[meteorite-list] the meteorite market may crash in 25 years

2004-12-27 Thread stan .
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html#legend the above web site gets updated daily. NEO MN4 has been upgraded from a torino scale 2 to a 4 - the first time an object has had such a high impact probability iirc. with 75 million tons of the stuff hitting earth i ate to think of what it would

[meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 updated odds

2004-12-27 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Stan and List, Latest updated odds of impact for the 4/13/2029 encounter are about 1 in 37 at JPL's site. (Odds haven't been updated at NEODyS yet -- still 1 in 45 there). Mind you, these aren't the true odds of impact, but rather a measure of our current uncertainty in the orbit. With each

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2004-12-27 Thread Bernhard Rems
Anybody ever calculated what happens if this asteroid hits land/sea? Bernhard -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Matson, Robert Gesendet: Montag, 27. Dezember 2004 09:33 An: 'stan . '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ';

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2004-12-27 Thread stan .
according to the link i posted earlier the explosive yeild of an impact would be equivalent to about 1.4 gigatons based only on size of the object - that should produce a crater ont he order of about 9 miles wide if it hits on land. From: Bernhard Rems [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

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2004-12-27 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Mm! Nearly the same odds as landing on 17 black! ;-) Cheers, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteorites.com.au - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert To: 'stan . ' ; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' ; 'Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ' Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:33 PM Subject:

[meteorite-list] DaG 670 last slices available

2004-12-27 Thread McomeMeteorite Meteorite
Hello I have the last slices of DaG 670 SNC for sale, no others after is cut why my friend have only the biggest piece of 600 grams and no want cut this, and another piece of 35 grams for sale. This is the list of the slices available, no trades sorry gr.1.3 gr.1.2 gr.4.8 gr.4.2 gr.4.5 gr.2.5

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2004-12-27 Thread Herbert Raab
Bernhard Rems asked: Anybody ever calculated what happens if this asteroid hits land/sea? You can do that on your own: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ Best greetings, Herbert __ Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 size estimate

2004-12-27 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Stan and List, according to the link i posted earlier the explosive yield of an impact would be equivalent to about 1.4 gigatons This estimate is based on a guess for the object's reflectivity. If it's especially dark, the mass and thus energy could be quite a bit greater. Hopefully

[meteorite-list] Shirokovsky cutting technique

2004-12-27 Thread Meteoryt.net
Hi all Im sure that eveyone know or/and own a piece of Shirokovsky pallmaterial :)) Everyone also see all this beautifull slices from small , to big 10x10cm and near 1mm thin. I remember Ensisheim show 1 year ago. There was a 1 table full of thin slices where most of them are too thin, becouse

[meteorite-list] odds and ends ,PT. #2

2004-12-27 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I hope you all had a great christmas!I have 2 givaways that were left unclaimed, please get a hold of me so I can send them to you.They are DAG 248 and A UNCLASSIFIED SAHARAN.All lunar dhofar 025 have all been sent out.I hope you enjoy them.Also I have my ongoing meteorite sale going. I

[meteorite-list] Re: As a matter of fact, I done!

2004-12-27 Thread CMcdon0923
Well Tom, at least you have your priorities right !!! Meteorites (as well as stamps, coins, or any other collectible) are just THINGS...possessions, period. They don't matter worth squat in the grand scheme of things. Ownership of a THING can't even begin to compare to the job of raising

Re: [meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 size estimate

2004-12-27 Thread Meteoryt.net
Hi I have some kind of reversed question about asteroid impact. As You all see in TV, Indonesia and other countries was devastated by Tsunami produced by big Earthquake. How You think, what size of meteorite/asteroide can produce the same effects ? 10m? 50m ? Ofcourse, impact in the same place

[meteorite-list] new meteorite

2004-12-27 Thread aziz habibi
hello list and all here is some photo of what i get lately, you can guess what they are go to new meteorite album. http://fr.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/azizhabibi/my_photos we get a new l3.3 regolith breccia ,photo 38 and 39 we get a new mesosedrite and a new ck 5 happy holidays aziz

[meteorite-list] Mining Maricouagan

2004-12-27 Thread chris sharp
Hi Paul and List Members, From the little research I have done I think it is fair to say that back in the 1800's meteorite craters were considered to be prospective for precious metals. The link between prospect and crater probably got lost back in the days when Sudbury and Witwatersrand were

[meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 size estimate

2004-12-27 Thread Herbert Raab
Marcin Cimala wrote: As You all see in TV, Indonesia and other countries was devastated by Tsunami produced by big Earthquake. How You think, what size of meteorite/asteroide can produce the same effects ? 10m? 50m ? Ofcourse, impact in the same place where was earthquake center. I can't

[meteorite-list] Esquel

2004-12-27 Thread Jonathan Gore
Hi List, What was the mass of the signal most massive piece of Esquel? Some sources say 1500kg while others say 744kg. Which is more accurate? Clear skies, Jonathan __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Esquel

2004-12-27 Thread bernd . pauli
Jonathan inquired: What was the mass of the signal most massive piece of Esquel? Some sources say 1500 while others say 744 kg. F. ULFF-M¥LLER (1998) Paucity of sulfide in a large slab of Esquel, New perspectives on pallasite formation (Meteoritics 33-2, 1998, 221): Haag reports that the

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Inspects Its Own Debris

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/missionlaunches/rover_debris_041227.html Mars Rover Inspects Its Own Debris By Leonard David space.com 27 December 2004 NASA's Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover is wheeling about a field of spacecraft litter -- the remains of heat shield hardware that protected the robot

[meteorite-list] meteorites and tsunamis

2004-12-27 Thread harlan trammell
i am looking for some definitive information in regard to the size of meteorites that could generate tsunamis like the big one in the indian ocean. is there any info on this? are their any graduate or doctoral level papesr published on this? i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has

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2004-12-27 Thread Meteoryt.net
Marcin Cimala wrote: As You all see in TV, Indonesia and other countries was devastated by Tsunami produced by big Earthquake. How You think, what size of meteorite/asteroide can produce the same effects ? 10m? 50m ? Ofcourse, impact in the same place where was earthquake center. I

[meteorite-list] 2004 MN4: Back to TS=0

2004-12-27 Thread Herbert Raab
With new prediscovery observations by the Spacewatch telescope at Kitt Peak from March 15, 2004, published today, the JPL/Sentry impact monitor has just updated the 2004 MN4 risk table. Now all impact solutions for 2029 (in fact, all impact solutions before the year 2037) have been removed,

[meteorite-list] Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Baalke
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news148.html Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4 Don Yeomans, Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office December 27, 2004 Over the past week, several independent efforts were made to search for

[meteorite-list] Alain Carion's trip to Egypt, some answers.

2004-12-27 Thread Impactika
Hello again, Yesterday I posted: - Alain Carion just got back from Egypt where he helped with a great discovery. He finally sent me a few pictures, and I thought you might be interested since it has to do with meteorites. :-) Just go to:

[meteorite-list] Check out this oriented beauty! Best of the best

2004-12-27 Thread Michael Farmer
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6502010665 I have been extremely busy since returning from the show in Japan. I am spending some time with my wife for the holidays as I have been gone for some time and am leaving again next week for the Middle East until the Tucson show.