Thank you for the update, Ron. I REALLY want a
banging-head-against-the-wall smiley for instances like this. An
astronomer(s) find(s) a new asteroid that MAY have an orbit that is
Earth-crossing. Immediately, the press runs amok with the data and screams
Doomsday! before waiting for more
Hi,
Following the recent incidences of fake 'meteorites' being put onto ebay
They were so flagrantly fake that I, also wrote to eBay below is the
response I got ..
Hello Mark,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us in relation to your concern
about fake items on our site.
eBay shares
Hello all
http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/antmet/mmc/mmc.htm
DaG 489 - 670 I know the finder,DaG 489 discovery in
the same year of the DaG was 476, likely first, but
for fault of delays in the announcements was published
for first the DaG 476, therefore that DaG says 489-476
be the 2
--- mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the meteorological society were to contact us
directly that this item
was indeed a fake, then the item would be removed
immediately.
Yes, the Met.Society lost time to addvise Ebay for the
all meteorwrongs on EbayA nonsense seems me. For
me the
Hello List
I am looking for small samples (3-5 g) of the following Eucrites:
Sioux County or Jonzac
and
Padvarninkai
Please contact me directly if anyone has/knowns anything.
Beda Hofmann
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In a message dated 02/09/03 18:28:13 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've been scouring old newspapers from 1902 trying to
find info on the Crumlin fall from March 14th of that
year to do a follow up search.Absolutely
zilch,nada.
Jim,
the Crumlin fall had a mention in a couple
Dear List,
I noticed many of you are in contact with E-bay
about fraudulent meteorites.
How do you contact E-bay directly? Do they have a
real phone and physical postal address? I tried
contacting them by e-mail about a security problem ,
but never could get a real person (as opposed to an
But you never know. It could happen at any momnent
really. We don't have them all spotted as of yet. I
remember talking about this when I was working at
Lowwell Observatory 30 years ago. And one of the
astronomers said that an asteroid striking the earth
would probably be completely unnoticed
Yes, the press likes to play up things quite a bit. However lets not shoot the messengers here just because we dont like the potential message. The truth is we are in a cosmic shooting gallery and have always been in one. There have been untold impacts on our world so it's not as strange or out of
http://www.msnbc.com/news/960340.asp
Asteroid strike ruled out for 2014
After alert, further observations eliminate risk of collision
By Alan Boyle
MSNBC
September 2, 2003
After sounding the alarm about a kilometer-wide
asteroid, astronomers said Tuesday that further
Hello List Members,
Just wanted to remind you that the Asteroids and Meteorites poster has
the new revised (July '03 edition) Torino Scale on it that Dr. Binzel
has done.
See: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/asandme.html
For those who teach astronomy, which is most of us, this is really
Francis and List,
As far as anyone can tell, there are no real people at Ebay, only
e-people...;-). Seriously, I've never talked to anyone that has talked to
a warm body at Ebay. Several years ago, I tried for a week to find a phone
number for them and was unsuccessful.
Best,
John
At 07:02
Hello all
I have contacts with this email of Ebay for the actual
problem of meteorworngs [EMAIL PROTECTED] and is the
eBay Community Watch
Regards
Matteo
--- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francis and List,
As far as anyone can tell, there are no real people
at Ebay, only
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES
August 28 - September 3, 2003
The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on
the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available:
o Northeast Arabia Terra (Released 28 August 2003)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/08/28/index.html
o
Hi list.This goes out to the people that live in and around the chicago
area.I found out last night that the meteorite display case I was to have
gotten, has since been sold without my knowledge.So I am asking, is there
anyone in the chicago area who has a used display case that they no longer
Hi Bill and all,
I have lived in the general area of Chicago all my life before 1963. Though I think
there are a lot of nice people who live in this area there area also a number of hard
core people and it isn't uncommon to hear of someone breaking down in an auto on
Chicago's south east side and
Hi list members,
I know this is only related to meteorites by way of the fact that
email is THE manor in which we all connect to this list and how most
of us communicate with other list members even off this list. So, any
meteorite purists otherwise uninterested, please hit delete key now
Hello, all,
well, I have my own opinions about the british astronomers. Not an
year ago they told, and asteroid will hit earth in next 10 years. At least
one TV-channell here was ignorant enough to publish this. It´s not very
nice to try to explain to your 8-years, that it´s just a hoax. NASA
To give out false information is just a way to find great "sensations",
to wait a day and give the right information is ok. This case was just
the same like an year ago from the british "astronomers". Dont wonder,
40% of british people belive in the consspiracy in the death of the princess
of
I live in Park Forest. We are not the south side of Chicago, we are 30 miles away.Our crime rate is among the lowest in Cook County.
Park Forest is home to the Tall Grass Arts Assoc and the largest juried art fair in the suburban area. We host the Scenic 10k Labor Day Run, rated one of the top
It is not too outragous to think once in a while that a piece of a incoming meteoritewillskip like a stone and fall a little further out of place than your standerdbuckshot distribution model would allow.
Howard WuTom aka James Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would guess if the two are only
Hi list, Ryan wrote,
"It would have to be a very large strewn field
considering the fact thatSpade is approx. 35 miles to the northwest of
Estacado."
Then Howard wrote;
"It is not too outragous to think once in a while that a piece
of a incoming meteoritewillskip like a stone and fall a
From what I have seen, the shock characteristics are much different
between Spade and Estacado. Remember that area of Texas is literally
LOADED with meteorites. So there could be MANY pairings.
Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites
http://www.mhmeteorites.com
Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
Hi list,
- Original Message -
From: joann breitbarth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: almitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] mean streets of PF
In 17 years as the proprietor of my own business, located in Chicago
Heights, and as a Park Forest
Hello List,
Sorry for another email, but I managed to get my photos uploaded to my server. Please
take a look if you're interested. Thanks!
I have some very nice specimens for sale and most are at or under
$3.75/gm. And, as an
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov
Asteroid 2003 QQ47's Potential Earth Impact in 2014 Ruled Out
Paul W. Chodas and Steven R. Chesley
NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office
September 3, 2003
Newly discovered asteroid 2003 QQ47 has received considerable media
attention over the last few days because
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/ns-mnw090303.php
Contact: Claire Bowles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
44-207-331-2751
New Scientist
Meteors not water coloured Mars
Written by Hazel Muir
New Scientist issue: 6th September 2003
WHY is Mars red? The generally accepted explanation that liquid
Hello List,
Matt makes a very good point here. Looking at a map of the meteorites
found in Texas, particularly the Lubbock Super Cluster, you don't need a
very active imagination to figure that there are probably lots of meteorite
pairings there. Most of those meteorites were classified
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