[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-11-18 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Bullhead City Contributed by: Larry Atkins http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=11/19/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-l

Re: [meteorite-list] Found suspected iron meteorite

2015-11-18 Thread Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list
Todd, Love to see a photo. Can you send me one? You can try contacting Dr. John Wasson at UCLA, but you will need to pay for classification with them. Cheers, John Sent using the mail.com mail app On 11/18/15 at 9:47 PM, Todd Dziuk via Meteorite-list wrote: > I recently found what I believe

[meteorite-list] Found suspected iron meteorite

2015-11-18 Thread Todd Dziuk via Meteorite-list
I recently found what I believe is a small iron meteorite here in Phoenix, AZ. I've been out of the loop for awhile and find out that ASU Center of Meteorite Studies no longer accepts samples for testing/verification. Does anyone have other recommendations for having it tested? TODD DZIUK Sent f

[meteorite-list] Vegetables Planted in Meteorite Soil Could One Day Feed Human Colonies on Alien Planets

2015-11-18 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2658956/To-boldly-GROW-Vegetables-planted-meteorite-soil-help-feed-human-colonies-alien-planets.html To boldly GROW: Vegetables planted in meteorite soil could one day feed human colonies on alien planets * Meteorites contain phosphate, nitrates a

[meteorite-list] Impact Origin of 775 AD Radiocarbon Spike (Anomaly) Disputed

2015-11-18 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list
Usoskin, I. G., and G. A. Kovaltsov, 2015, The carbon-14 spike in the 8th century was not caused by a cometary impact on Earth. Icarus. vol. 260, pp. 475–476 Abstract at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514003200 PDF file at http://cc.oulu.fi/~usoskin/personal/Icarus_201

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2015-11-18 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Sikhote Alin Contributed by: Marco Frigerio http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=11/18/2015 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-

[meteorite-list] Has the Earth been exposed to supernovae within the last 300 kyr?

2015-11-18 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list
Melott, A. L., I. G. Usoskin, G. A. Kovaltsov, and C. M. Laird, 2015, Has the Earth been exposed to numerous supernovae within the last 300 kyr? International Journal of Astrobiology. 14(3):375–378 doi:10.1017/S1473550414000512 "ABSTRACT: We show that Firestone (2014) contains numerous errors in