[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - September 24, 2008

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[meteorite-list] Year of Meteors [1859-60]; "The Portent (1859)"

Dear List, I happened upon Whitman`s poem, Year of Meteors [1859-60], tonight. ..."Nor the comet that came unannounced out of the north flaring in heaven, Nor the strange huge meteor-procession dazzling and clear shooting over our heads, (A moment, a moment long it sail'd its balls of unearth

[meteorite-list] AD: More than 50 meteorites ending today, One cent items

I am hitting eBay pretty hard these days, as I will likely be out of the country on various trips for the rest of the year until the Tucson show. http://www.meteorite.com/farmer/ See the link above showing all of my auctions from both of my ebay usernames. I have some wonderful pieces end

Re: [meteorite-list] Year of Meteors [1859-60]; "The Portent (1859)" PT2

List, Here is what I found for FALLS in the metbull search for 1859-60 in the USA. I may have missed some since am very tired. Harrison CountyOfficial Y 1859 Indiana, USA L6 680 g BethlehemOfficial Y 1859 New York, USA H 13.9 g New ConcordOfficial Y 1860 Ohio, USA L6

Re: [meteorite-list] Year of Meteors [1859-60]; "The Portent (1859)"

Is it possible that they were not actually speaking of a meteor/meteorite, but referencing the Wilhelm Tempel 1859 comet? - Original Message - From: "drtanuki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Ken Igarashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: [meteorite

[meteorite-list] AD: meteoriteshow ebay auctions of this week

Dear All, Here we are this week with a new set of meteorites offered on ebay by meteoriteshow. Should you like to see them, please follow the link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmeteoriteshow You will find this time the MAIN MASS of HaH 257 (L6), an endcut of AL HAGGOUNIA, a nice fusion cruste

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update - September 12-20, 2008

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Warming Up on Mars - sol 1669-1677, September 12-20, 2008: With Martian winter on the wane, Spirit is using significantly less energy to stay warm. During the winter solstice, Spirit needed 90 watt-hours to run the heater. Now, t

[meteorite-list] Rock Moved by Phoenix Lander Arm

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/images.php?fileID=16240 Rock Moved by Mars Lander Arm September 23, 2008 The robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander slid a rock out of the way during the mission's 117th Martian day (Sept. 22, 2008) to gain access to soil that had been underneath the roc

[meteorite-list] Scientists Take a Leap Forward in Understanding Processes that Shape Martian Surface

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/scientists-take-a-leap-forward-in-understanding-processes-that-sha Scientists take a leap forward in understanding processes that shape Martian surface Thaindian News September 24, 2008 Berlin, September 24 (ANI): The High Resolution Imaging Scie

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Experiment Deals Blow To 'Bugs From Space' Theory

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066592 Meteorite experiment deals blow to 'bugs from space' theory Agence France-Presse September 24, 2008 A novel experiment has dealt a setback to a theory that life on Earth was kick started by bacteria that hitched a ride on space

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Experiment Deals Blow To 'Bugs From Space' Theory

He, wait a minute!... If ablation is ~90%, aren't the "two centimetres" samples in the nosecone unrealistic? Wouldn't samples the size of watermelons to small cars be more resonable, considering what their experiment concerns? Cheers, Pete > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: meteorite-li

[meteorite-list] Year of Meteorrs (1859-60)

Dirk wrote: "The comet was most likely Comet 1859(1) - Comet Temple1." Sean wrote: "Is it possible that they were not actually speaking of a meteor/ meteorite, but referencing the Wilhelm Tempel 1859 comet?" Hello Dirk, Sean, and List, Not quite sure whether Comet 1859 and Comet Tempel 1 are

Re: [meteorite-list] Year of Meteors (1859-60)

Bernd, Sean and List, Thank you Bernd and Sean for your observations and information. Best, Dirk Ross...Tokyo --- On Thu, 9/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Year of Meteorrs (1859-60) > To: Meteorite

[meteorite-list] AD: AUCTION-HIGHLIGHT PREVIEW, To Be Aware Is To Have A Chance To Take These Home!

From: michael cottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:26 PM To: 'michael cottingham' Subject: AD: AUCTION-HIGHLIGHT PREVIEW, To Be Aware Is To Have A Chance To Take These Home! Here are some Highlights for this weeks

[meteorite-list] Worlds in Collision

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,427023,00.html Huge Planetary Collision Left Tons of Space Debris Around a distant star, two planets similar to Earth collided and were destroyed, astronomers said today. The somewhat speculative scenario is based on the leftovers: a ring of debris around the