[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Plainview Contributed by: Werner Schroer http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=11/06/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-lis

[meteorite-list] Study Questions Dates for Cataclysms on Early Moon, Earth

http://news.wisc.edu/24103 Study questions dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth by David Tenenbaum University of Wisconsin October 16, 2015 Phenomenally durable crystals called zircons are used to date some of the earliest and most dramatic cataclysms of the solar system. One is the supe

[meteorite-list] Vitamin B3 Might Have Been Made in Space, Delivered to Earth by Meteorites

http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/vitamin-b3-might-have-been-made-in-space-delivered-to-earth-by-meteorites/ Vitamin B3 Might Have Been Made in Space, Delivered to Earth by Meteorites Bill Steigerwald NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. william.a.steigerw...@nasa.gov April 17

[meteorite-list] MAVEN Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere

November 05, 2015 RELEASE 15-217 NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm

[meteorite-list] Historic Rosetta Mission to End with Crash Into Comet

http://www.nature.com/news/historic-rosetta-mission-to-end-with-crash-into-comet-1.18713 Historic Rosetta mission to end with crash into comet There were other options, but super close-up shots on descent will provide science bonanza. Elizabeth Gibney nature.com 04 November 2015 A year since

Re: [meteorite-list] Very Bright Fireball Over Europe on Halloween Night

Hi Doug- I don't think atmospheric extinction normally plays much of a role in color perception of bright meteors. You don't get a full magnitude difference between red and blue until you are about 15° above the horizon, or about four air masses. And even at a magnitude difference, I'd only e

Re: [meteorite-list] Witness information that is more helpful than color

I seek color in submitted witness reports, not necessarily to provide additional scientific information (although it's data, so I wouldn't completely rule out that possibility), but rather, to understand how people see things differently, and to make for a more complete public report, since pub

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Re: [meteorite-list] Very Bright Fireball Over Europe on Halloween Night

Op 5-11-2015 om 2:48 schreef "Beatty, Kelly" : this discussion is timely. what you've noted is exactly my understanding. just yesterday I came across a high-profile blog about these fireballs, Phil Plait's? and the writer stated that most of the light comes from the superheated vaporized part