Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

2011-10-15 Thread MexicoDoug
Anne wrote: "[a witness Carion found was] positive that it fell on Wednesday July 13, between 11 and noon" Thanks Anne, hopefully the witness erred by being a day to early, how fitting that would be! BTW, on today's date in Paris in 1793, Marie Antoinette told the executioner moments before

Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

2011-10-15 Thread Impactika
Yes, Doug, Alain Carion did hear from one eye-witness who is absolutely positive that it fell on Wednesday July 13, between 11 and noon. However the sky was very dark, overcast and stormy looking, so it was probably mistaken for thunder and lightning. Nothing more at this time. Anne Black

Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

2011-10-15 Thread MexicoDoug
and if it came down during the day, any reports from Paris-ORLY Airport? Maybe som of the problem is Draveil is 2 km (1.5 miles) from the airport and folks don't notice loud booms. But the control tower must have had an excellent view -Original Message- From: Impactika To: meteori

Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

2011-10-15 Thread MexicoDoug
That's great news and hopefully everyone who deserves a specimen will be happy. Over 16 pounds of meteorites certainly must have caused a clamor when it fell! ... and likely over more than the 1 st Arr... Hopefully this meteorite will go down with a fall date. Has anyone checked the fireba

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2011-10-15 Thread Michael Murray
Besides that being a knockout stone, nice photography too. I love it when I can zoom in about 4 or 5 times and see such tiny details as I can with that picture. Pretty nice! Mike in CO On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:00 AM, wrote: Tieschitz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp _

[meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

2011-10-15 Thread Impactika
To all the collectors out there who are dying to add a piece of that meteorite to your collection: Patience, please Patience. It will happen. The team from the Museum of Paris just found a 2 kilo mass, and Alain Carion got a phone call from a guy who found a 5.3 kilos mass, he does not have it

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day - Oct 15, 2011

2011-10-15 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Roman wrote: "Now that's a sight to behold, and from my home country to boot! Nice one Dave! I'll have to go look at my 1/2 gram specimen now." ... and that perfect, bluish-gray pyroxene chondrule sitting majestically amid a sea of smaller chondrules and chondrule fragments! Gorgeous! Thanks fo

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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2011-10-15 Thread Roman Jirasek
Now that's a sight to behold, and from my home country to boot! Nice one Dave! I'll have to go look at my 1/2 gram specimen now. Cheers, Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com -- From: Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:00 AM To: Subject: [meteo

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2011-10-15 Thread valparint
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Re: [meteorite-list] "Faster Than the Speed of Light" NeutrinosRevisited

2011-10-15 Thread Sterling K. Webb
The original paper announcing the superluminal flight time is available here: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1109/1109.4897.pdf A great deal of it is taken up with the problems of correcting and measuring the TOF (time of flight). There is a lot of discussion of the GPS accuracy. They do not m