Is that technically a meteorite? I mean doesn't a meteorite, by deffinition,
have to fall to earth?
I would have to say my favorite is Sikhote-Alin...but the Mars one is pretty
cool, although I suspect it won't be in my collection any time soon :(
Graham
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Graham mused:
>Is that technically a meteorite? I mean doesn't a >meteorite, by deffinition,
>have to fall to earth?
Hola Graham,
If it looks like a meteorite, tastes like a meteorite, smells like a meteorite,
isn't it a ... meteorite? because if it isn't, the other options suggested are
a gi
ROCKS FROM SPACE PICTURE OF THE DAY:
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A 10 pound meteorite which landed in a former Khmer
Rouge (news - web sites) zone of northwest Cambodia started fires across rice
fields and prayers from villagers who saw it as a divine omen of peace.
"Some farmers are angry with the rock because it caused fires and de
Yipees!
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Oh my, its the Holy Grail of meteorites, the moon is made out of cheese!
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Dear Fellow Meteorite Fans,
The people on this list might be interested in a class
exercise
on using eyewitnesses to falls to locate meteorites on
the
"T.E.A. Classroom Activities" web page at:
http://tea.rice.edu/tea_classroommaterials.html
The exercise is "Using Triangulation to Locate
Meteori
Dear Ron, List;
The CNN story today was interesting:
Quote: Sharipov found a large patch of dark, oily residue on at least
one vent and a white substance -- he described it as a honeycomb -- on
the oxygen generator's outlet. "They're going to be very good pictures,"
he said as he photographed th
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/26/content_2511399.htm
Suspected meteorite hits Cambodia
China View
January 26, 2005
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A rock weight of about 4.5 kg
fell into rice fields on Monday morning in Cambodia's border province
Banteay Meanchey causing a fi
How the hell do you set fire to a rice field? Aren't they under 3ft of
water??
Mark
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Hello
I sale 2 slices of DaG 670 SNC martian basalt. This is the last little
slices available why the founder have say no cut other slices from the mass.
This is the pieces:
Gr.2.2 slice
Gr.0.9 slice
Email me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for prices and photos.
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Paper: Reno Evening Gazette
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Monday, July 3, 1939
Page: 1 (of 12)
Portland Jolted by Blast From Sky; Scientists Hunt For Fragments of Meteor
Large Area Rocked Early Yesterday by Huge Explosion Which Broke Windows,
Cracked Wells; Flames Seen For Many Miles
PORTLAND, Ore
Paper: Nevada State Journal
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Tuesday, July 4, 1939
Page: 1 (of 10)
Explosion Which Rocked Portland Was Meteor, but Scientists Can't Find It
PORTLAND, Ore., July 3. (UP) - A terrific explosion which rocks
Portland and neighboring cities early Sunday was identified Monday
Paper: Reno Evening Gazette
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Wednesday, July 5, 1939
Page: 4 (of 16)
PORTLAND'S METEOR
THE METEOR which burst in the air near Portland, Ore., has revived the
public interest in this type of celestial visitor and has kept the
scientists busy explaining that as far as th
Paper: Syracuse Herald
City: Syracuse, New York
Date: Wednesday, July 5, 1939
Page: 12
PORTLAND METEOR
A mighty explosion rocked Portland, Ore., Sunday morning, shaking
buildings, rattling dishes and alarming thousands of people who were
awakened when their beds went haywire or at least vibra
Paper: Daily Gleaner
City: Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica
Date: Friday, February 21, 1947
Page: Friday, 10 (of 20)
MOSCOW, Feb. 20. - The Press said a huge meteorite fell near Vla
islands February 17. It said the meteorite was headed towards the foothills
of the Sikhote-Alin mountain chain running
Dear Mark and List,
During this season it is the dry season in that
part of Cambodia, as well as much of S.E. Asia. The
rice crop is about ready for harvest; and therefore
the paddies would be dry.
There is no argument for a meteorite causing a
fire. Perhaps there is another reason for the
3 inches is the most likely. Sometimes they are about
6 inches under water, but the stalk, ear and the paddy
are well above the water. (The plants are not entirely
submurged under water.) Maybe these were the ones that
caught fire.
We had a similar fall of the Kendrapara meteorite, in
Orissa in 20
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the articles on Washougal.
For those interested, I have a very nice small fragment of Washougal
offered in Michael Blood's Tucson auction (with no reserve).
You can view this rarity at:
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionOLCat6.html
Just scroll down to item number MH
http://space.com/missionlaunches/mars_meteorites_050126.html
'Shooting Stars' On Mars: Messages From A Meteorite
By Leonard David
space.com
26 January 2005
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has completed its inspection of "Heat
Shield Rock" -- an iron meteorite the robot came across at Meridiani
P
Hi Dirk,
"There is no argument for a meteorite causing a
fire."
I read your comments about a meteorite causing a fire. Can this really happen?
Last summer there were a couple of reports of a fireball or meteor going down
in a area east of Vegas. All the reports put this in the same area. The
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES
January 20-26, 2005
The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on
the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available:
o Dark Polar Dunes (Released 20 January 2005)
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2005/01/20/
o Becquerel's Sediment (Relea
Hi list, I have been into model rockets for a very long time. I did a lot
of thinking and consulting and figured out a way to retrieve Martian
meteorites! I am building a rocket and rover that will be launched from my
back yard this weekend. I am sending my modified RC-10 remote controlled
truck a
I have grave doubts that anything on the ground was burned because of a
meteorite fall. There is simply no way to get a meteorite to the ground hot
without it retaining cosmic velocity, which means you would have a cratering
event.
Chris
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Chris L Peterso
Hi All,
Thought I'd share this as I know a number of you are fans of the author.
I'm very pleased to report that _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe_ author
Douglas Adams has had an asteroid named after him in this month's Minor
Planet Center naming batch:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6867061
Whi
I saw recently where "Hitchhiker's" will be coming out in a movie next summer.
Should be better than the BBC's series!
DH
--- "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thought I'd share this as I know a number of you are fans of the author.
> I'm very pleased to report that _H
Hi list, I have been into model rockets for a very long time. I did a lot
of thinking and consulting and figured out a way to retrieve Martian
meteorites! I am building a rocket and rover that will be launched from my
back yard this weekend. I am sending my modified RC-10 remote controlled
truck a
Hello list, regarding my unmanned Mars mission, still on schedule for launch
this weekend, I have finished the rover! I just finished the final test.
Here is a pic of the rover after collecting a 119 gram meteorite, this
mission looks good so far, don't hesitate on sending your payment!
http://img
i thought i'd try it on a cheap iron- anybody got any pointers on swabbing, rinsing , waiting, etc.?!
i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> I have grave doubts that anything on the ground was burned because of a
> meteorite fall. There is simply no way to get a meteorite to the ground hot
> without it retaining cosmic velocity, which means you would have a cratering
> event.
That's true. Any meteorite that is still ablating w
Hello List
As a suplement to this list, a new forum has been made.
http://www.worldofmeteorites.com/
Have a look at it, come with coments, sugestions etc , maybe even become a
part of it and contribute with questions or answers.
Bernhard has been the brain, and I should try to act as admin.
Again
OO! OO!OO! sign me up for the first kilo!
The check's in the mail!! It's only for $45 G's cause I'm ordering bulk like
at BJ's. Jerry
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] mission upd
Hi Jerry and list, I hope you have not sent out the check yet, I only take
paypal! I gave it some thought and don't think it would be fair to the other
list members if I sold them all to one member so there is a 5 gram limit.
Also I am dropping the price to $5 a gram so everyone can afford a piece!
Dear List Members,
I have 34 great eBay auctions ending in just a couple hours at,
naturesvault. There are still some starting at just 99 cents.
Here is one of only a few specimens left of a very nice breccia I announced
recently:
NWA 2394 L4 Shock Melt Breccia
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI
> Here is one of only a few specimens left
> of a very nice breccia I announced recently:
> NWA 2394 L4 Shock Melt Breccia
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=650418&;
> ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
Hello Listees, Listoids, and List members,
If you are interested in what I
Hi Bernd and List members,
Thank you Bernd for the nice critique of a beautiful meteorite, NWA 2394.
The piece on eBay sold a few minutes ago, leaving only 7 specimens left. I
will photograph these and put them on eBay with a 5-Day time on these, all
with But-it-Now since I will be leaving for T
Dear list members,
Here are the links to the last 7 pieces of NWA 2394 L4 Shock Melt Breccia I
have available. I just listed them on eBay with "Buy-it-Now" under seller,
naturesvault:
5.7g part slice
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6508082286&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
5.7g
Hello everyone...we are looking forward to seeing many of you here at
the Tucson show and are pleased to announce that we will be offering
beautiful (and comparatively large) part slices from a newly classifed
primative achondrite NWA 2643 in the near future at very reasonable
prices. NWA 2643
Hi List,
Just a quick note since the subject of NWA 3133 has come up again that there
is a very nice specimen in Michael Blood's auction with no reserve. Check
out item number 52 on page three. This material has sold for up to $375.00
a gram in the past before pairings were claimed. We have been
Hey list, NWA 788 is one of my favorites and I have a 53.4g 96% crusted
individual for sale or trade, it is a nice one! I like to trade but will
sell it for a reasonable price!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/DSCN0590.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflie
Dear list members,
We start the Official NWA 3133 material out at just 99 cents every week on
ebay and let the market determine the value. NWA 3133 has several published
abstracts, is official and its provenance is unquestionable because of
oxygen isotope testing. Get a piece of the meteorite
I thought that the general idea was chlorine and iron makes rusting
meteorites.
I wouldn't use it myself. I used some to etch circuit boards in my youth and
if you drop some grains of iron chloride it will pull moisture from the air
until it's completely dissolved.
If you dip an iron into FeCl sol
WoW!!! What a deal!!! save me some Tom! Jerry
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:44 PM
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Hi Jerry and list, I
Strike Flinty Rock? Jerry
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia
I have grave doubts that anything on the ground was burned bec
WOW!! Check out the "Map" on Opportunity Rover as seen from orbit. You
can almost see the heat shield Meteorite. Jerry
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Glo
I would imagine that area could still be littered with landmines from
the war? The fall hitting a landmine could account for the villager's
reports of hearing a noise like a "bomb exploding" and subsequent
fire. What are the chances of that?
-Art
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Dear Greg and Adam...Please stop trying to start trouble on this list
and save your sale pitches for the used car lot. If either of you had
any class you wouldn't try to butt in on other dealers ads right after
they had been posted and you wouldn't make reckless comments impugning
Ted Bunch or
Dear John,
Who is being coat tailed here, NWA 3133 is official and you are using an
abstract that describes our stones and then claiming your price is better.
We have the best price there is. It is pretty hard to beat a starting price
of just 99 cents for an official meteorite. There is nothing
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Hi,
A rock like that can ruin my rice paddy any time it wants to!
I'll built it a shrine. Do you suppose if I dug a rice paddy in my
back yard, one of these rocks would land there? (If you build it,
they will come!)
Sterling K. Webb
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All,
In a world of wannabes, the real ones are conspicuous!
In the gold business we have a saying that "gold is
like a rattlesnake. If there's any doubt, it isn't".
Increasingly, I'm learning that that applies to
meteorites equally well.
This one's a winner!
Leaving for Tucson in the mornin
Dear list members,
Just being called a "used car salesmen" has motivated us, WE WON'T BE
UNDERSOLD!!
We now have on the eBay seller, "naturesvault", auction block, a fine used
meteorite starting at just 99 cents, NWA 3133!! That's Right, We have
SLASHED PRICES to just 99 CENTS!! In fact, there
http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_1265Walker
Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker is headed to Antarctica, a forthcoming
Disney-based adventure
drama.
Today's Variety scoops that Walker will play the lead role in the
Mandeville-produced feature which
will be direct
... with a number of different answers depending on who you ask...
I'm going to hold a speach about meteorites on our
local geology club tomorrow and it struck me that I
haven't the faintest clue about how often a meteorite
survives the fall.
What I'm looking for is a simple number of meteorites
pe
Hey Mexico Doug, Sound Familiar?
Cj
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Subject: [meteorite-list] A simple question
> ... with a number of different answers depending on who you ask...
>
> I'm going to hold a
This nice oriented stone hit something pretty solid in the rice patty. It
has considerable damage in the nose. Perhaps that is what sparked the
supposed fire. Or, since it landed in an area noted to contain thousands of
land mines In any case, looks like a real keeper and worth some
considerabl
Goran,
I asked this same question a while back and the
general answer I received was "about one fall per
three square miles per thousand years". (This still
begs the question of the average number of fragments
per fall---).
I would also appreciate any corrections list members
may have to offer
I found this list:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=192044
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Göran Axelsson wrote:
> What I'm looking for is a simple number of meteorites
> per square km (mile, parsek, ...) and year that hits
> the Earth so I could do an approximation of meteorites
> per year in Sweden. -- Göran
Goren, List,
I posted a study on the fall rate on the List back in D
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