[meteorite-list] A meteorite friend has left us.

2020-06-20 Thread Edwin Thompson via Meteorite-list
Many of you here on the list are not on Facebook. Thought I had better share the sad news that dear friend and mentor to many of us, Dick Pugh died this week. Dick was a wonderful guy, a science teacher, an educator to a world audience, a fireball expert, published author, a true mentor, and som

[meteorite-list] slightly off topic - Interesting request from NASA PDS

2020-06-20 Thread Dolores Hill via Meteorite-list
Greetings Meteorite-List! We hope all of you and your families are staying healthy and safe! _I am passing on an inquiry that is a little out of the ordinary_ - a request for your feedback from the team at NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) https://pds.nasa.gov/ . The PDS is where NASA spacecr

[meteorite-list] Airburst explosion may have destroyed ancient Syrian town

2020-06-20 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
Ancient Syrian town destroyed by meteorite explosion airburst. New research suggests a cosmic explanation for the destruction of a pre-Biblical Syrian settlement. Link - https://www.space.com/comet-debris-destroyed-ancient-syrian-town.html -- ---

[meteorite-list] A meteorite friend has left us

2020-06-20 Thread Edwin Thompson via Meteorite-list
Many of you here on the list are not on Facebook. Thought I had better share the sad news that dear friend and mentor to many of us, Dick Pugh died this week. Dick was a wonderful guy, a science teacher, an educator to a world audience, a fireball expert, published author, a true mentor, and som

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2020-06-20 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today''s Meteorite Picture of the Day: Squaw Creek Contributed by: Anne Black http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=06/20/2020 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list