[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Newport Contributed by: Anne Black http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=01/23/2016 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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
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Re: [meteorite-list] Life's Rocky Start
Thanks Paul! Excellent program and some scenes with a Moroccan dealer friend. 12 - 18+ inches of snow in the NC Mtns and I'm a bit stir crazy... the show helped! John On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Paul via Meteorite-list wrote: > Life's Rocky Start > 53:07Aired: 01/13/16Rating: TV-G > What is the secret link between rocks and > minerals, and every living thing on Earth? > http://www.pbs.org/video/2365642819/ > > Yours, > > Paul H. > > __ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] TWO-mile asteroid which once nearly killed woman to make close approach TODAY
Hello Listers Enjoy Link:http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/629559/TWO-monster-asteroids-one-of-which-nearly-killed-woman-heading-this-way-right-NOW Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com excerpt: It is thought to be the asteroid that was responsible for sending the first recorded event in the USA of a meteor crashing to Earth which hit and injured a human. On November 30 1954 Ann Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, USA, was injured by a falling meteorite. Records of scientific tests done at the time show that, based on orbits at the time 1685 Toro , which is also known as Earth's second satellite, was calculated by experts to be the most likely origin of the meteor which injured her. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: January 13-19, 2016
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rock Abrasion Tool Conducts Two Rock Grinds - sols 4256-4262, January 13, 2016-January 19, 2016: Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley,' up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target 'Pvt. John Potts' (informally named for members of the Lewis and Clark expedition). Previously, Opportunity had performed two successful Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) grinds on this target totaling over 1 millimeter of grind depth. On Sol 4257 (Jan. 14, 2016), the rover used the RAT again to grind another millimeter. With the grinding complete, the RAT brushed the target on Sol 4259 (Jan. 16, 2016), sweeping away the grind tailings. Then, a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic was collected followed with the placement of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) inside the ground target. Also during this time, the rover continued collecting color Panoramic (Pancam) images of 'Knudsen Ridge' to form a large panorama mosaic of the valley ridge. With the in-situ work now complete on this target, on Sol 4262 (Jan. 19, 2016), the rover bumped only 2 inches (5 centimeters) to position for another target for in-situ investigation. As of Sol 4262 (Jan. 19, 2016), the solar array energy production was 454 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.471 and a solar array dust factor of 0.670. Total odometry is 26.50 miles (42.65 kilometers), more than a marathon. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 18-22, 2016
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 18-22, 2016 o Moreux Crater (18 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160118a o Concentric Rims (19 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160119589632a o Kasei Valles (20 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160120a o Coprates Chasma - False Color (21 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160121a o Galle Crater - False Color (22 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160122a 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Tastes Scooped, Sieved Sand
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4826 NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Tastes Scooped, Sieved Sand Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 21, 2016 At its current location for inspecting an active sand dune, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is adding some sample-processing moves not previously used on Mars. Sand from the second and third samples the rover is scooping from "Namib Dune" will be sorted by grain size with two sieves. The coarser sieve is making its debut, and using it also changes the way the treated sample is dropped into an inlet port for laboratory analysis inside the rover. Positioning of the rover to grab a bite of the dune posed a challenge, too. Curiosity reached this sampling site, called "Gobabeb," on Jan. 12. "It was pretty challenging to drive into the sloping sand and then turn on the sand into the position that was the best to study the dunes," said Michael McHenry of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. He is the Curiosity mission's campaign rover planner for collecting these samples. Curiosity has scooped up sample material at only one other site since it landed on Mars in August 2012. It sampled dust and sand at a windblown drift site called "Rocknest" in October and November 2012. Between there and Gobabeb, the rover collected sample material for analysis at nine rock targets, by drilling rather than scooping. The mission's current work is the first close-up study of active sand dunes anywhere other than Earth. Namib and nearby mounds of dark sand are part of the "Bagnold Dune Field," which lines the northwestern flank of a layered mountain where Curiosity is examining rock records of ancient environmental conditions on Mars. Investigation of the dunes is providing information about how wind moves and sorts sand particles in conditions with much less atmosphere and less gravity than on Earth. Sand in dunes has a range of grain sizes and compositions. Sorting by wind will concentrate certain grain sizes and compositions, because composition is related to density, based on where and when the wind has been active. The Gobabeb site was chosen to include recently formed ripples. Information about these aspects of Mars' modern environment may also aid the mission's interpretation of composition variations and ripple patterns in ancient sandstones that formed from wind or flowing water. Curiosity scooped its first dune sample on Jan. 14, but the rover probed the dune first by scuffing it with a wheel. "The scuff helped give us confidence we have enough sand where we're scooping that the path of the scoop won't hit the ground under the sand," McHenry said. That first scoop was processed much as Rocknest samples were: A set of complex moves of a multi-chambered device on the rover's arm passed the material through a sieve that screened out particles bigger than 150 microns (0.006 inch); some of the material that passed the sieve was dropped into laboratory inlet ports from a "portioner" on the device; material blocked by the sieve was dumped onto the ground. The portioner is positioned directly over an opened inlet port on the deck of the rover to drop a portion into it when the processing device is vibrating and a release door is opened. Besides analyzing samples delivered to its internal laboratory instruments, Curiosity can use other instruments to examine sample material dumped onto the ground. Curiosity collected its second scoop of Gobabeb on Jan. 19. This is when the coarser sieve came into play. It allows particles up to 1 millimeter (1,000 microns or 0.04 inch) to pass through. Sand from the second scoop was initially fed to the 150-micron sieve. Material that did not pass through that sieve was then fed to the 1-millimeter sieve. The fraction routed for laboratory analysis is sand grains that did not pass through the finer sieve, but did pass through the coarser one. "What you have left is predominantly grains that are smaller than 1 millimeter and larger than 150 microns," said JPL's John Michael Morookian, rover planning team lead for Curiosity. This fraction is dropped into a laboratory inlet by the scoop, rather than the portioner. Morookian decribed this step: "We start the vibration and gradually tilt the scoop. The material flows off the end of the scoop, in more of a stream than all at once." Curiosity reached the base of Mount Sharp in 2014 after fruitfully investigating outcrops closer to its landing site and then trekking to the layered mountain. On the lower portion of the mountain, the mission is studying how Mars' ancient environment changed from wet conditions favorable for microbial life to harsher, drier conditions. For more information about Curiosity, visit: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl Media Contact Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webs...@jpl.nasa.gov Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726
[meteorite-list] Tucson Time!
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[meteorite-list] Utah meteor
Found the pic! Dale Romero knew of it - turns out spaceweather.com ran it as a Pic of the Day in November of 2009: http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=19&month=11&year=2009 Thank you all for the replies! Cheers, Marc Fries __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Oriented stones & Tie Dye
Hi all, Someone in early 2014 contacted me about oriented stones and Tie Dye shirts at the Tucson Show. I have lost the info on him. Could He please contact me off list? I am hoping to make the show this year. Thanks, Michael B. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Life's Rocky Start
Life's Rocky Start 53:07Aired: 01/13/16Rating: TV-G What is the secret link between rocks and minerals, and every living thing on Earth? http://www.pbs.org/video/2365642819/ Yours, Paul H. __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Salt Lake City fireball images?
Howdy Marc, I forwarded your inquiry to the Utah Astronomy mailing list, which should give you pretty good odds of locating the image(s). I'll forward any replies I might get. I hadn't yet moved here and missed that bolide, but saw a comparable one out my bedroom windows, on October 2, 2014. Awesome. Linton -Original Message- From: FRIES, MARC D. (JSC-XI211) via Meteorite-list Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 2:41 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Salt Lake City fireball images? Howdy all Back on 18 Nov 2009 there was a huge bolide over Salt Lake City, UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFejgd9bSE The following morning, locals reported seeing high-altitude dust lingering over the city. At the time I figured it was a coincidence, but in retrospect I think the dust very well may have been debris from the fireball. Does anyone have any pictures of the dust? I recall that one was passed around a bit, but I can¹t find it now. I¹d like to use the image in a science presentation, and will (of course) give credit for the image to the owner. Cheers, Marc Fries __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7357 / Virus Database: 4522/11461 - Release Date: 01/22/16 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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] Salt Lake City fireball images?
Howdy all Back on 18 Nov 2009 there was a huge bolide over Salt Lake City, UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFejgd9bSE The following morning, locals reported seeing high-altitude dust lingering over the city. At the time I figured it was a coincidence, but in retrospect I think the dust very well may have been debris from the fireball. Does anyone have any pictures of the dust? I recall that one was passed around a bit, but I can¹t find it now. I¹d like to use the image in a science presentation, and will (of course) give credit for the image to the owner. Cheers, Marc Fries __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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
