Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again! (Thanks to Zsolt also)
Dear All! Unfortunatelly the hungaraian fraud seller contunue his activity in FB:( But he is under police investegation. It looks well he doesnt affraid for the police. Yesterday he posted also many fakes meteorites in his FB profile. Just check it in FB: Jozef Levi Ziegler Levi How can it to stop he fraud activity? What do you think? Regards! Zsolt IMCA#6251 PS: Iam tired in this fight... 2014.11.04. dátummal, 4:59 időpontban Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list írta: > The seller that Zsolt warned us about is much more dangerous to the > unwary. While some fakes are obvious, a seller who can fool Martin, > Zsolt, and other knowledgeable dealers is to be avoided at all costs. > They mix just enough real specimens in with the fakes to lend > credibility to their bogus offerings. One is real, the next is fake. > Those are the types of sellers we need to keep an eye on. Thanks > again to Zsolt for exposing that scammer. > > This Chinese guy with the dirty fingernails holding his "CK4 > meteorite" is pretty obvious. But, if anyone wants a Lop Nur CK4, I > have a driveway full of them. Wait, is Lop Nut similar to the Loc > Nar? Are they related? If so, definitely avoid! ;) > > > > On 11/3/14, Anne Black via Meteorite-list > wrote: >> But this seller is a little more careful. >> Did you notice the note a bit further down: >> >> "without identification, it may not be a meteorite" >> >> And it probably isn't. ;-) >> >> >> Anne M. Black >> www.IMPACTIKA.com >> impact...@aol.com >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Katsu OHTSUKA via Meteorite-list >> >> To: meteorite-list >> Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:31 pm >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again! >> >> >> why CK4? >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbonaceous-chondrite-CK4-type-from-the-Lop-Nur-/141457699376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef893230 >> >> Katsu >> >> __ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> __ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > -- > - > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > - > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Tektite Contributed by: Gourgues Denis http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again! (Thanks to Zsolt also)
The seller that Zsolt warned us about is much more dangerous to the unwary. While some fakes are obvious, a seller who can fool Martin, Zsolt, and other knowledgeable dealers is to be avoided at all costs. They mix just enough real specimens in with the fakes to lend credibility to their bogus offerings. One is real, the next is fake. Those are the types of sellers we need to keep an eye on. Thanks again to Zsolt for exposing that scammer. This Chinese guy with the dirty fingernails holding his "CK4 meteorite" is pretty obvious. But, if anyone wants a Lop Nur CK4, I have a driveway full of them. Wait, is Lop Nut similar to the Loc Nar? Are they related? If so, definitely avoid! ;) On 11/3/14, Anne Black via Meteorite-list wrote: > But this seller is a little more careful. > Did you notice the note a bit further down: > > "without identification, it may not be a meteorite" > > And it probably isn't. ;-) > > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > impact...@aol.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Katsu OHTSUKA via Meteorite-list > > To: meteorite-list > Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:31 pm > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again! > > > why CK4? > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbonaceous-chondrite-CK4-type-from-the-Lop-Nur-/141457699376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef893230 > > Katsu > > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again!
But this seller is a little more careful. Did you notice the note a bit further down: "without identification, it may not be a meteorite" And it probably isn't. ;-) Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Katsu OHTSUKA via Meteorite-list To: meteorite-list Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:31 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again! why CK4? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbonaceous-chondrite-CK4-type-from-the-Lop-Nur-/141457699376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef893230 Katsu __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - 2 New Lunars and Eucrite
Hi Bulletin Watchers, There are two new lunar meteorites from the NWA DCA. There is also a new eucrite. Link : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=1&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0 Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay, again!
why CK4? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbonaceous-chondrite-CK4-type-from-the-Lop-Nur-/141457699376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef893230 Katsu __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] I am Bored
I am bored too, but don't mind ebay frauds they are kind of entertaining. I was bored myself and sifting through multiple SD cards and I ran across some video footage of a past trip to the Alamo Breccia I will put what there is together and upload a short video to my youtube channel. I'll post a link here when it is up. PS Some of us are not bored at all and are enjoying a large meteorite hunt at this very moment. You know who you are, and hopefully someone will post video footage of that?? Also if you are one of those let me know how it's going...off list -Paul G __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Illinois spacetrash re-entry? or long duration meteor 03NOV2014 w/ video
List, Chicago, Illnois Fireball SpaceTrash / Meteor Approx. 16'30 Central 03NOV2014 w/ video Very Slow... Appears to be space trash. This event was one hour after the Eastern Time Zone event. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/11/chicago-illinois-fireball-spacetrash.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay seller guarantees this.....
I'd love to talk about something less boring..go ahead, I await your post. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 6:19 PM, PolandMET via Meteorite-list wrote: > Hi > Its somehow funny but, really, we will discuss every idiotic rock fraud from > ebay here ? > Its boring... > > -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- > http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl > http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com > http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 > [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] > > > > >> .So it MUST be a Meteorite! >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-METEORITE-100-GUARANTEED-AUTHENTIC-/251684361016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a998e9338 >> >> The quoted description below. >> >> "YOU ARE BIDDING ON THIS NEAT METEORITE. WE PURCHASED IT FROM A >> FRIEND WHO'S FATHER REMEMBERS A METEOR SHOWER AND FIRE WHEN HE WAS A >> SMALL BOY IN THE 1930'S/1940'S, THEN DIGGING THIS UP LATER IN THE >> EARLY 1970'S AT HIS SAME RESIDENCE IN GREEN LANE, PA. AT THAT TIME >> THEY TOOK IT TO A LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND HAD IT AUTHENTICATED, THE >> UNIVERSITY ASKED FOR IT TO BE DONATED BUT THEY DECLINED. THE >> PAPERWORK HAS SINCE BEEN LOST AND HE HAS PASSED ON. WE HAD SOMEONE >> CHECK IT AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE HIGHLY DENSE, A LITTLE OVER 2 LBS, FOR >> THE SIZE AND THAT IT WAS MAGNETIC. MEASURES APPROX. 3 1/2" X 3 3/4" X >> 3 1/4". WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE AUTHENTIC. IT'S A NEAT PIECE OF >> HISTORY, SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND SOMETHING FROM OUTER SPACE, >> WHICH FEW OF US WILL EVERY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rock On! >> >> Ruben Garcia >> http://www.MrMeteorite.com >> __ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay seller guarantees this.....
Hi Its somehow funny but, really, we will discuss every idiotic rock fraud from ebay here ? Its boring... -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]- http://www.Meteoryty.pl marcin(at)meteoryty.pl http://www.PolandMET.com marcin(at)polandmet.com http://www.Gao-Guenie.com GSM: +48 (793) 567667 [ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ] .So it MUST be a Meteorite! http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-METEORITE-100-GUARANTEED-AUTHENTIC-/251684361016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a998e9338 The quoted description below. "YOU ARE BIDDING ON THIS NEAT METEORITE. WE PURCHASED IT FROM A FRIEND WHO'S FATHER REMEMBERS A METEOR SHOWER AND FIRE WHEN HE WAS A SMALL BOY IN THE 1930'S/1940'S, THEN DIGGING THIS UP LATER IN THE EARLY 1970'S AT HIS SAME RESIDENCE IN GREEN LANE, PA. AT THAT TIME THEY TOOK IT TO A LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND HAD IT AUTHENTICATED, THE UNIVERSITY ASKED FOR IT TO BE DONATED BUT THEY DECLINED. THE PAPERWORK HAS SINCE BEEN LOST AND HE HAS PASSED ON. WE HAD SOMEONE CHECK IT AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE HIGHLY DENSE, A LITTLE OVER 2 LBS, FOR THE SIZE AND THAT IT WAS MAGNETIC. MEASURES APPROX. 3 1/2" X 3 3/4" X 3 1/4". WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE AUTHENTIC. IT'S A NEAT PIECE OF HISTORY, SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND SOMETHING FROM OUTER SPACE, WHICH FEW OF US WILL EVERY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN." -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] MBIQ Detects VA SC NC OH TN MD PA WV Meteor Apprx. 1820 EDT 03NOV2014
List, MBIQ Detects VA SC NC OH TN MD PA WV Meteor Apprx. 1820 EDT 03NOV2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/11/mbiq-detects-va-sc-meteor-03nov2014.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ebay seller guarantees this.....
.So it MUST be a Meteorite! http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-METEORITE-100-GUARANTEED-AUTHENTIC-/251684361016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a998e9338 The quoted description below. "YOU ARE BIDDING ON THIS NEAT METEORITE. WE PURCHASED IT FROM A FRIEND WHO'S FATHER REMEMBERS A METEOR SHOWER AND FIRE WHEN HE WAS A SMALL BOY IN THE 1930'S/1940'S, THEN DIGGING THIS UP LATER IN THE EARLY 1970'S AT HIS SAME RESIDENCE IN GREEN LANE, PA. AT THAT TIME THEY TOOK IT TO A LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND HAD IT AUTHENTICATED, THE UNIVERSITY ASKED FOR IT TO BE DONATED BUT THEY DECLINED. THE PAPERWORK HAS SINCE BEEN LOST AND HE HAS PASSED ON. WE HAD SOMEONE CHECK IT AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE HIGHLY DENSE, A LITTLE OVER 2 LBS, FOR THE SIZE AND THAT IT WAS MAGNETIC. MEASURES APPROX. 3 1/2" X 3 3/4" X 3 1/4". WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE AUTHENTIC. IT'S A NEAT PIECE OF HISTORY, SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND SOMETHING FROM OUTER SPACE, WHICH FEW OF US WILL EVERY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN." -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Japan 3 Meteor Events 3/4NOV2014
List, Japan 3 Meteor Events 3/4NOV2014 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/11/japan-3-fireball-meteors-34nov2014.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - October 31, 2014
http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2014/10/31/dawn-journal-october-31/ Dawn Journal by Marc Rayman October 31, 2014 Dear Dawnomalies, Farther from Earth and from the sun than it has ever been, Dawn is on course and on schedule for its March 2015 arrival at Ceres, an enigmatic world of rock and ice. To slip gracefully into orbit around the dwarf planet, the spacecraft has been using its uniquely capable ion propulsion system to reshape its heliocentric orbit so that it matches Ceres' orbit. Since departing the giant protoplanet Vesta in Sep. 2012, the stalwart ship has accomplished 99.46 percent of the planned ion thrusting. What matters most for this daring mission is its ambitious exploration of two uncharted worlds (previews of the Ceres plan were presented from December 2013 to August 2014), but this month and next, we will consider that 0.54 percent of the thrusting Dawn did not accomplish. We begin by seeing what happened on the spacecraft and in mission control. In November we will describe the implications for the approach phase of the mission. The story begins with radiation, which fills space. Earth's magnetic field deflects much of it, and the atmosphere absorbs much of the rest, but there is no such protection for interplanetary spacecraft. Some particles were energized as recently as a few days earlier on the sun or uncounted millennia ago at a supernova far away in the Milky Way galaxy. Regardless of when and where it started, one particle's cosmic journey ended on Sep. 11 at 2:27 a.m. PDT inside Earth's robotic ambassador to the main asteroid belt. The particle penetrated one of the spacecraft panels and struck an electrical component in a unit that controls the ion propulsion system. At the time the burst of radiation arrived, Dawn was thrusting as usual, emitting a blue-green beam of high velocity xenon ions from engine #1. Ten times as efficient as conventional chemical propulsion, ion propulsion truly enables this unique mission to orbit two extraterrestrial destinations. With its remarkably gentle thrust, it uses xenon propellant so frugally that it takes more than three and a half days to expend just one pound (0.45 kilograms), providing acceleration with patience. Dawn's electronics were designed to be resistant to radiation. On this occasion, however, the particle managed to deposit its energy in such a way that it disrupted the behavior of a circuit. The control unit used that circuit to move valves in the elaborate system that transports xenon from the main tank at a pressure of 500 psi (34 times atmospheric pressure) to the ion engine, where it is regulated to around two millionths of a psi (ten million times lower than atmospheric pressure), yielding the parsimonious expenditure of propellant. The controller continued monitoring the xenon flow (along with myriad other parameters needed for the operation of the ion engine), but the valves were unable to move in response to its instructions. Thrusting continued normally for more than an hour as the xenon pressure in the engine decreased very gradually. (Everything with ion propulsion is gradual!) When it reached the minimum acceptable value, the controller executed an orderly termination of thrust and reported its status to the main spacecraft computer. When the computer was informed that thrust had stopped, it invoked one of Dawn's safe modes. It halted other activities, reconfigured some of the subsystems and rotated to point the main antenna to Earth. The events to that point were virtually identical to a radiation strike that occurred more than three years earlier. Subsequent events, however, unfolded differently. In normal circumstances, the mission control team would be able to guide the spacecraft back to normal operations in a matter of hours, as they did in 2011. Indeed, the longest part of the entire process then was simply the time between when Dawn turned to Earth and when the next scheduled tracking session with NASA's worldwide Deep Space Network (DSN) began. Most of the time, Dawn operates on its own using instructions stored in its computer by mission controllers. The DSN is scheduled to communicate with it only at certain times. Dawn performs a carefully choreographed 2.5-year pas de trois from Vesta to Ceres. Celestial navigators had long known that the trajectory was particularly sensitive to glitches that interfere with ion thrusting during part of 2014. To ensure a prompt response to any interruptions in thrust, therefore, the Dawn project collaborated with the DSN to devise a new method of checking in on the spacecraft more frequently (but for short periods) to verify its health. This strategy helped them detect the condition soon after it occurred. When an antenna at the DSN complex near Madrid, Spain, received the explorer's radio signal that morning, it was apparent that Dawn was neither in exactly the configuration to be expected if it w
[meteorite-list] Chinese Probe Returns from Flight Around the Moon (Chang'e 5)
http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/11/01/chinese-pathfinder-probe-returns-from-flight-around-the-moon/ Chinese probe returns from flight around the moon Stephen Clark Spaceflight Now November 1, 2014 Completing an eight-day test flight around the moon to verify technologies for a planned lunar sample return mission, an unpiloted Chinese space capsule re-entered Earth's atmosphere at blazing speed Friday and parachuted to a successful landing. Images released by China's official state-run Xinhua news agency showed recovery crews swarming the landing capsule after it touched down at 2242 GMT (6:42 p.m. EDT) Friday in the China's remote northern region of Inner Mongolia about 300 miles from Beijing. The landing occurred around dawn Saturday, local time, and the return capsule appeared intact but charred from the heat of re-entry. The landing vehicle was expected to perform a "skip re-entry" during its descent, using two dips into the atmosphere to dissipate its 25,000 mph return velocity before deploying parachutes for the last phase of the landing sequence. The mission - nicknamed Xiaofei, or "little flyer" on Chinese social media networks - launched Oct. 23 from the Xichang space center aboard a Long March 3C rocket. Traveling 840,000 kilometers - about 520,000 miles - on the round-trip journey, the spacecraft flew around the far side of the moon and returned a dramatic view of Earth and moon perched in the blackness of space. On the mission's return leg, the landing capsule separated from a mothership craft for the plunge back into Earth's atmosphere. About the size of a washing machine, the landing craft lowered into the atmosphere twice, bouncing back into space and skipping like a rock across water before falling to Earth. Such skip re-entry maneuvers can diminish the speed and reduce the heat encountered by a spacecraft streaking back to Earth. "Really, this is like braking a car,' said Zhou Jianliang, chief engineer with the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center, in a report by Xinhua. "The faster you drive, the longer the distance you need to bring the car to a complete stop." "The 'bounce' was one of the biggest challenges of the mission, because the craft must enter the atmosphere at a very precise angle," Xinhua reported. "An error of 0.2 degrees would have rendered the mission a failure." The flight around the moon paved the way for the planned Chang'e 5 probe to launch in 2017 and return bits of lunar rock and soil to Earth. Unofficially called Chang'e 5 T1, the test flight validated heat shield technology, trajectory design, and recovery procedures for the sample return mission, a Chinese scientist said. The landing capsule's host platform was expected to fire rocket thrusters after releasing the instrumented re-entry module to dodge Earth and head back out into space for continued operations. The mission carried a piggyback suitcase-sized instrument package on the Long March rocket's upper stage made by LuxSpace, a company in Luxembourg that developed the secondary payload to honor the memory of Manfred Fuchs, a pioneer in Europe's commercial space sector. Fuchs founded Bremen, Germany-based OHB - LuxSpace's parent company - and grew it into a leading satellite and rocket contractor. He died in April. The payload package carries a radiation monitor and a radio beacon, and officials expected it to remain in an orbit stretching up to 250,000 miles from Earth aboard the Long March rocket stage. With Friday's landing, China became the third country to achieve a round-trip flight around the moon. China launched two orbiters around the moon - Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2 - in 2007 and 2010 to survey the lunar surface. The Chang'e 3 lunar probe landed Dec. 14, 2013, making China the third country to achieve a soft landing on the moon after the United States and the former Soviet Union. Chang'e 3 deployed a small rover named Yutu, which drove away from the mission's stationary landing platform, collecting images, studying the composition of the moon's soil and rocks, and probing the moon's underground structure with a ground-penetrating radar. Chinese officials said Yutu suffered a glitch in a control system in January, rendering the rover immobile and exposed to cold temperatures during lunar nights, which last two weeks. Earlier this month, Xinhua reported the Yutu rover was losing functionality but still alive after nearly 10 months on the moon, surpassing the craft's original design lifetime of three months. "Yutu has gone through freezing lunar nights under abnormal status, and its functions are gradually degrading," said Yu Dengyun, chief designer of Chinas lunar probe mission, in a report by Xinhua. "We hoped the moon rover would go farther, and we really want to find the true reason why it didn't," Yu told Xinhua in an interview. China developed a backup mission for the Chang'e 3 lunar lander. The backup spacecraft,
[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: October 27-31, 2014
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES October 27-31, 2014 o Sirenum Fossea (27 October 2014) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20141027a o South Pole Layers (28 October 2014) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20141028a o Apollinaris Mons (29 October 2014) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20141029a o Sirenum Fossea (30 October 2014) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20141030a o Memnonia Fossae (31 October 2014) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20141031a All of the THEMIS images are archive here: http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ad, Sale NWA 8184
Hello all, I have the following exquisite specimen for sale, formerly from the Tomasz Jakubowski collection. NWA 8184 an OC L3.7 weighing 1,646 grams. This specimen is wonderfully crusted and loaded with chondrules, many armored and one in particular than is a BO with metal infused into the chondrule. Asking price is $2400 OBO. Pictures at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/sets/72157646790349783/ Off list please. Paypal preferred. Many thanks, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
http://metsoc2015.ssl.berkeley.edu/ 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society July 27-31, 2015 Berkeley, California You are cordially invited to attend the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, to be held July 27 - 31, 2015. Important Dates: Abstract Deadline: May 13, 2015 (tentative) Pre-registration deadline: June 27, 2015 (tentative) Meeting: July 27 - 31, 2015 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
