[meteorite-list] Solar System on a DRY LAKE

2015-09-21 Thread Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list
I am sure I am not the only one who has thought about recreating the distances of the planets on a dry lake bed. Well these guys actually went and did it. Oh to be young again and "have no job" check it out Paul G http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/09/18/solar-system-scale-timelapse.wylie-ove

[meteorite-list] 'Solar System' on Leaked List of US Postage Stamp Subjects for 2014

2014-03-02 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022414a-usps-solar-system-stamps.html 'Solar System' on leaked list of US postage stamp subjects for 2014 collectspace.com February 24, 2014 The United States Postal Service is planning to put its stamp on the solar system - or rather the solar system on it

[meteorite-list] Solar System Exploration @50 Symposium

2012-09-26 Thread Ron Baalke
Solar System Exploration @50 - October 25-26, 2012 Bill Barry NASA Chief Historian On Oct. 25-26, 2012, the NASA History Program Office, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will host a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary pl

[meteorite-list] Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water

2012-07-12 Thread Ron Baalke
http://carnegiescience.edu/news/solar_system_ice_source_earth%E2%80%99s_water Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water Carnegie Institution of Science July 12, 2012 Washington, DC - Scientists have long believed that comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous chond

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system mystery 'solved'

2012-04-18 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi All! Is there a published document out on this? Jim Jim Wooddell http://k7wfr.us - Original Message - From: "Thunder Stone" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Solar system mystery 'solved' List: Any thoughts on

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system mystery 'solved'

2012-04-18 Thread aerubin
Many people who have seldom looked at chondrules have come up with imaginative theories of how they formed. The source of heat is just one aspect of the problem. Most chondrules appear to have been heated multiple times, an observation difficult to reconcile with this new model. Many chon

[meteorite-list] Solar system mystery 'solved'

2012-04-18 Thread Thunder Stone
List: Any thoughts on this? Greg S. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/solar-system-mystery-solved_770352.html Solar system mystery 'solved' Washington: Planetary scientists claim they may have discovered how "chondrules", tiny particles found in meteorites, formed at the beginning of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system may be 2 million years older than we thought

2010-08-24 Thread Gary Fujihara
Ooops, heading should read 2 million. On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Gary Fujihara wrote: >> From ASU: http://asunews.asu.edu/20100823_bouvier > > Timescales of early Solar System processes rely on precise, accurate and > consistent ages obtained with radiometric dating. However, recent advances

[meteorite-list] Solar system may be 2 billion years older than we thought

2010-08-24 Thread Gary Fujihara
>From ASU: http://asunews.asu.edu/20100823_bouvier Timescales of early Solar System processes rely on precise, accurate and consistent ages obtained with radiometric dating. However, recent advances in instrumentation now allow scientists to make more precise measurements, some of which are rev

[meteorite-list] "Solar System older than thought"

2010-08-22 Thread Tom Randall (KB2SMS)
Hi folks, I thought that CAI's (as those in Allende) were older. http://bit.ly/degkpS http://home.roadrunner.com/~kb2sms/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list M

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System

2008-05-09 Thread Michael L Blood
Sorry, Try this one: http://www.funnychest.com/2007/04/our-solar-systems-planet-size-comparision/ Then get a new computer! Best wishes, Michael on 5/9/08 11:14 AM, fredric stephan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > AHOY there CAPTAIN BLOOD 999 IF I made be so bold )

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System

2008-05-08 Thread lebofsky
Hi Pete: I always have problems with the multi-line links. :( Here is the orginal site: http://www.livephysics.com/simulations/astronomy/scale-of-the-solar-system.html And one that I found the goes an addition step: http://www.saintjoe.edu/~dept14/environment/rogero/core5/celestial_compare.htm

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System

2008-05-08 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Pete, This one is my favorite: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.funnychest.com/wp-content/upl oads/2007/04/solar_system_planet_size_comparision_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ww w.funnychest.com/2007/04/our-solar-systems-planet-size-comparision/&h=77&w=1 37&sz=34&tbnid=zB7NEK_LaN

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System (A bit off topic)

2008-01-09 Thread Jerry
Thanks Pete and Larry. I'd have missed it the first post. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pete Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [me

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System (A bit off topic)

2008-01-09 Thread lebofsky
Pete: Thanks for this. This is a great visual of objects in the Solar System! Larry On Wed, January 9, 2008 3:47 am, Pete Pete wrote: > > > Good morning/evening, List, (depending what side of the planet you're on) > > > Here's a decent solar system chart I came across, for anyone interested: >

[meteorite-list] Solar System (A bit off topic)

2008-01-09 Thread Pete Pete
Good morning/evening, List, (depending what side of the planet you're on) Here's a decent solar system chart I came across, for anyone interested: http://kokogiak.com/solarsystembodieslargerthan200miles.html http://kokogiak.com/solarsystembodieslargerthan200miles.html Cheers, Pete __

[meteorite-list] Solar System: Lethal Billiards

2007-09-06 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v449/n7158/full/449030a.html;jsessionid=C86A202A339FC94B54A1662F47B156BD Nature 449, 30-31 (6 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449030a; Published online 5 September 2007 Solar System: Lethal billiards Philippe Claeys1 & Steven Goderis1 Abstract A huge collis

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System Photos

2007-05-16 Thread Gerald Flaherty
9:07 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Solar System Photos Hi, all, Lots of solar system pics and gifs here, if you have some time... http://damianpeach.com/index2.htm http://damianpeach.com/index2.htm Cheers, Pete _ See Fireworks On L

[meteorite-list] Solar System Photos

2007-05-16 Thread Pete Pete
Hi, all, Lots of solar system pics and gifs here, if you have some time... http://damianpeach.com/index2.htm http://damianpeach.com/index2.htm Cheers, Pete _ See Fireworks On Live Image Search http://search.live.com/images/result

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective

2006-08-18 Thread Sterling K. Webb
t.jpg In fact, the Wikipedia has very good entries on all the "KBO" crowd... Sterling K. Webb - - Original Message - From: "Pete Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:36 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Persp

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Lebofsky
I think EL 61 rotates fairly rapidly and it is thought that this shape was frozen in when it was formed. This is where the actual defining of a planet gets a little fuzzy and where I start having problems with, if not the definition, how do you determine what is and what is not a planet. The de

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective

2006-08-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:36:14 -0400, you wrote: >Apologies, if this link was posted previously. > >Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the >on-going debate/discussion... > >http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Thanks for supplying

[meteorite-list] Solar System in Perspective

2006-08-18 Thread Pete Pete
Apologies, if this link was posted previously. Some nice, high resolution graphics and a video fly-by, relative to the on-going debate/discussion... http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html Ch

RE: [meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Matson, Robert
Whoops! Yes, you're quite right -- second largest known. --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:46 PM To: Matson, Robert Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system news O

Re: [meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:29:13 -0800, "Matson, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi All, > >have been getting, the largest KBO, Pluto, has upped the ante: > Second largest. (So far) __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com htt

[meteorite-list] Solar system news

2005-10-31 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi All, Evidently jealous of all the attention that 2003 UB313 (affectionately, unofficially known as "Xena") and its satellite (likewise, "Gabrielle") have been getting, the largest KBO, Pluto, has upped the ante: Circular No. 8625 Central Bureau

[meteorite-list] Solar System Slightly Older Than Previously Thought

2005-08-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/home/about_victoria/news_article.asp?ArticleID=1042149245 Ancient Solar System research published in Nature Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) August 25, 2005 A Victoria University scientist who has found the key to dating the very beginnings of our Solar System