Re: [meteorite-list] Live test from the SKY BAR - NOW!
How fun! Next best thing to being there! Hi all, we had 20 people from all over the world say it was good! see ya tonight! On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM, John Gwilliam j...@cox.net wrote: Just linked up to Ruben's live feed and it's working great. This should set a new standard for technology with the meteorite community at the Tucson Show!!! Best, John Gwilliam At 11:13 AM 2/4/2011, Ruben Garcia wrote: Hi all, We are testing the live feed from the Sky Bar right now. This is the location from where Geoff and Steve be hosting the Birthday Bash and Nininger Awards ( at 7 P.M. tonight) Anyway take a look - It's working great! http://www.mr-meteorite.net/livevideofeed.htm Take a look and send us a message via the chat feature. We could use the feedback now! Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Regards, John Gwilliam Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. [Bob Dylan] -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] I have a problem with some rusting meteorites
Tim and Mike, In March of this year, I asked a similar question regarding meteorites, humidity and rusting. (I live in FL and it's tough on iron-heavy space rocks.) 1. I want to post a woefully belated thanks to Mike G, Linton, Rohr, Carl, Göran Axelsson, Marco Langbroek, Graham E, John Hendry, Jerry Flaherty and Darryl Pitt for being so incredibly helpful! (I hope I didn't forget anyone.) 2. If you search the Met List for my original subject heading (all or in part) you'll get some excellent answers that are just too numerous and complete to post in one email. My subject was: Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions . . . Again, belated thanks Met List! You saved my collection from further damage! -- Gracie On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Mike Hankey wrote: Tim, Funny I was going to ask the same exact question today. I started collecting about 1 year ago and am starting to see rust on a few different chondrites and on some irons including a Gibeon I bought from Anne at the rock show in Feb. Anne thanks for the link to Bill Mason's site. I will check that out. I live in Maryland and it is moderate humidity here. Other than sonny's recommendation for rust prevention aren't there other methods / products short of building a humidity controlled room. Maybe some special salts, or a de-humidifier or something? One of the things I read online was having bright/warm lights in the case where you keep your meteorites. Any other ideas out there? Thanks, Mike On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Tim Heitz midwestmet...@earthlink.net wrote: Hello List Members, I was hoping someone could help me with this one. I have 2 pallasites that are starting to show signs of rusting, an Admire and Fukang. Can someone please tell me what I can do to stop the rusting. Is there a way to clean them up and seal it against any further rusting. I willing to try anything new that might work. Any ideas? I live in St.Louis, its very humid here, I know this might be hard to stop. Tim Heitz MIDWEST METEORITES http://www.meteorman.org 314-596-1435 Member IMCA-4781 International Meteorite Collectors Association __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Ruben and Hopper in the NEWS / how to download videos help
I tried that this afternoon and located the .swf, but there's security in there prevented me from opening it locally in the free Flash Player or in Flash (CS3) itself. Maybe someone will have better luck with this! Garcia, list, here it is explained, for Internet Explorer and Firefox, how you can download embedded videos. Good luck. http://www.ehow.com/how_2066698_download-embedded-videos.html Cheers Werner Schroer - Original Message - From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ruben and Hopper in the NEWS Hi Gracie, Thanks for the help! Here is where it is hosted, for you or anyone else that wants to try to download it. http://www.azcentral.com/video/#/Meteorite+Hunter+Ruben+Garcia/82518267001 Let me know if you succeed. Thanks again, On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:04 PM, gracie gra...@sheverb.com wrote: Awesome video, Ruben. Congrats! If you send me the link to where this video is hosted, I might be able to work some magic and download it. Take care! Gracie Hi all, Thanks to all (Bill, Count, Rob, Paul, Joe and everyone else) who emailed about the Ruben and Hopper Video In The News! Also, thanks to the hundreds that clicked on the link and watched the video. If you haven't seen it, here's the link again http://www.mr-meteorite.net/rubenhopperinnews.htm I still haven't been able to download the actual video (obviously, I was able to embed it) but I want to download it. I keep all her clips, articles etc... I think that one day many years from now when we (me and Hopper) are hunting meteors (not meteorites) with Norton, Kriegh and Nininger someone down here will want to see them. So, here's my question: Does anyone know how to download a blocked video like this? Any help would be appreciated! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM, countde...@earthlink.net wrote: Ruben, I like your laid back style. Your knowledge and experience is obvious to the viewer. Carefully closing that livestock gate upon entering and leaving, along with Hopper being kept on a lead, was smart, as you know it will make a good impression on property owners who view this production. My compliments, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Joe Kerchner skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com Sent: May 18, 2010 8:47 AM To: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ruben and Hopper in the NEWS Congrats Ruben, great job. Best Wishes, Joe Kerchner http://illinoismeteorites.com http://skyrockcafe.com - Original Message From: Ruben Garcia mrmeteor...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 1:37:02 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Ruben and Hopper in the NEWS Hi all, Hopper and I had barely returned from Wisconsin when we were asked to film a segment for the local news. Although, we didn't find anything we had great time filming. Later that day we interviewed with the largest newspaper in the state. The video showed here locally but the actual article still hasn't hit the stands. From what I hear it will be a large article in the Arizona Republic and should include my good friends Laurence Garvie and Marc Fries. (I hope it includes them, otherwise it won't be very good...lol) Thanks to Darrin Garrison and Mike Bandli for helping me with the video download! Here is the link for those that want to see it. http://www.mr-meteorite.net/rubenhopperinnews.htm -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite
[meteorite-list] Off topic . . . please forgive me!
. . . But I thought a couple of you might appreciate this. I've been watching a lot of the Science channel lately and I can't help but notice an eerie resemblance between my favorite theoretical physicist and . . . well, you know. Please to enjoy this graphic I made from internet photos. http://www.sheverb.com/kakupagesm.jpg __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Greg Hupé finds his first meteo rite from the April 14, 2010 Wisconsin fireball!
Way to go Greg! The Florida fireball proved to be a dud but just a few weeks later and . . . fresh stones! On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Michael Johnson wrote: http://www.rocksfromspace.org/greg_hupe.html --- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] [2nd Sighting] Fireball in Florida Tuesday night
Exciting! I'm here as a resource if you need anything at all. My schedule is flexible allowing me free time during business hours should you need someone to head somewhere and do something. Not sure what that might be--visit a local news or police station? Interview witnesses? I'll mass email everyone I know at work and town and see if anyone saw anything. Hi Gracie, By what the two witnesses so far have reported, I would give it an excellent chance of having produced meteorites, but finding them is a whole different story unless one hit something and was found! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: gracie gra...@sheverb.com To: Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net Cc: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu; Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [2nd Sighting] Fireball in Florida Tuesday night Greg and Larry, I'm actually in Gainesville, though I missed the sighting last night. No rains are expected soon . . Adam, do you think there might actually be stones on the ground? Larry, about your question regarding keeping track of fireballs, I'd recommend you or your friend create an report over at the American Meteor Society (http://www.amsmeteors.org/). I'll also be keeping an eye out here for local reports and ask everyone I know here if they saw anything. How exciting! Gracie Hello All, I interviewed someone today in Florida (in person) who witnessed last night's fireball in Florida. Here are the coordinates from where this person witnessed it near Sebring, FL: 27°23'48.91N 81°24'4.84W This lady and her husband were driving north on County Road 17 just south of Sebring. She confirmed, along with her husband on the phone, that it fell around 9:30 pm straight down (towards north), but slightly to the right (east). They saw the fireball moving and then light up before disappearing on the horizon. They did not see it fall into pieces like Larry's friend did up in Gainesville so It fell closer to Gainesville opposed to Sebring. Here is a link to an image I put together using Larry's witness report and mine to show fall directions from these two witnesses . I tried to load on a Google Earth satellite image but after re-installing everything on my computer last week, I can not make Google Earth work properly. I am trying Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, but neither seems to let me use the Push-Pin option while viewing in satellite view. No time to mess with it now, have to pack for a trip somewhere else, leaving tomorrow. http://www.lunarrock.com/floridafireball3-30-10/florida3-30-10.jpg I would check for radar images from Ocala, Orlando, Tampa and Lakeland. Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:33 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] FIreball in Florida Tuesday night Hi Everyone: A friend of mine (Greg Beckner) in Gainsville, FL just sent me this. He was out with a group of scouts and saw the following (second paragraph): I took my Cub Scout pack to the model airplane field last night showed them a few R/C aircraft. A sidebar to that is the field is several miles out of town and has a good view of the horizon and darker skies, so I also took the telescope. We saw Mercury about 5 deg from Venus last night a few deep sky objects at the last part of Astronomical twilight before moon came up. Around 9:30 local time, while packing up, I saw the most impressive fireball meteor almost directly to the south. It started like an Iridium flare, but just got brighter brighter. It was close enough where you could see a flame structure and fragments breaking off. Will the next Meteorite Men episode be filmed here??? So far, nothing in paper yet. Is there something that keeps track of such events? I'm sure we weren't the only ones seeing it (*it scared the crap out of my kids!!!) Here's GPS cords of flying field - I was looking Almost Due South - maybe just a little to the East of due South. Time was perhaps between 9:20 9:40pm EDT. Path of the object was almost straight down it was about 35 deg up... N 29° 31' 07 W 082° 33' 32 Larry __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list
Re: [meteorite-list] [2nd Sighting] Fireball in Florida Tuesday night
Greg and Larry, I'm actually in Gainesville, though I missed the sighting last night. No rains are expected soon . . Adam, do you think there might actually be stones on the ground? Larry, about your question regarding keeping track of fireballs, I'd recommend you or your friend create an report over at the American Meteor Society (http://www.amsmeteors.org/). I'll also be keeping an eye out here for local reports and ask everyone I know here if they saw anything. How exciting! Gracie Hello All, I interviewed someone today in Florida (in person) who witnessed last night's fireball in Florida. Here are the coordinates from where this person witnessed it near Sebring, FL: 27°23'48.91N 81°24'4.84W This lady and her husband were driving north on County Road 17 just south of Sebring. She confirmed, along with her husband on the phone, that it fell around 9:30 pm straight down (towards north), but slightly to the right (east). They saw the fireball moving and then light up before disappearing on the horizon. They did not see it fall into pieces like Larry's friend did up in Gainesville so It fell closer to Gainesville opposed to Sebring. Here is a link to an image I put together using Larry's witness report and mine to show fall directions from these two witnesses . I tried to load on a Google Earth satellite image but after re-installing everything on my computer last week, I can not make Google Earth work properly. I am trying Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, but neither seems to let me use the Push-Pin option while viewing in satellite view. No time to mess with it now, have to pack for a trip somewhere else, leaving tomorrow. http://www.lunarrock.com/floridafireball3-30-10/florida3-30-10.jpg I would check for radar images from Ocala, Orlando, Tampa and Lakeland. Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu Cc: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:33 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] FIreball in Florida Tuesday night Hi Everyone: A friend of mine (Greg Beckner) in Gainsville, FL just sent me this. He was out with a group of scouts and saw the following (second paragraph): I took my Cub Scout pack to the model airplane field last night showed them a few R/C aircraft. A sidebar to that is the field is several miles out of town and has a good view of the horizon and darker skies, so I also took the telescope. We saw Mercury about 5 deg from Venus last night a few deep sky objects at the last part of Astronomical twilight before moon came up. Around 9:30 local time, while packing up, I saw the most impressive fireball meteor almost directly to the south. It started like an Iridium flare, but just got brighter brighter. It was close enough where you could see a flame structure and fragments breaking off. Will the next Meteorite Men episode be filmed here??? So far, nothing in paper yet. Is there something that keeps track of such events? I'm sure we weren't the only ones seeing it (*it scared the crap out of my kids!!!) Here's GPS cords of flying field - I was looking Almost Due South - maybe just a little to the East of due South. Time was perhaps between 9:20 9:40pm EDT. Path of the object was almost straight down it was about 35 deg up... N 29° 31' 07 W 082° 33' 32 Larry __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2780 - Release Date: 03/30/10 14:32:00 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Central Florida bolide of 30 March 2010
It's a longshot, but I'll take some time tomorrow to compile a list of local police departments in that area and ring them up. See if they've had any reports of damage to property due to falling stones or if they have further reported sightings. Just letting the list know in case someone had similar plans. No need to duplicate efforts! Gracie Hi All, The high-quality real-time Doppler data is up now; I've finished scanning the Melbourne and Jacksonville data. I have one (very small) candidate return so far. Will be checking the Tampa data next. If I get concurrence between 2 radars, then that might be enough of an enticement for someone to check for witnesses close to this location. --Rob __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorites and Humidity: Some Questions . . .
Hello Met List! Quick background info: About six or eight months ago, I began a meteorite collection. (I am so completely hooked.) I store them primarily in Riker boxes and some in the jewel cases they arrived in. I live in north central Florida and except for my air conditioned home, I don't have the meteorites in any other climate controlled container or cabinet. I'm noticing a few of the irons (Miles especially) and one or two of the stony irons to appear a little rustier than when they arrived. I've read the good information here (http://www.meteoritemarket.com/preserv.htm), but still have some questions. Given my location, is it unreasonable for me to expect that simply purchasing (and consistently replacing) desiccant for each Riker box and jewel box will stave off rust? I love having my meteorites on display and the notion of squirreling them away in airtight tupperware makes me sad. That being said, I would prefer to protect them than have them ruined by humidity. There are a number of places I can purchase desiccant online. Is there a preferred or recommended location? Finally, is a kit like this worth my time and money? http://www.bhigr.com/store/product.php?productid=453 Thanks so much for your help! Gracie __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words
Meteorfight: Natural occurring phenomenon on the metlist. (lol?) OK. MeteorSeer - Someone who can see a meteorite while it is still a meteor Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) _impact...@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 1/23/2010 7:07:53 PM Mountain Standard Time, damoc...@yahoo.com writes: OK I'll bite, here are my two: Meteorsight - What a meteorite hunter possesses if (s)he can spot a meteorite from 50 feet away. Meteormight - What it takes to lift a newly found meteorite out if its hole. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Carl 's carloselgua...@hotmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Some meteorite words To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7:02 PM Hi, You all know that a meteorwrong is a suspected rock or metal piece that is not a meteorite, right? Anyway,it was storming outside, so I had some free time and was thinking up some new meteorite words to play around with. Kind of a stupid exercise but was fun. Meteorwriter: Someone who writes a book or article about meteors/meteorites. Postings in forums don't count. Meteorighter: Someone who corrects meteor/meteorite mistakes. Also a meteorite ombudsman. Meteorbite: What happens when someone buys their first meteorite, gets hooked and collects more. Meteortykes: Newbies (or young kids) collecting or learning about meteors/meteorites. Carl __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Scalecubes.com
I forgot as well! My cubes arrived a week or so ago and I'm exceedingly pleased. If you've not yet ordered yourself one these beauties, hie thee to scalecubes.com at once! I forgot to post my kudos when I got my cubes a few weeks back. VERY crisp edges, and surprisingly heavy... And a very interesting grey/black color makes them stand out against my other aluminum, brass, and black colored cubes that I have gathered over the alst few years. My guess is the Jeff got hold of some burned out dwarf star material to make these babies. - Original Message - From: John higgins geohigg...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scalecubes.com Mine came in yesterday! Must say they truly are amazing Jeff! Really great, can't believe how heavy they are, and the letters are so clean a crisp, I highly recommend them to everybody! Whats really cool about them is that they have just the slightest magnetic field with north and south poles. Thank you so much for providing the meteorite community with these excellent, affordable tools and collectible ones at that! Have a Great Day! John Higgins IMCA # 9822 - Original Message From: starsandsco...@aol.com starsandsco...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 1:34:26 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scalecubes.com Me to, Mine came in the mail today as well. A measure of it's Cool Factor is how long it takes me to put it on a microscope (My personal highest form of compliment) The shots are just taken through a stereo scope but it nicely shows off the crisp detail. Very nice Jeff! Well done! This will be the last scale cube I will ever need. Email me for some shots of the cube! Tom In a message dated 12/21/2009 11:28:10 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, scientificlifest...@hotmail.com writes: Hello to the List, 'Just received my scale cube today as well. This is a very impressive bit of work! The markings are very crisp. This makes my desert meteorite hunting withdrawals even worse. Pining for the Playa, Pat Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:10:25 -0800 From: damoc...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scalecubes.com The mail service was a little slow, taking two weeks for my cubes to arrive, but today arrive they did. I notice Jeff's site shows these are almost sold out, so I'd like to add my voice to the chorus and recommend that all who are considering purchasing one or more of these fine cubes, do so asap! -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] fireball over Southern AZ
Mark, My husband saw one over Florida on the 15th. Unfortunately, I never ran across anyone else who saw it. You might want to check the AMS Fireball Sightings Log over the next couple of days or weeks to see if anything gets reported. http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log2009.html Your cousin should log his sighting as well. (I logged my husband's sighting for him.) Gracie Hey all, My cousin sent me a message in Facebook this morning (see below). Has anybody else seen this or any reported sightings? Surely there were a lot of folks out shopping or enjoying the evening... Mark B. Vail, AZ the other night about 6pm heading back to tucson i was in eloy and saw a falling star, being cloudy it made the clouds glow for a bit and the tail sparkled. it had to land near the tortillitas or in catalina but it made a boom sound i had my window down. it was the coolest i ever seen and i seen many out on the road. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Engineering Christmas
This is my first holiday season on the list and the first time I've seen this. Outstanding! Hi All, Once again, it seems it has befallen upon me uphold the job of official Santa Physics story reposter. So, in the true spirit of the season, here it is yet again. And as always, I have not checked the math. Enjoy. Martin Engineering Christmas: Some points of contention. There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each dwelling. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west which seems logical. This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has about 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purpose of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or other breaks. This requires that Santa's sleigh moves at 650 miles per second--3000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and conventional reindeer can run at best 30 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500,000 tons, not counting Santa himself. On land a conventional reindeer can pull about 300 pounds. Even granting that the flying reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job just cannot be done with eight or nine of them-- Santa would need 360,000 reindeer! This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 4.600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance-- this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere (which may explain Rudolph's red nose). The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second. In short, they would instantaneously vaporize exposing the reindeer behind them to the same friction and also creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would vanish within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 miles per second in .001 seconds, would be subjected to centrifugal forces of 17,500 Gs. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering red-hot blob of goo. And yet, he returns year after year. Therefore, the rules of physics obviously don't apply to Santa and his yearly mission. Speaking as an engineer, this guy must know something about relativity that we have yet to discover. HO, HO, OC. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fireball seen in Gainesville, FL
Hi List, I'm mostly a lurker, but just wanted to report that my husband just walked in the door excitedly telling me he saw a large greenish fireball over our house as he came up the driveway. I'm heading outside now so he can show me exactly which direction it came from and how long it lasted. Hopefully there will be further reports of this event! (So disappointed I didn't see it!) Gracie __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball seen in Gainesville, FL
Quick update: The fireball appeared below Aldebaran fairly low in the sky, and fell straight down to the south/southwest. He said the light was so bright it lit up the roof of our house and the surrounding area. I'm really hoping for more reports tomorrow. Whee! Hi List, I'm mostly a lurker, but just wanted to report that my husband just walked in the door excitedly telling me he saw a large greenish fireball over our house as he came up the driveway. I'm heading outside now so he can show me exactly which direction it came from and how long it lasted. Hopefully there will be further reports of this event! (So disappointed I didn't see it!) Gracie __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] New Meteor Video
Wow. You can almost make out the reflection of the meteor in the skylights on top of that building! Dear List, I recently came across a new video of the Mason Dixon Meteor. Its technically not really new, but it was new to me and never published to my knowledge. This video was taken by the York Water Company. I recently contacted Jeff Hines, the president of York Water, about doing a calibrated stellar survey of his original video. Through the course of the conversation he let me know about his 2nd video. Its not as sensational as the first but it does show a shadow cast from a tall flag pole as well as several other smaller shadows. If you are interested in more info or the high res version please contact me off list. http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/newly-acquired-meteor-video/ Thanks, Mike Hankey http://www.mikesastrophotos.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite List Search
This is great! So much better than cluttering up my email with or scouring the archives for content I want to return to. Thank you! Hi List, Sometimes it is difficult to find a message on the Met List Archive. At least for me... ;-) So I created a simple search website: http://meteorite-list.sv-meteorites.com/ You can search from April 2004 to the current date. Enjoy! Sergey __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] CAI and chondrules
Wow. Thanks for the heads up on that. As a new collector of meteorites I've been routinely going to Wikipedia for information on things like the the formation of chondrules and inclusions. I own Norton's Field Guide and the recently published The Fallen Sky. What are the other definitive books and/or websites should I be hitting up for ACCURATE information? Thanks in advance! Gracie Without answering your questions, don't pay any attention to the Wikipedia articles on CAIs and chondrules. They are basically useless. I began to work on them, starting with the chondrules, but it was taking too much time, so they have languished. Definitive answers to what caused the formation of CAIs and chondrules are not known. Jeff Francesco Moser wrote: Hello! I take a look on wikipedia about CAI and chondrules, but I have still some doubt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium-aluminium-rich_inclusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrule What prompted the formation of CAI? and what's caused the formation of chondurles??? The supernova gave the energy for the formation of CAI and for the collapse of the solar nebula? Some other energy source, still unknow, 2 million years later molten the material which formed the chondrules? But wich type of energy source? Is correct this time line? 1) supernova 2) few time later CAI formation 3) at the same time collapse of nebula 4) 2My later condrule formation 5) at the same time proto-sun and proto-planetary formation 6) ... Thanks a lot! Best regards! Francesco Moser IMCA #1510 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Met List Flame Wars
I wonder how many people lurk on this list and pay close attention to who acts like a professional at all times and who does not. I have no doubt there are others like me who will not do business with anyone who does not present a professional demeanor most or all of the time. (We all have our moments) Count me in as a new lurker and cautious buyer for these very reasons (Perhaps for every one who speaks up, there are a dozen who remain silent.) For other newcomers like me who are baffled by the petty bickering, I highly recommend the archives. There is a tremendous amount of great information and history out there! Gracie __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
