[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Huckitta Contributed by: Graham Macleod http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/19/2016 __ 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
[meteorite-list] NASA TV to Broadcast U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station
February 16, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-012 NASA TV to Broadcast U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station After delivering more than 7,000 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments from around the world, Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Friday, Feb. 19. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the event beginning at 7 a.m. EST. The Cygnus spacecraft, which arrived at the station Dec. 9, will be detached from the Earth-facing side of the station's Unity module using the Canadarm2 robotic arm, operated by ground controllers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA's Mission Control Center will maneuver Cygnus into place and Expedition 46 robotic arm operators Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra of NASA will give the command for its 7:25 a.m. release. Once the spacecraft is a safe distance from the station, its engines will fire twice, pushing it into Earth's atmosphere where it will burn up over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn and reentry of Cygnus will not air on NASA TV. Experiments delivered on Cygnus supported NASA and other research investigations during Expeditions 45 and 46, in areas such as biology, biotechnology, and physical and Earth science -- research that impacts life on Earth. Investigations included a new life science facility that will support studies on cell cultures, bacteria and other microorganisms, a microsatellite deployer and the first microsatellite to be deployed from the space station. Experiments exploring the behavior of gases and liquids, clarifying the thermo-physical properties of molten steel, and testing flame-resistant textiles also were delivered. The Cygnus resupply craft launched Dec. 6 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for the company's fourth NASA-contracted commercial station resupply mission. For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv For more information about Orbital ATK's mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/orbitalatk For more information about the International Space Station, and its research and crews, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- __ 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] Fireball Lights Up Skies Over Northern Italy, France, Switzerland
http://www.thelocal.it/20160218/falling-meteorite-lights-up-northern-italian-sky Falling meteorite lights up skies over northern Italy The Local 18 Feb 2016 A streaking fireball brighter than the full moon lit up skies over northern Italy on Wednesday evening. The fireball left a trail of vapour hanging in the sky for minutes. Not long after the unusual event, pictures of bright flashes, vapour trails and eyewitness reports started to emerge on social media, with users suggesting they had witnessed a meteorite falling to earth. The unidentified flying object lit up skies over northern Italy, travelling east to west from Genoa to Venice at around 6.19pm. Sightings of the object were also reported from as far away as southern France and Switzerland. La Repubblica reported a spike in phone calls made to Italy's fire brigade to report the phenomenon. A photo of the vapour trail, captured on a road outside Genoa, was uploaded to the Italian citizen journalism website, YouReporter. [Photo} The trail over liguria. Photo: YouReporter "The object crossed the sky for about four seconds... I've never seen anything like it," the user, called Masdives, wrote. "This is a picture of the contrail I took, which was in the sky for about a minute." Moments later a similar object was seen hurtling over the skies of Venice almost 400 kilometers further east. Angelo 1960 uploaded a photo snapped above town of Jesolo, showing a bright flaming object streaking through the sky. "I saw it coming down rapidly, followed by a trail of smoke and fire," he wrote. [Photo] The meteorite snapped over Venice. Photo: YouReporter Sightings of the object were not limited to Italy, with reports also emerging from as far away as southern France and Switzerland. Twitter user Romain Magellan uploaded a pic of the object snapped above the ski resort of Valmorel in France. Reports of Thursday's UFO are consistent with descriptions of a bolide - a small piece of rock or ice from outer space that burn up as they race through the earths atmosphere before hitting the ground. Bolides are extremely bright objects - often with apparent magnitudes much brighter than the full moon. According to American space agency Nasa, some 100 tons of dust, gravel, rock and ice enter the earth's atmosphere every day. __ 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] Russian scientists plan to upgrade their nuclear missiles so they can shoot down meteorites threatening to smash into Earth
Hello Listers I don't think this is a good idea, for one, no more meteorite hunting or collecting. Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html Website http://meteoritefalls.com Russian scientists plan to upgrade their nuclear missiles so they can shoot down meteorites threatening to smash into Earth Russian scientists want to upgrade their nuclear missiles in order to prevent meteorites threatening to hit earth by smashing them while they are still in space. While it may sound similar to the plot of sci-fi disaster films Armageddon and Deep Impact, Russian scientists are planning to tweak their intercontinental ballistic missiles, ICBMs, to target meteorites. Russian news agency TASS reports the missiles would have the power to destroy meteorites measuring from 20m and up to 50m in size. link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3446656/Russian-scientists-upgrade-nuclear-missiles-shoot-meteorites.html __ 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] Mystery of Disappearing Asteroids Solved
Mystery of disappearing asteroids solved. by University of Hawaii at Manoa's Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, February 17, 2016 http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/02/mystery-of-disappearing-asteroids-solved http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/disintegrating_asteroids/ A new study finds that most asteroids and comets are destroyed in a drawn out, long hot fizzle, much farther from the Sun than previously thought." The paper is: Granvik, M., A. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, B. Bolin, W. F. Bottke, E. Beshore, D. Vokrouhlický, M. Delbo, and P/ Michel, 2016. Super-catastrophic disruption of asteroids at small perihelion distances. Nature. vol. 530, no. 7590, pp. 303–306 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v530/n7590/full/nature16934.html 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] AD news on www, Esquel, Allende, Bondoc and many many other
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[meteorite-list] Thank You
Hi List, I want to thank everyone for the kind words and compliments regarding the recovery of the Florida fall. Your support is greatly appreciated! Happy Hunts! Sincerely, Larry Atkins IMCA # 1941 Ebay alienrockfarm __ 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
