low-Earth orbit. We look forward to working together with these guys. They've got slightly different aims than we do, but space is big. There's room for everybody. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Express: Reull Vallis - A River Ran Through It
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Reull_Vallis_a_river_ran_through_it Reull Vallis: a river ran through it European Space Agency 17 January 2013 ESA's Mars Express imaged the striking upper part of the Reull Vallis region of Mars with its high-resolution stereo camera last year. Reull Vallis, the river-like structure in these images, is believed to have formed when running water flowed in the distant martian past, cutting a steep-sided channel through the Promethei Terra Highlands before running on towards the floor of the vast Hellas basin. This sinuous structure, which stretches for almost 1500 km across the martian landscape, is flanked by numerous tributaries, one of which can be clearly seen cutting in to the main valley towards the upper (north) side. [Image] Perspective view of Reull Vallis The new Mars Express images show a region of Reull Vallis at a point where the channel is almost 7 km wide and 300 m deep. [Image] Topographic view of Reull Vallis The sides of Reull Vallis are particularly sharp and steep in these images, with parallel longitudinal features covering the floor of the channel itself. These structures are believed to be caused by the passage of loose debris and ice during the Amazonian period (which continues to this day) due to glacial flow along the channel. The structures were formed long after it was originally carved by liquid water during the Hesperian period, which is believed to have ended between 3.5 billion and 1.8 billion years ago. Similar lineated structures, believed to be rich in ice, can also be found in many of the surrounding craters. [Image] Reull Vallis in context In the wider context image, the tributary intersecting the main channel appears to be part of a forking of the main valley into two distinct branches further upstream before merging back into a single main valley. The right (northern) part of the main image is dominated by the Promethei Terra Highlands with their high and soft-rounded mountains shown in these images, rising around 2500 m above the surrounding flat plains. The perspective view below shows one of these mountains with nearby sediment-filled impact craters. [Image] Perspective view of Reull Vallis This region shows a striking resemblance to the morphology found in regions on Earth affected by glaciation. For example, we can see circular step-like structures on the inner walls of the sediment-filled crater in the foreground of the second perspective view. Planetary scientists think that these may represent former high water or glacial levels, before ice and water sublimated or evaporated away in stages at various times. [Image] 3D view of Reull Vallis The morphology of Reull Vallis suggests it has experienced a diverse and complex history, with analogies seen in glacial activity on Earth. These analogies are giving planetary geologists tantalising glimpses of a past on the Red Planet not too dissimilar to events on our own world today. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: OT: Flu shot before Tucson?
Since this subject appears open for editorial comment, here's my P.S.: P.S. If you are afraid to touch things in public, shun shaking hands, are constantly washing yourself with antibacterial products, and/or get a flu shot every year then you are a germaphobe, possibly mysophobic, and are irresponsibly causing germs and viruses to mutate and become more aggressive and vaccine-resistant. The few things injected into my body, the better. Michael in so. Cal. Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: This topic seams to go on forever.however, the most common Means of infection would be touching something someone who Is ill or is about to show symptoms has touchedsuch as an elevator Button. We touch our faces some incredable amount of times per day - In the dozens and flue germs, I am told, are usually spread BEFORE The person has symptoms. I always touch the elevator button with my left elbow...or the right One if the left is unavailable. I HATE shaking hands, but it is rude not To, so use tons of antiseptic hand cleaner. Back to meteorites? Michael PS: If you haven't gotten your flue shot you are both ignorant and irresponsible to others (Excepting those with allergies or other Medical reasons preventing it, of course) On 1/21/13 8:12 AM, Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: I got to thinking (sometimes a dangerous thing) about what somebody said here on the list about the flu being spread by flatulence. My neighbor swears that he caught the flu this way while he was momentarily trapped in a hotel elevator with a sick and morbidly obese woman for 30 to 45 seconds. From what I was lead to believe, she damaged the air with a noxious biscuit and he showed symptoms a day or two later. He is still very angry about it since he last a couple of weeks worth of income. I read up on the subject and think he is accusing the wrong culprit. This is what the CDC has to say: Person to Person People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most experts think that flu viruses are spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth or nose. (To avoid this, people should stay away from sick people and stay home if sick. It also is important to wash hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. Linens, eating utensils, and dishes belonging to those who are sick should not be shared without washing thoroughly first. Eating utensils can be washed either in a dishwasher or by hand with water and soap and do not need to be cleaned separately. Further, frequently touched surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected at home, work and school, especially if someone is ill.) Enough from me who is almost fully recovered and has more energy now than in the last three weeks, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Novato meteorite
John, Peter and List, This first part goes to John and Peter. The second part is not for them as they are already keenly aware of and most likely agree with my observations of the market forces. I am pretty certain the one and only piece of Novato that will ever be sold publicly was the small slice that sold on EBay back about 2 weeks after the fall. It is my understanding that all the pieces are permanently in strong hands and some may never change possession again until maybe 75 years from now. Second part: That is the gamble with the new falls. The prices are high at first, then they always come down later...or not. Sometimes they never ever show up again, for any price, in one's lifetime. I would guess that even though the slice sold for, what about $155/gram, I doubt if someone wanted to offer $1,000/g they could not get any of it now from those that have some. Then again, an open offer for $1,000 per gram might get some locals to go out and find another piece! But if a whole new piece showed up, then the value would drop from $1,000 per gram down to around $300/g wouldn't it? Crazy how market forces work isn't it? Steve Arnold Sent from my iPhone On Jan 23, 2013, at 8:52 AM, john schooler johns1...@schoolersinc.com wrote: Hi: Me too. John Schooler - Original Message - From: petersche...@rcn.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:45 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Novato meteorite Hi, I am looking for a sample of the Novato meteorite, any out there? Thanks, Peter Scherff __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: OT: Flu shot before Tucson?
I was not aware that, in order to have an opinion, I needed to support it with facts. By never getting a flu shot, rarely washing my hands, never using antibacterial wipes, and not being afraid to be in the same room with someone who coughs or has a runny nose, I get sick maybe once every couple years. Salud, Michael On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Hello List, Michael has said P.S. If you are afraid to touch things in public, shun shaking hands, are constantly washing yourself with antibacterial products, and/or get a flu shot every year then you are a germaphobe Michael's opinion is not supported by the facts. Avoiding contact, by whatever means, with infected persons and their secretions has been the most effective way of avoiding contracting contagious disease for years. The Japanese people, when ill with a contagious disease, have a reputation for compassion for others that includes all of the prophylactic measures so far mentioned in this thread...plus wearing surgical masks in public. By simply washing my hands with soap and hot water and using Handi-Wipes I have reduced, what used to be a two, or three, times a year siege of respiratory illness to not having had an episode in several years. Good health to all, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Michael Mulgrew mikest...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 23, 2013 9:45 AM To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: OT: Flu shot before Tucson? Since this subject appears open for editorial comment, here's my P.S.: P.S. If you are afraid to touch things in public, shun shaking hands, are constantly washing yourself with antibacterial products, and/or get a flu shot every year then you are a germaphobe, possibly mysophobic, and are irresponsibly causing germs and viruses to mutate and become more aggressive and vaccine-resistant. The few things injected into my body, the better. Michael in so. Cal. Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: This topic seams to go on forever.however, the most common Means of infection would be touching something someone who Is ill or is about to show symptoms has touchedsuch as an elevator Button. We touch our faces some incredable amount of times per day - In the dozens and flue germs, I am told, are usually spread BEFORE The person has symptoms. I always touch the elevator button with my left elbow...or the right One if the left is unavailable. I HATE shaking hands, but it is rude not To, so use tons of antiseptic hand cleaner. Back to meteorites? Michael PS: If you haven't gotten your flue shot you are both ignorant and irresponsible to others (Excepting those with allergies or other Medical reasons preventing it, of course) On 1/21/13 8:12 AM, Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: I got to thinking (sometimes a dangerous thing) about what somebody said here on the list about the flu being spread by flatulence. My neighbor swears that he caught the flu this way while he was momentarily trapped in a hotel elevator with a sick and morbidly obese woman for 30 to 45 seconds. From what I was lead to believe, she damaged the air with a noxious biscuit and he showed symptoms a day or two later. He is still very angry about it since he last a couple of weeks worth of income. I read up on the subject and think he is accusing the wrong culprit. This is what the CDC has to say: Person to Person People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most experts think that flu viruses are spread mainly by droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth or nose. (To avoid this, people should stay away from sick people and stay home if sick. It also is important to wash hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. Linens, eating utensils, and dishes belonging to those who are sick should not be shared without washing thoroughly first. Eating utensils can be washed either in a dishwasher or by hand with water and soap and do not need to be cleaned separately. Further, frequently touched surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected at home, work and school, especially if someone is ill.) Enough from me who is almost fully recovered and has more energy now than in the last three weeks, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic
http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2013/January-2013/Meteors012313.html Celestial sleuths track historic meteor procession to South Atlantic Posted by Jayme Blaschke Texas State University January 23, 2013 A century ago, one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever recorded lit up the skies when a grand procession of meteors blazed their way through the Earth's atmosphere. The event made headlines from Toronto to Pennsylvania and New York, and in the days that followed eyewitness reports poured in from as far away as Western Canada and Bermuda. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the historic event, astronomers Don Olson of Texas State University and Steve Hutcheon of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, Australia, have answered a long-forgotten call for more information from the pages of the science journal Nature, establishing a far greater range for the great fireball procession than previously known. Olson and Hutcheon publish their findings in the February 2013 issue of Sky Telescope magazine, on newsstands now. A meteor procession occurs when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks up upon entering the atmosphere, creating multiple meteors traveling in nearly identical paths. Instead of plunging down through the atmosphere and burning up within a second or two, as often observed in normal meteor showers, the fireballs in meteor processions travel almost horizontally, nearly parallel to the Earth's surface. Each member of a meteor procession can remain visible to a single observer for about a minute, and the entire procession can take several minutes to pass by. On the evening of Feb. 9, 1913, the dazzling procession of meteors crossed over Canada and the Northeastern United States traveling northwest to southeast. University of Toronto astronomer Clarence A. Chant collected accounts from the astonished eyewitnesses and summarized, To most observers the outstanding feature of the phenomenon was the slow, majestic motion of the bodies; and almost equally remarkable was the perfect formation which they retained. Hundreds of meteors were observed as far west as Saskatchewan, Canada, around 7 p.m. Mountain Time, and as far east as Bermuda at around 10 p.m. Atlantic Time, a distance of more than 2,400 miles. In the years that followed, additional reports from a town in Alberta, Canada, and a ship off the coast of Brazil extended the confirmed range of the meteor procession to more than 6,000 miles. Writing about the procession in Nature in 1916, William F. Denning observed that Such an extended trajectory is without parallel in this branch of astronomy. Further reports from navigators in the South Atlantic Ocean might show that the observed flight was even greater. Later in 1916 Denning observed in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada that, according to the most distant ship sighting known to him, the meteors were still going strongly - and may have pursued their luminous career far southwards over the South Atlantic Ocean, but navigators alone, during morning watches, can give us further information on the subject. Olson and Hutcheon responded to the call for observations nearly a century later. Sifting through a vast array of archival material, the team discovered seven ship reports, all previously unknown, extending the established track of the procession by an additional thousand miles. We had the most wonderful help from U.K. and German archives. By the time they were finished, the German archivists had found six reports and the U.K. archivists had located one more, Olson said. We have seven new accounts from ships' meteorological log books that extend the track farther than ever before. This is the most complete map for this phenomenon that's ever been compiled. The track now goes more than 7,000 miles--that's more than a quarter of the way around the world, he said. That's an almost unbelievable meteor event! The search was complicated by several factors. One was that by the time the meteors crossed all the time zones from Western Canada to reach the ships in the South Atlantic, it was after midnight and therefore the relevant local date was Feb. 10. Additionally, the Earth continued to rotate beneath the meteor procession, effectively moving the track farther west than expected if it were a simple great circle arc. But after an extended search, the seven ships in the South Atlantic off the Brazilian coast turned up to provide valuable data reporting the event. This is the most complete map ever drawn of the ground track of the procession. The known ground track is now more than 7,000 miles long, Olson said. The seven ship accounts are all newly-discovered for this article. The archivists helped us to find new information about one of the greatest meteor events. Unfortunately, the ultimate fate of the spectacular meteor procession will likely never be known. They disappeared into the really obscure South Atlantic, outside of the
Re: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic
WOW!!! This should be mandatory reading for anyone who has ever thought that the meteor/fireball they saw landed just beyond those trees/houses/hills... This one was seen from Canada to the South Atlantic! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 5:28 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2013/January-2013/Meteors012313.html Celestial sleuths track historic meteor procession to South Atlantic Posted by Jayme Blaschke Texas State University January 23, 2013 A century ago, one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever recorded lit up the skies when a grand procession of meteors blazed their way through the Earth's atmosphere. The event made headlines from Toronto to Pennsylvania and New York, and in the days that followed eyewitness reports poured in from as far away as Western Canada and Bermuda. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the historic event, astronomers Don Olson of Texas State University and Steve Hutcheon of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, Australia, have answered a long-forgotten call for more information from the pages of the science journal Nature, establishing a far greater range for the great fireball procession than previously known. Olson and Hutcheon publish their findings in the February 2013 issue of Sky Telescope magazine, on newsstands now. A meteor procession occurs when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks up upon entering the atmosphere, creating multiple meteors traveling in nearly identical paths. Instead of plunging down through the atmosphere and burning up within a second or two, as often observed in normal meteor showers, the fireballs in meteor processions travel almost horizontally, nearly parallel to the Earth's surface. Each member of a meteor procession can remain visible to a single observer for about a minute, and the entire procession can take several minutes to pass by. On the evening of Feb. 9, 1913, the dazzling procession of meteors crossed over Canada and the Northeastern United States traveling northwest to southeast. University of Toronto astronomer Clarence A. Chant collected accounts from the astonished eyewitnesses and summarized, To most observers the outstanding feature of the phenomenon was the slow, majestic motion of the bodies; and almost equally remarkable was the perfect formation which they retained. Hundreds of meteors were observed as far west as Saskatchewan, Canada, around 7 p.m. Mountain Time, and as far east as Bermuda at around 10 p.m. Atlantic Time, a distance of more than 2,400 miles. In the years that followed, additional reports from a town in Alberta, Canada, and a ship off the coast of Brazil extended the confirmed range of the meteor procession to more than 6,000 miles. Writing about the procession in Nature in 1916, William F. Denning observed that Such an extended trajectory is without parallel in this branch of astronomy. Further reports from navigators in the South Atlantic Ocean might show that the observed flight was even greater. Later in 1916 Denning observed in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada that, according to the most distant ship sighting known to him, the meteors were still going strongly - and may have pursued their luminous career far southwards over the South Atlantic Ocean, but navigators alone, during morning watches, can give us further information on the subject. Olson and Hutcheon responded to the call for observations nearly a century later. Sifting through a vast array of archival material, the team discovered seven ship reports, all previously unknown, extending the established track of the procession by an additional thousand miles. We had the most wonderful help from U.K. and German archives. By the time they were finished, the German archivists had found six reports and the U.K. archivists had located one more, Olson said. We have seven new accounts from ships' meteorological log books that extend the track farther than ever before. This is the most complete map for this phenomenon that's ever been compiled. The track now goes more than 7,000 miles--that's more than a quarter of the way around the world, he said. That's an almost unbelievable meteor event! The search was complicated by several factors. One was that by the time the meteors crossed all the time zones from Western Canada to reach the ships in the South Atlantic, it was after midnight and therefore the relevant local date was Feb. 10. Additionally, the Earth continued to rotate beneath the meteor procession, effectively moving the track farther west than expected if it were a simple great circle arc. But after an extended search, the seven ships in the South Atlantic off the Brazilian coast turned up to
Re: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Processionto South Atlantic
Why have I not ever heard of this before?? - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:28 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Processionto South Atlantic http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2013/January-2013/Meteors012313.html Celestial sleuths track historic meteor procession to South Atlantic Posted by Jayme Blaschke Texas State University January 23, 2013 A century ago, one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever recorded lit up the skies when a grand procession of meteors blazed their way through the Earth's atmosphere. The event made headlines from Toronto to Pennsylvania and New York, and in the days that followed eyewitness reports poured in from as far away as Western Canada and Bermuda. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the historic event, astronomers Don Olson of Texas State University and Steve Hutcheon of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, Australia, have answered a long-forgotten call for more information from the pages of the science journal Nature, establishing a far greater range for the great fireball procession than previously known. Olson and Hutcheon publish their findings in the February 2013 issue of Sky Telescope magazine, on newsstands now. A meteor procession occurs when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks up upon entering the atmosphere, creating multiple meteors traveling in nearly identical paths. Instead of plunging down through the atmosphere and burning up within a second or two, as often observed in normal meteor showers, the fireballs in meteor processions travel almost horizontally, nearly parallel to the Earth's surface. Each member of a meteor procession can remain visible to a single observer for about a minute, and the entire procession can take several minutes to pass by. On the evening of Feb. 9, 1913, the dazzling procession of meteors crossed over Canada and the Northeastern United States traveling northwest to southeast. University of Toronto astronomer Clarence A. Chant collected accounts from the astonished eyewitnesses and summarized, To most observers the outstanding feature of the phenomenon was the slow, majestic motion of the bodies; and almost equally remarkable was the perfect formation which they retained. Hundreds of meteors were observed as far west as Saskatchewan, Canada, around 7 p.m. Mountain Time, and as far east as Bermuda at around 10 p.m. Atlantic Time, a distance of more than 2,400 miles. In the years that followed, additional reports from a town in Alberta, Canada, and a ship off the coast of Brazil extended the confirmed range of the meteor procession to more than 6,000 miles. Writing about the procession in Nature in 1916, William F. Denning observed that Such an extended trajectory is without parallel in this branch of astronomy. Further reports from navigators in the South Atlantic Ocean might show that the observed flight was even greater. Later in 1916 Denning observed in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada that, according to the most distant ship sighting known to him, the meteors were still going strongly - and may have pursued their luminous career far southwards over the South Atlantic Ocean, but navigators alone, during morning watches, can give us further information on the subject. Olson and Hutcheon responded to the call for observations nearly a century later. Sifting through a vast array of archival material, the team discovered seven ship reports, all previously unknown, extending the established track of the procession by an additional thousand miles. We had the most wonderful help from U.K. and German archives. By the time they were finished, the German archivists had found six reports and the U.K. archivists had located one more, Olson said. We have seven new accounts from ships' meteorological log books that extend the track farther than ever before. This is the most complete map for this phenomenon that's ever been compiled. The track now goes more than 7,000 miles--that's more than a quarter of the way around the world, he said. That's an almost unbelievable meteor event! The search was complicated by several factors. One was that by the time the meteors crossed all the time zones from Western Canada to reach the ships in the South Atlantic, it was after midnight and therefore the relevant local date was Feb. 10. Additionally, the Earth continued to rotate beneath the meteor procession, effectively moving the track farther west than expected if it were a simple great circle arc. But after an extended search, the seven ships in the South Atlantic off the Brazilian coast turned up to provide valuable data reporting the event. This is the most complete map ever drawn of the ground track of the procession. The known ground track is now more than 7,000 miles long, Olson said. The seven ship
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Re: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic
Anne and List, A lengthy and detailed description of the event can be found here (and downloaded as a PDF if desired): http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1956Metic...1..405M/405.000.html A history of research into the path of the fireballs: http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/smith/feb1913.pdf Most of the detailed tracking and calculation of the flight path described in this article is simply a repeat of the work done by John O'Keefe sixty years ago. Some references to O'Keefe's work can be found in the wikipedia article on the Fireball Procession: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_procession_of_February_9,_1913 I posted about it to the list on March 26, 2005: http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg32385.html O'Keefe conducted a search of 8,000 local newspapers across the US and Canada for reports of such fireball trains and plotted the results on the map. He discovered that there TWO stripes of fireball trains, parallel to each other but with the second one displaced to the south. Whatever the decaying orbital object was, it [may have] survived through TWO passes of the Earth's atmosphere. Sterling K. Webb - - Original Message - From: Anne Black impact...@aol.com To: baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic WOW!!! This should be mandatory reading for anyone who has ever thought that the meteor/fireball they saw landed just beyond those trees/houses/hills... This one was seen from Canada to the South Atlantic! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 5:28 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Celestial Sleuths Track Historic Meteor Procession to South Atlantic http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2013/January-2013/Meteors012313.html Celestial sleuths track historic meteor procession to South Atlantic Posted by Jayme Blaschke Texas State University January 23, 2013 A century ago, one of the most spectacular astronomical sights ever recorded lit up the skies when a grand procession of meteors blazed their way through the Earth's atmosphere. The event made headlines from Toronto to Pennsylvania and New York, and in the days that followed eyewitness reports poured in from as far away as Western Canada and Bermuda. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the historic event, astronomers Don Olson of Texas State University and Steve Hutcheon of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, Australia, have answered a long-forgotten call for more information from the pages of the science journal Nature, establishing a far greater range for the great fireball procession than previously known. Olson and Hutcheon publish their findings in the February 2013 issue of Sky Telescope magazine, on newsstands now. A meteor procession occurs when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks up upon entering the atmosphere, creating multiple meteors traveling in nearly identical paths. Instead of plunging down through the atmosphere and burning up within a second or two, as often observed in normal meteor showers, the fireballs in meteor processions travel almost horizontally, nearly parallel to the Earth's surface. Each member of a meteor procession can remain visible to a single observer for about a minute, and the entire procession can take several minutes to pass by. On the evening of Feb. 9, 1913, the dazzling procession of meteors crossed over Canada and the Northeastern United States traveling northwest to southeast. University of Toronto astronomer Clarence A. Chant collected accounts from the astonished eyewitnesses and summarized, To most observers the outstanding feature of the phenomenon was the slow, majestic motion of the bodies; and almost equally remarkable was the perfect formation which they retained. Hundreds of meteors were observed as far west as Saskatchewan, Canada, around 7 p.m. Mountain Time, and as far east as Bermuda at around 10 p.m. Atlantic Time, a distance of more than 2,400 miles. In the years that followed, additional reports from a town in Alberta, Canada, and a ship off the coast of Brazil extended the confirmed range of the meteor procession to more than 6,000 miles. Writing about the procession in Nature in 1916, William F. Denning observed that Such an extended trajectory is without parallel in this branch of astronomy. Further reports from navigators in the South Atlantic Ocean might show that the observed flight was even greater. Later in 1916 Denning observed in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada that, according to the most distant ship sighting known to him, the meteors were still going
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 7641 Contributed by: Gary Fujihara http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
