Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses

2003-12-17 Thread E. L. Jones
Hello List, Let me throw this out to help clarify the concepts. I have a statistical major but after my accident some procedures are fuzzy to me and today most is done by computers anyway, so bear with me. I'll try too post a field technique for estimating an ellipse another time. The strewn f

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Neuschwanstein<--First Find Photo and SALE

2003-12-17 Thread David Freeman
Dear Gentlemen; I hate to rain on your parade but being from Wyoming where the bucking horse is on our state seal, on a bunch of license plates for a zillion years of our history, well, that is a pile of equine road apples, not a pile of meteorites! Reminds me of the Holbrook dilemma, try taste

Fw: [meteorite-list] To all.

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Farmer
This makes sense. - Original Message - From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] To all. > silence... > > --- Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I j

Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses

2003-12-17 Thread meteoriteshow
Thanks for those accurate information. Frederic - Original Message - From: "E. L. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses > Hello List, > Let me throw this out to h

Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses

2003-12-17 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List, I questioned three scientist about the definition of a strewn field and received similar answers. Simply put in meteoritic terms it means a meteoroid that broke in flight into two or more pieces and landed on earth as separate identifiable specimens from the same event. All the best,

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Neuschwanstein<--First Find Photo and SALE

2003-12-17 Thread Dieter Heinlein
Great news, Elton, I must have the largest fully crusted individual of these "new swan stones". Please tell me the total price including shipping costs back to Germany. This piece will be nice present for the Geology Professor from Munich, who wasn't able to distinquish between a piece of bitumen

[meteorite-list] ANIMAL LIKENESS

2003-12-17 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.Speaking of animal likeness,I have 2 meteorites that have animal orientations.On my nevada page, I have a 4.2 piece of DEVIL PEAK that looks like a horse, and I have not pictured yet, but soon to be, a 7.2 gram piece of BALCARCE, that looks like a PRAYING BEAR.Just my 2 cents worth with ani

[meteorite-list] Re: Top ten fictitious met names

2003-12-17 Thread Fredmeteorhall
From Fred Hall to all those that entered my Holiday Contest: I'm happy to announce the prizes for the Top Ten Fictitious Meteorite Names. 1. A US Air-Mail 3 inch by 4.5 inch card from the Smithsonian Institution, Center For Short-Lived Phenomena, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA,

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Top ten fictitious met names

2003-12-17 Thread Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems
So there are five more from me:   6) Whatthehellisthat (one of the largest falls in history, 150.000t, falls 2006 in Los Angeles) 7) Hm (unclassified meteorite, even after studies from six different labs) 8) Chanel No 5 (fifth meteorite to drop on the Chanel factory) 9) Thankyo

Re: [meteorite-list] They're baaaaack.....

2003-12-17 Thread Grant L. Elliott
That is exactly my thought Tracy. Several times in the past, when I have seen some meteorite hunk being auctioned for some ungodly price by an EBAY seller of rare books, artwork, pots and pans, widgets, etc., I have wondered what is his/her expertise/ background in this area and how did they acquir

[meteorite-list] Catching the Wild Child -- How Stardust Stays on Target

2003-12-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/stardust-121603.cfm Spotlight Feature Catching the Wild Child -- How Stardust Stays on Target JPL Media Contact: Charli Schuler (818) 393-5467 December 16, 2003 Imagine driving through heavy fog to a place you've never been

RE: [meteorite-list] They're baaaaack.....

2003-12-17 Thread harlan trammell
roger that! don't you just wish you could see a pic of that dude? probably drinks coke by the cubic meter. >From: "Claudia Carroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] They're back. >Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:14:52 -0600

Re: [meteorite-list] To all.

2003-12-17 Thread harlan trammell
hope  all gets better and you have a good ride home and joyous Christmas! >From: Dave Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] To all. >Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:28:14 -0800 (PST) > >   Mike, I`m sure that everyone her

[meteorite-list] kudos-Why sell if it off in pieces?

2003-12-17 Thread Robert Verish
Hello List AND Art!!, The M-List Archives has lost all of its posts prior to today (AGAIN, Art) and since I'm not subscribed and only read the messages from Archives, I now have no idea if this thread has had any recent posts. Also, I just found a typo in my current NV Meteorite PUZZLE auction -

Re: [meteorite-list] Strewn fields vs Distribution Ellipses

2003-12-17 Thread David Freeman
Thank you Elton; Yup, shotgun. df E. L. Jones wrote: Hello List, Let me throw this out to help clarify the concepts. I have a statistical major but after my accident some procedures are fuzzy to me and today most is done by computers anyway, so bear with me. I'll try too post a field technique

[meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - December 11-17, 2003

2003-12-17 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES December 11-17, 2003 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Gullies in Crater in Hellas (Released 11 December 2003) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2003/12/11/index.html o Clou

[meteorite-list] Mars May be Emerging From an Ice Age

2003-12-17 Thread Ron Baalke
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Guy Webster (818) 354-627

[meteorite-list] Christmas Day Mars Landing (Beagle 2)

2003-12-17 Thread Ron Baalke
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/17dec_beagle2.htm Christmas Day Mars Landing NASA Science News December 17, 2003 In search of alien life, the European Space Agency's Beagle 2 probe will parachute to the surface of Mars on Dec. 25th. December 17, 2003: It's wintertime in the northern hem

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Stewnfields??

2003-12-17 Thread WAHLPERRY
Hi List, I would like know why certain areas hold more meteorites and , could these areas be Super Accumulation Areas?  For example Gold Basin has produced 3000 + meteorites. Four different types, three ordinary chondrites and one mesosiderite. There has been other strewnfields with different type

[meteorite-list] Gold Basin & multiple meteorite finds

2003-12-17 Thread Matson, Robert
Sonny asked,   > I would like know why certain areas hold more meteorites and , could these areas  > be Super Accumulation Areas?  For example Gold Basin has produced 3000 +  > meteorites. Four different types, three ordinary chondrites and one mesosiderite.    If Gold Basin has truly prod

Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Stewnfields??

2003-12-17 Thread Robert Verish
Mark's post reminded me that I never properly answered Tom's original Gold Basin question. In D. Kring et al (2001) "Gold Basin Meteorite Strewn Field..." this is the only mention of post-fall transportation in the entire paper: "The locations of the samples, particularly those on bedrock, indic

Re: [meteorite-list] Gold Basin & multiple meteorite finds

2003-12-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Hello Everyone,   Another interesting note on multiple meteorite find area's is the habit for the multiple finds to be L chondrites.  Such as in Gold Basin and the Atacama desert, each place has been hunted very well and for a period of several years.  A rash, and likely untrue, thought might be th

[meteorite-list] Gold Basin & multiple meteorite finds

2003-12-17 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Mark and List,   > Another interesting note on multiple meteorite find area's is the habit  > for the multiple finds to be L chondrites.  Such as in Gold Basin and  > the Atacama desert, each place has been hunted very well and for  > a period of several years.     Probably a combination

[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1983 Maybe We're Not Alone

2003-12-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Paper: Lethbridge Herald City: Lethbridge, Alberta Date: Saturday, September 03, 1983 Page: C3   Maybe we're not alone   WASHINGTON (AP) - The discovery that a meteorite fell to Earth with five chemicals found in the genes of all living creatures improves the chances that life exists in other part

[meteorite-list] classification, how to?

2003-12-17 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I want to get a meteorite classified, not being rich, how is the best way to do this? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/li

[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1983 Wetherfield Meteorites on Display

2003-12-17 Thread MARK BOSTICK
Newspaper: The Capital City: Annapolis, Maryland Date: Wednesday, July 27, 1983 Page: 24     Wetherfield meteorites at Smithsonian Two meteorites that crashed through the roofs of houses in Wethersfield, Conn., - a "celestial coincidence" that Smithsonian scientists say in almost incomprehensibl

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