Re: [meteorite-list] Acapulcoite/Lodranite Parent-body

2010-07-20 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Wow... thanks for all of those references and for the info below Jason. And thanks also to everyone else who replied both on and off list with their helpful input. It's very much appreciated! Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com To:

[meteorite-list] AD - 54 Auctiosn Ending Today - GREAT STUFF!

2010-07-20 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, I have 54 auctions ending this afternoon, all started at just 99 cents with no reserve. Please take a look if you have time as you will find several bargains. I also have a set ending Sunday. I will be traveling at the end of the month is the reason I have some auctions

[meteorite-list] Putting it all in perspective

2010-07-20 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/2585/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] AD - NWA 4222 rare martial meteorite low TKW

2010-07-20 Thread M come Meteorite
I have put 2 slices of NWA 4222 martian meteorite, this material its many rare seen the low TKW of the meteorite. I have cut the 2 slices from the main mass present in my collection and this is the last 2 slices I cut from this, if you want go here

[meteorite-list] Video Camera Will Show Mars Rover's Touchdown (MSL)

2010-07-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-239 Video Camera Will Show Mars Rover's Touchdown Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 19, 2010 A downward-pointing camera on the front-left side of NASA's Curiosity rover will give adventure fans worldwide an unprecedented sense of riding a

[meteorite-list] Cassini Sees Moon Building Giant Snowballs in Saturn Ring

2010-07-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-240 Cassini Sees Moon Building Giant Snowballs in Saturn Ring Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 20, 2010 While orbiting Saturn for the last six years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has kept a close eye on the collisions and disturbances in the gas

[meteorite-list] Mars Sample Return Mission Could Begin in 2018

2010-07-20 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/20sample/ Mars sample return mission could begin in 2018 BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW July 20, 2010 Space officials in the United States and Europe are planning an ambitious dual-rover mission that could start collecting Martian soil samples in 2018

[meteorite-list] Las Canas achondrite

2010-07-20 Thread Laurence Garvie
I am trying to find some information on a meteorite we have in our collection. I have a 0.3 g crusted fragment of an achondrite, possibly eucrite, and old label that reads Las Canas, St. Andras, Cuba, 2. Oct 1844. Is this a valid meteorite, fall?? Thanks Laurence Garvie CMS ASU

[meteorite-list] AD: Short Note - Last 6 small pieces of the sensational NWA 6162 prov. Martian

2010-07-20 Thread Chladnis Heirs
Dear list members, reading Ron's last posting below, it seems, that in some years we'll get some competition by NASA and ESA. Was already there, Said the hedgehog to the hare... Now seriously, we're about to distribute the very last six samples of the best shergottite. When they'll be gone,

[meteorite-list] Meteorites and the physico-chemical conditions in the early solar

2010-07-20 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   Here is a great paper on the topic of meteorites in the early stages of the formation of the solar system. This paper covers alot from the formation of chrondrites, to the different types of classification and where these classes come from.   Here is the ABSTRACT:   Physics