[meteorite-list] Video footage of the impact on the ice of Lake Chebarkul finally released

2013-11-07 Thread karmaka
Dear list members, having seen only screen shots and incomplete footage of this video in local Russian media in the last few months I had my doubts about whether this video does in fact show the impact. Finally today I saw the icy dust cloud for the very first time! Thrilling! What a

[meteorite-list] Video footage of the impact on the ice of Lake Chebarkul finally released

2013-11-07 Thread karmaka
Dear list members, having seen only screen shots and incomplete footage of this video in local Russian media in the last few months I had my doubts about whether this video does in fact show the impact. Finally today I saw the icy dust cloud for the very first time! Thrilling! What a

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-11-07 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Maslyanino Contributed by: Hanno Strufe http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Rob Matson
Resending... message didn't post when I sent it ~2 hours ago: Hi All, Observed a very bright (mag -12) fireball on my drive home this evening at 7:50 pm PST (3:50 UT 07 November 2013). Starting direction was to my east from latitude 33.6879 N, -117.9144 W, at an elevation of about 25 degrees,

[meteorite-list] CA large meteor event 06NOV2013

2013-11-07 Thread drtanuki
List, Over 30 reports and hundreds of people searching. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/11/mbiq-detects-ca-meteor-06nov2013.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] grains of sand

2013-11-07 Thread Paul Gessler
Was wondering about the statement that shooting stars we see are no bigger than grains of sand??? I here it used all the time and haven't really given it any thought. I don't buy it! I don't think a grain of sand would be able to generate enough light to be visible from earth? Has anyone

[meteorite-list] Near-Earth Object 2013 US10 Turns Out to Be a Long-Period Comet

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news181.html Near-Earth Object 2013 US10 Turns Out to Be a Long-Period Comet Don Yeomans and Paul Chodas NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office Updated November 6, 2013 While initial reports from the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge MA categorized object

[meteorite-list] CA AZ NV UT meteor 06NOV2013 map up w about 75 reports

2013-11-07 Thread drtanuki
List, Map and about 75 sighting reports now posted. http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/11/mbiq-detects-ca-meteor-06nov2013.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] What Might Happen To Comet ISON From Here On Out?

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.isoncampaign.org/mmk/what-might-happen What might happen to Comet ISON from here on out? by Matthew This post was written with significant input from Dr. Carey Lisse NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign November 5, 2013 November is here and Comet ISON is just a bit over three weeks

Re: [meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

2013-11-07 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Thanks for these interesting posts Ron. I keep hearing lines like Chelyabinsk was the largest meteoroid strike since the Tunguska event. What about Sikhote-Alin? Does anyone know if there are any accurate modellings on that fall in terms of size, weight and energy? I would be interested to see a

[meteorite-list] [AD] Rare Itutinga iron ending soon (plus other rarities)

2013-11-07 Thread André Moutinho
Hello all, I have an Itutinga Brazilian iron sale ending very soon on ebay. This is a very rare iron I have never seen for sale or other collections. Itutinga 2.031g slice http://www.ebay.com/itm/331056463781 Other rarities ending soon: *Serra de Mage - fragment with crust *Para de Minas 2.89g

Re: [meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Michael Farmer
lets hope this one can be found! Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Rob Matson mojave_meteori...@cox.net wrote: Resending... message didn't post when I sent it ~2 hours ago: Hi All, Observed a very bright (mag -12) fireball on my drive home this evening at

Re: [meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Jim Wooddell
Yes Rob! Nice captures! About 5.5 seconds in durations! Jim On 11/6/2013 11:34 PM, Rob Matson wrote: Resending... message didn't post when I sent it ~2 hours ago: Hi All, Observed a very bright (mag -12) fireball on my drive home this evening at 7:50 pm PST (3:50 UT 07 November 2013).

Re: [meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

2013-11-07 Thread Chris Peterson
Jeff- For comparison, S-A was a 100 ton body traveling at 14 km/s, and its energy output was about 10 kT. Chelyabinsk was a 10,000 ton body traveling at 30 km/s, and its energy output was about 500 kT. So these two events were in completely different classes. Had S-A been stony, no material

[meteorite-list] Need help w/ an eBay fraudster:starchild909greg

2013-11-07 Thread valparint
Farmerian Logic - I don't agree so it's crap. There is only one administration, unless we have broken up into different countries. Again, I have not seen or expect the house to raise taxes so what you said is total crap. Michael Farmer __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] Need help w/ an eBay fraudster:starchild909greg - PLEASE STOP THREAD

2013-11-07 Thread Art Jones
Good Morning; I put the List on hold yesterday as these posts were starting and opened things back up this morning - only to see it start again. Please stop this thread - thank you. Art Jones Meteorite Central -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Need help w/ an eBay fraudster:starchild909greg

2013-11-07 Thread Michael Farmer
Do we have more than one administration? Did our government change since I was in school? Saying things because you hear them on Fox news does not make them true. I the administration about to raise taxes on collectibles? If so, it means that John Boehnor and the GOP passed it in the house. Is

[meteorite-list] Hubble Astronomers Observe Bizarre Six-Tailed Asteroid (2013 P5)

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://spacetelescope.org/news/heic1320/ When is a comet not a comet? Hubble astronomers observe bizarre six-tailed asteroid 7 November 2013 [Images] Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a unique and baffling object in the asteroid belt that looks like a

Re: [meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Carl Agee
Yes, and can we please have a first lunar fall? Oh, and I want a piece for the Museum :) Carl * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126

[meteorite-list] NASA's Hubble Sees Asteroid Spouting Six Comet-Like Tails

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
November 7, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harring...@nasa.gov Donna Weaver/Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514 dwea...@stsci.edu / vill...@stsci.edu RELEASE 13-321 NASA's Hubble Sees Asteroid

[meteorite-list] NASA's GRAIL Mission Puts a New Face on the Moon

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-322 NASA's GRAIL Mission Puts a New Face on the Moon Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 07, 2013 Scientists using data from the lunar-orbiting twins of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are gaining new insight

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: November 6, 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES November 6, 2013 o Hints of an Ancient Shoreline in Southern Isidis Planitia http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_033242_1845 This area--known as the Deuteronilus contact of the Isidis Basin-- has been interpreted as a possible ancient

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: October 31 - November 5, 2013

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Maneuvering Around A Sandy Dune Field - sols 3473-3478, Oct. 31, 2013-Nov. 05, 2013: Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly

[meteorite-list] Need some small Riker boxes (3 x 4)

2013-11-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi List, I cannot get in touch with my usual source for riker boxes. I need some of the small 3 x 4 boxes. If you have some available, or know a good source for them (not eBay), then please contact me off-list : cura...@galactic-stone.com Thanks! MikeG --

[meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

2013-11-07 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Hello List, Jeff inquired: I keep hearing lines like 'Chelyabinsk was the largest meteoroid strike since the Tunguska event'. What about Sikhote-Alin? Does anyone know if there are any accurate modellings on that fall in terms of size, weight and energy? Here's what was able to cull from my

[meteorite-list] NASA's Orion Sees Flawless Fairing Separation in Second Test

2013-11-07 Thread Ron Baalke
November 7, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kr...@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.d...@nasa.gov RELEASE 13-328 NASA's Orion Sees Flawless Fairing Separation in Second Test The three massive panels

Re: [meteorite-list] grains of sand

2013-11-07 Thread Robert Verish
Hi Paul, If what you're saying is true, then there are many many more meteors that we are not seeing (but would be visible to instruments more sensitive than are eyes, or to astronauts in Earth orbit that are closer to the action).  I think that a grain of sand is large enough to ionize

Re: [meteorite-list] Need some small Riker boxes (3 x 4)

2013-11-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Folks, The Jensens aren't answering emails for some reason and the Indian River website has no shopping cart or way to purchase instantly. Is there a website from the 21st century that offers Riker boxes? Best regards and thanks! MikeG --

Re: [meteorite-list] grains of sand

2013-11-07 Thread Robin Whittle
Hi Bob, You wrote, in part: I also feel that the too-often-used phrase nothing made it to the ground - it all burned-up is too ill-informed. How is it physically possible for a cobble-pebble-sandgrain to continue traveling fast enough to completely ablate down to total nothingness? It's my

[meteorite-list] NC Meteor 07NOV2013

2013-11-07 Thread drtanuki
List, NC Meteor 07NOV2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/11/mbiq-detects-nc-meteor-07nov2013.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] NC Meteor 07NOV2013

2013-11-07 Thread Stuart McDaniel
Nothing on my camera, what direction was it?? My east is blocked. * Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society CNPA #3622 NWS Cert. Adv. Storm Spotter IMCA #9052 Sirius Meteorites Node35 - Sentinel All Sky http://spacerocks.weebly.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Need some small Riker boxes (3 x 4)

2013-11-07 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Thanks to everyone who responded. I have what I need now. :) MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest -

[meteorite-list] Ancient tool artifacts made from meteorites?

2013-11-07 Thread Raymond Borges
I was wondering if anyone had ever purchased a ancient tool made from a real meteorite on a site like eBay? And also, do they ever sell things like this at Tucson? Raymond Borges spacerocks.org __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2013-11-07 Thread valparint
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Zag Contributed by: Jean-Michel Masson http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com