Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-06-02 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Pete and all, Reading the last paragraph of your statement lead me to believe you were inferring that an astronaut was throwing a rock out of orbit. My mistake. --AL Mitterling Pete Shugar wrote: I never said he was throwing the object. What I said was impart excape velocity to the

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-06-01 Thread Michael L Blood
Pete, This occurred to me many years ago - I always thought an Earth meteorite would be one of if not THE coolest meteorite Ever. Best wishes, Michael on 5/29/08 9:24 PM, Pete Shugar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list, I've given this more than just a passing thought as I

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread Jeff Grossman
-- - Original Message - From: AL Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Hi Pete, some material

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread mexicodoug
to happen but I'm not good at maintaning these old met-list links as some others :( Best wishes, Doug -Original Message- From: AL Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, 30 May 2008 7:51 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread mexicodoug
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:05 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Al M. wrote:    I don't think it would be possible for an astronaut to throw an object, rock or otherwise out of the orbit

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Doug, Pete and all, Thanks Doug for the figures you would have to throw at. Looks like our astronaut isn't going to be launching anything too far out. I appreciate the figures to back up my claim!! --AL Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Al M. wrote: I don't think it would be

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread Pete Shugar
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Hi Doug, Pete and all, Thanks Doug for the figures you would have to throw at. Looks like our astronaut isn't going to be launching anything too far out. I appreciate the figures to back up

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread mexicodoug
likely look a lot like a tektite. Comment? Best wishes, Doug -Original Message- From: Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, 30 May 2008 5:29 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Alan Rubin and I grappled with this issue in our

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-31 Thread Sterling K. Webb
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Dear Sterling and list, Although these reports are intriguing, there is still no convincing evidence that any of these things are meteorites. I wish I had a nickel for every I saw a fireball

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Esoterica

2008-05-31 Thread Mr EMan
All this escape velocity discussion jogged my memory about an urban myth regarding the first man made object launched into space. Didn't take an astronaut or a formal space program... According to one version, one of the underground American atomic test (Operation Plumbbob 1957?) had a

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-30 Thread Jeff Grossman
Alan Rubin and I grappled with this issue in our article in Meteorite! 10 years ago, What is a meteorite? The pursuit of a comprehensive definition. We wanted a definition that would exclude things like tektites from being called meteorites. Our definition then said that, to be called a

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-30 Thread Mark Crawford
A related question I pondered a while back: How big does an object need to be to be a 'parent body'? Is the meteorite ever the full remnant of the PB? In other words, can something be big and coherent enough to survive passage through the atmosphere and produce a meteorite, which hasn't

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-30 Thread Pete Shugar
the sun. I say material surviving to impact from any source (excluding man made) would and should be called a meteorite. Pete - Original Message - From: Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-30 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Pete, I don't think it would be possible for an astronaut to throw an object, rock or otherwise out of the orbit of the Earth. (lets not talk about the Hassablat that got away) Seems like that would be possible but if you think about it, both the astronaut and the rock are in orbit around

Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-30 Thread Sterling K. Webb
-- - Original Message - From: AL Mitterling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Just Another Question Hi Pete, some material omitted Jeff states: Nothing like

[meteorite-list] Just Another Question

2008-05-29 Thread Pete Shugar
Hello list, I've given this more than just a passing thought as I think this is a very intreguing question. If an impactor smacks into the moon with enough energy, objects will be dislodged. If they make it to earth intact, we have a luner meteorite. Same goes for Mars and Astroid 4Vesta.

[meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread DiamondMeteor
Is it not very strange that I find so many meteowrongs in the same place? Some in the same meter square? In an area where no natural igneous rocks exist? I dont blame you, one day you will discover the value of these whatever they are. The sky is BIG, it can drop down anything. Take It Easy

Re: [meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread CMcdon0923
Is it not very strange that I find so many meteowrongs in the same place? This may be a good sign. Isn't "admitting you have a probem" the first step towards recovery?

Re: [meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread John Gwilliam
Mohamed, May I suggest an explanation for your finding interesting rocks in an area you claim has none? Over the past 40 years, I've spent a lot of time collecting interesting rocks during my travels around the western United States. While out hiking or hunting, I've got a habit of picking

Re: [meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread Mark Miconi
-list] Just a Question Is it not very strange that I find so many meteowrongs in the same place? Some in the same meter square? In an area where no natural igneous rocks exist? I dont blame you, one day you will discover the value of these whatever they are. The sky is BIG, it can drop down

Re: [meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread Matteo Chinellato
Hello all I will not answer more to this email, to sincerely have tired me. I invite Mr.Mohamed to visit the Italian rivers in sand bank and it will find tons to them of its meteorites. Regards Matteo --- DiamondMeteor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it not very strange that I find so many

Re: [meteorite-list] Just a Question

2002-02-02 Thread Sharkkb8
Is it not very strange that I find so many meteowrongs in the same place? Nope. Not very strange. I, too, can find so many meteorwrongs in my front yard, in my back yard, down the street and over the hill. My neighbor can find many meteorwrongs, too. Pretty much the same for my