Re: [meteorite-list] Stunning shot of mercury

2008-10-07 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, The interesting thing about the bright rayed craters is this: "...you'll see that almost all the bright small craters can be seen to have rays, too. Over time, the solar wind and meteorite impacts erase ray systems, so they come from young craters, and young craters tend to have brighter floor

[meteorite-list] Stunning shot of mercury

2008-10-07 Thread Darren Garrison
No, that isn't a particularly unwise order at a bar: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/07/watermelon-planet/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/m

[meteorite-list] How to prepare a pallasite slice

2008-10-07 Thread André Moutinho
Hello, After cutting a palasitte slice.. How it can be polished? Thanks André Moutinho http://moutinho.astrodatabase.net __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/

[meteorite-list] 27 g ALBIN, WY for sale

2008-10-07 Thread mckinney trammell
taking offers on this seldom-available-in-small-portions us pallasite. chloraseptic green HUGE olivine, etc. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/list

[meteorite-list] largest piece of vesta know- pix?

2008-10-07 Thread mckinney trammell
anybody got pick of the largest piece of vesta on earth (collected)? __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD - Reduced Prices on LARGE Zag Slices

2008-10-07 Thread David & Kitt Deyarmin
For a limited time, I'm going to reduce the cost of any Zag Slice on my website that weighs more then 50 grams to $2.50 per gram You can view the slices by clicking this: http://home.ec.rr.com/bobadebt/Rocks/FS%20Zag.htm All of the smaller slices are still $3 per gram If you are interested i

[meteorite-list] (AD) 3 METEORITES FORSALRE

2008-10-07 Thread steve arnold
Hi list.I know the 1 add per week is in affect and I advertized yesterday,but I have 1 more add than I am done.I hould have put this with it yesterday,but it did not come to my mind until late today.I have a 575 gram whole stone of NWA 787,a 25 gram very oriented gao,and a 4 gram erg chech whole

[meteorite-list] AD: A Few Meteorite Masterpieces On Sale This Week ONLY!

2008-10-07 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, If you click on the link and go into my store and click on auctions…you will find some incredible masterpieces on sale for ONLY this week at these prices. Go to: MAIN STORE LINK: http://stores.ebay.com/VOYAGE-BOTANICA-NATURAL-HISTORY?refid=store  Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingh

[meteorite-list] Impact of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Confirmed

2008-10-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news160.html Impact of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Confirmed Don Yeomans NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office October 7, 2008 Confirmation has been received that the asteroid impact fireball occurred at the predicted time and place. The energy recorded was estimated

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: Asteroid 2008 TC3 Fireball Observed from Airliner

2008-10-07 Thread Alexander Seidel
Adding to my recent post, here is the URL, with granted permission from a friendly member of our German meteorite forum: [http://home.pages.at/thie/Asteroid/] Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:22:50 +0200 Von: "Alexander Seidel" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [meteorite-list] Tunguska tree slices

2008-10-07 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi all, Again, I am searching for a crosscut of Tunguska wood With meteoritic or cometary fragments lodged in the rings Dating to the event. I know there is no new material out there so it would Have to be someone with an existing piece. I believe the last Time it was available was

Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2008 TC3 Fireball Observed from Airliner

2008-10-07 Thread Alexander Seidel
A member of our German meteorite discussion forum posted a few pics from the Egypt based El Gouna webcam [http://www.kitepower-elgouna.com/en/el_gouna/webcam/], where you can clearly see a brightening of the building in the foreground, exactly at the predicted time, which lasted for about 3-4 s

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update: September 25 - October 3, 2008

2008-10-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit and Earth Stick Together - sol 1685-1689, September 28 - October 03, 2008: Spirit is poised to begin making more "phone calls" to Earth and engineers are preparing to contact Spirit more frequently as a result of improving

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2008 TC3 Fireball Observed from Airliner

2008-10-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceweather.com/ Space Weather News October 7, 2008 ASTEROID IMPACT: Asteroid 2008 TC3 hit Earth this morning (Oct. 7th at 0243 UT), exploding in the atmosphere over northern Sudan like a kiloton of TNT. Most of the 3-meter-wide asteroid should have been vaporized in the atmosphere w

[meteorite-list] October Meteorite-Times now up

2008-10-07 Thread Paul Harris
Hello Everyone, The October issue of Meteorite-Times is now up. http://www.meteorite-times.com/meteorite_frame.htm Enjoy, Paul and Jim __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairl

Re: [meteorite-list] TC3

2008-10-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - What will NASA do? Lie, to put it in one word. Put out tons of releases about asteroid impacts, while neglecting to mention comet impacts. Consider that the bulk of the impact hazard for the last 13,000 years or so has come from comet fragments, and not asteroids. And those comet frag

[meteorite-list] Sudan Asteroid Visually Seen?

2008-10-07 Thread Mike Groetz
I was excited to see the news when I got up this morning if the anticipated sighting over Sudan happened last night. So far am hearing nothing at all except a small bit on the Space Weather site that to me only sounds like a maybe.. The list is quiet- apparently little came out of it? M

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lottery?

2008-10-07 Thread Mike Jensen
Hi All Everyone in the USA who is considering travel to pick up the possible newest fall might want to read this first; http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_934.html I'm sure you can get permission to travel outside of Khartoum in a few months or years. You could also just sneak over the

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lottery?

2008-10-07 Thread Frank Cressy
Hello Rob, Sterling, and all; Regarding the last part of your post about a Mars fall. October 6 is just three days after the anniversaries of both the Chassigny (Oct. 3, 1815) and Zagami (Oct. 3, 1962) Martian falls. So maybe the villagers will indeed win the lottery! Isn't speculation wonder

Re: [meteorite-list] videos

2008-10-07 Thread Jeff Kuyken
http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/ Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: "mckinney trammell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] videos anybody got any good meteor videos out there? what is the best one ever shot?

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lotte...

2008-10-07 Thread Impactika
Hello Sterling and Rob, I found it quickly on an Atlas. That diary gave a big clue: Wadi Halfa, on the Nile, the entry point from Egypt into Sudan, and one day drive further: Station Six. about 150km by road and 100km (60 miles) in straight line south of the border. The fireball might have be