Re: [meteorite-list] Don't count us out
In a message dated 5/3/02 9:26:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hey - don't count us North Easterners out for proximity to meteorite falls or finds. I live between 20 and 30 miles from the Chicora, Bradford Woods, and Pittsburg meteorite sites. Now, if I could just find some!! >> ...and I'm 40 miles from Deal, NJ , and 70 miles from Peekskill NY (and I do have a teeny, tiny piece of Peekskill). Kevin K __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] German meteorite
In a message dated 4/11/02 5:00:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << It's confirmed. The Bavarian bolide IS a meteorite, fragmented in 3 larges fragments. This information was confirmed by the Munich satellite survey station .One video show the fall of this meteorite. >> As of my readings there hasn't been a recovery yet, correct? Fireballs in the sky doesn't mean meteorites on the ground. I archive fireball reports for the North American Meteor Network and we record dozens of bright to very bright fireballs each month. Even the last July 23rd fireball over Pa., that was seen in 6 states and Canada did not yield any meteorites (that we know of). KK ~~~ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Important mesaage to friends and customers!
In a message dated 4/10/02 10:27:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << To everyone who has tried to contact me or if you are waiting for items or unfinished business please bear with me for awhileas there will be delays. My previous wife was killed in a motorcycle accident last friday and my two oldest children have lost there mother. They are ages 11 and 14. This is a very hard time for them. >> Prayers to you and the family. I'm sorry for your loss. Kev the lurker __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Re: meteorite pronunciation
In a message dated 4/5/02 12:29:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is exciting. I can almost hear the hours upon hours of Texan drawl rattling off 280 or so meteorite names before handing off to Kansas! Oooo, can't you just hear the native southern Californian's bubble off meteorite names in beach-talk or valley-girlese. Cool meteorite names are not just for the French anymore! Sounds like a good ideal. Hey, even the Noo Yawkas could get involved... ;-) Back to lurking... Kev
Re: [meteorite-list] Problems with Dave Weir's Most Excellent Site
In a message dated 3/26/02 5:14:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << s it an AOL-Geocities incompatibility problem? Is this caused by trying to memorize and match NWA numbers with types of meteorites? Should I lay off Oreos and milk for lunch? Ideas welcome. (Humor not sought but appreciated). >> Hello, I have AOL and have no problem accessing the site. Kevin K (another one) ~ __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Percival Lowell Strange Martian Surface Feature
In a message dated 3/8/02 2:24:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell observatory is still open today and provides extensive education and outreach activities to educate visitors and school children about the exciting world of astronomy. And is worth the visit if your ever in Flagstaff area. Lowell Obs. is a wonderful side trip. I did it 2 or 3 years ago. Going during the day gives you the history tour, while the night tour is reserved for observing. I really enjoyed the history tour! A funny side bar is that I also went back to do the observing. I traveled from NYC to Lowell OBs. to wait in line for an hour, for a 10 second look at... Alberio !?!! You gotta be kidding me! Nope that was it. "Thanks for coming." But anyway, the day tour really pointed out Lowell's problem. While he was an educated man, he was just an amateur with lots of expensive "toys." Instead of have no preconceived notions about the work, he based all his ideas on what had gone before as many amateurs do today. The tourguide also tells you that if his scope had a "little more aperture," he would have seen that Chaperelli's (sp?) canals were just geologic features. After taking the tour my opinion of Lowell went from dopey guy to Great Astronomer. So who knows about our friend Hoagland? I happen to be in the camp that he's dealing in sci-fi, but yet to be written history will tell the story. Kevin K
Re: [meteorite-list] re Hoagland etc
In a message dated 3/8/02 12:53:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know Mr Hoagland has gone way beyond sensible speculation in this, and that makes me sad, because I can't help thinking that if he turned his considerable intellect towards practical Martian exploration he'd be a real asset to the program. But if he did that who would Art Bell have to talk to? ;-) Just kidding... I know the last thing we need here is an Art Bell thread. But I agree that in this day and age people want to see the bizarre, and controversial. In my talks at our Observatory I always add the "out there" stuff to draw the little minds in and then give them the straight answers.. Kevin K.
Re: [meteorite-list] Field Museum, My Story
In a message dated 3/2/02 9:59:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I know I'm rambling, but the frustrations you feel towards the Field Museum, I can certainly identify with. It would seem that when an institution has one of the largest meteorite collections in the free world--the museum curator and research staff could certainly try and advocate for more display room, and / or monetary allocations, grants, at least get something in the museum store! Possibly it's just political. They certainly don't seem to be doing any kind of meteorite-interest outreach program for our young people. >> I do know the feeling when I go to the Museum of Natual History in NYC. Same story - nothing has changed in that room since I became inteseted in meteorites. First of all the collection is stuck way n the back of the building. Anyone who enters in through the Central Park West doors may never find it. Those lucky enough to enter in throught the 77St entrance only has to travel throught the "Hall of Mollusks" and "Hall of Human Biology" - nice segues huh? You only have to deal with a Sue Store! :-) We have Mollusks! Why, when they rebuilt the planetarium (ugh, don't get me started) didn't they include a new and improved room for the meteorites there? All they did was reinstall Willamette on edge. WOW! :-P There's also no mention of the collection on the far side of the building. My experience with the staff was not asking to volunteer but just to photograph some specimens up close or behind the scenes for a TV show I did for a local access astronomy show here. I wasn't told no - in so many words - I was told that each photo I took would cost $10! Needless to say all I got were the ones on display in the poorly lit room for free. None of the photos turned out well enough for broadcast. Too bad. BTW - I am a newbie to the list, and have been lurking for about a week. To introduce myself, I'm a firefighter from NYC and have been collecting meteorites for almost 15 years now. While I don't have the collections some of you guys have (drool) I do own about 40 specimens now, and am a regular in the meteorite section of ebay and other personal websites. I am the immediate past President of the NJ Astronomical Assn. and am currently incharge of building improvements there. Where we are modernizing our lecture room into a disply discovery room. Well, I tortured you guys long enuff - back to lurking and learning. Kevin K. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
