Hello everyone, I will be marketing my 4 gram piece of Weston in some
newspapers in western Connecticut soon and want to be accurate in my
assessment of its size. I have seen very little over a gram available
and was wondering how many of you may have pieces over 4 grams?
Thanks very
Ron:
It depends on what you want to look at. If your primary
interest is in deepsky objects (galaxies, nebulae, star clusters) then
a 6 to 8 inch Newtonian reflector on a Dobsonian Base might be best.
If you're more interested in planets and lunar views, then perhaps a
refractor.
Mike:
You make an excellent point with the mass of impact
observation. I attended a lecture recently at Brown University where
the presentation was on lunar flashes and gas release. Only a few
years ago the mere suggestion that the moon was not completely dead
and free from any
Ya know, with all this glacier ice melting there's bound to be a few
meteorite specimens to be found. Of course Manhattan and most of Florida
will be under water, but there's bound to be a few trade offs.
George
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Graham:
I too am disappointed, however, the bidding history with user names
etc. is still displayed on auctions in which you have submitted a bid.
George
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This is a fascinating observation. Since we need molecules, or at very
least clumps of atoms to detect an odor (something which grosses me out
every time I walk into a public restroom) I wonder what it is that is
imparting the odor? This would be a great NASA Shuttle experiment. There
has to
Sterling:
Hello, as I told Tracy in a direct email, I was better in science than
history. In reading the accounts of the 1859 aurora, it's amazing that
knowing it happened has been ignored by communications and power companies.
It would be devastating if (when) it happens again. Tracy,
Tracy:
Unless there are other islands of the same name, the Sandwich Islands
with which I am familiar are just north of Antarctica in the South Atlantic.
It would not be unusual for them to get an Aurora but it would be an Aurora
Australis and not Borealis. I don't pay great attention to
Darren:
After reading the question and answer in this ad, I'd guess the
person selling this is 12 to 14 yrs old. He probably used his parents
credit card to get access. I ran into one child purchaser a couple of years
ago, I'm sure they are more common than we realize.
George
I know this is a serious (though off topic) topic, however, I realized
recently that I was letting the creationists annoy me too much. I thought
back to the 70's, when people seemed to take things more in stride and with
humor. I thought about the time Archie Bunker yelled to his
Hello everyone. I have always had a keen interest in the Weston meteorite,
partly because I'm from CT and also because of its historical significance.
My collection contains somewhat over 5 grams of this meteorite in three
pieces, the largest of which is just over 4 grams. I am curious about
The thing which is most interesting to me in these fireball sightings is the
color of the flame. The only fireball I saw was an orange/yellow. Is it
reasonable to make a guess as to the composition based on flame colors, in
the way geologists do a flame test? Or, are there too many other
I just saw a segment on WTNH TV in New Haven, CT which showed a basketball
sized chunk of ice that hit and dented a roof in Preston, CT. The piece of
ice was predominantly whitish with varying sizes of dirt and gravel
embedded. The owner, wisely is preserving the specimen in his freezer. The
Andrei:
My French is very poor, but three bolides on three consecutive days all
in France seems very unusual. The photos look real enough, but I can't help
but wonder what is up? Thanks for providing the link.
George
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Charles:
I did not see anything at the time and date you stated. I live in SE
CT and my computer desk faces toward the Boston area through several 9 foot
high windows. I was at the computer until 1 AM on Thursday morning and the
visibility is good enough to see stars and satellites even
John and Dawn:
Thanks for sharing that amazing photo with us. Although I have never
seen this structure in a meteorite, this type of fractal is quite common
in nature and the physical world. Typically these patterns can be generated
with a simple formula, called the Mandelbrot Set, by
Ron:
The article doesn't say if anyone took the samples and put them in the
freezer, something I hope anyone would do. I can't think of too many places
on a plane where grapefruit size chunks could collect, fall off at the same
time and follow the same trajectory.
George
Hello everyone. I just heard on the news that small portions of lunar rocks
will be given to the original astronaut class as well as Walter Cronkite.
This to me seems like a precedent setting alteration of the official
government policy prohibiting private ownership of lunar material. It might
Rob:
Hello. My wife collects glass insulators, the kind that sit on old
telephone and telegraph poles. Most of the insulators started out as clear
glass. Over the years many of them, due to ultraviolet radiation exposure
have turned to colors including green, blue, yellow, purple etc.
Ron et. al.
Hello, although I am undecided about the cause of Tunguska, one other
theory which, though bizarre, has not received as much publicity as some of
the others. In his book The Hunt For Zero Point, Nick Cook states that in
an attempt to send a message to Robert Peary on his way to
Ron:
Thanks for the info about the dust grains in tree sap. I don't believe
I had heard that before.
George
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Mark:
Hello, you pose an interesting observation and
question. The first thing which comes to mind is thatpredictions
based on statistics are more likely to fall within predicted ranges when
relatively high numbers are involved. I don't recall off-hand how many of
each (lunar and Martian)
Ron:
I have followed this story since it happened. My bet is that it was a
Russian reentry vehicle. I can think of no other reason that NASA personnel
would be at the sight (as claimed by many witnesses) unless it was some kind
of spacecraft of ours or the Soviets. If it were a real UFO
Bob:
Arthur Clarke is more than just a science fiction writer, he really is
a visionary. He saw communication satellites before there were any, and
after I read his Childhood's End, I haven't stopped thinking about it and
that was in 1971.
George
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