In message <c7cc1f220811301255r1514e1dex3a23b28a0666110c@...>, Shy Halatzi <shyhalatzi@...> writes ... Chris, Wayne, Roberto and Shy, Thanks...
David Entwistle
David@...
Dec 1, 2008 8:50 am
35820
In message <0tuwWBD5U6MJFwbO@...>, David Entwistle <David@...> writes ... Sorry, that's from a European perspective. I should...
David Entwistle
David@...
Dec 1, 2008 8:58 am
35821
Hi Shy and all, ... True, but the meteoroid 'shadow' cast by the moon will indeed point in the geocentric vector direction, not in the helio- centric. So the...
Rainer Arlt
rarlt@...
Dec 1, 2008 11:04 am
35822
All; Regarding the question put forth by Chris et.al. - does the Moon occasionally shield places on Earth from a stream? I actually published a paper recently...
Gural, Peter S.
PETER.S.GURAL@...
Dec 1, 2008 11:55 am
35823
For those that are interested, I added the paper to the files section as "Lunar Gravitational Focusing"; for those that do not have access to the files section...
bob71741
bob71741@...
Dec 1, 2008 1:23 pm
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I had looked at the article minutes before checking my email, considered posting the page to meteorobs because of Chris, but I see someone beat me, except the...
prospector@...
Dec 1, 2008 5:29 pm
35825
In a message dated 12/1/2008 8:23:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, bob71741@... writes: for those that do not have access to the files section of Yahoo, ...
Desantisk@...
Dec 1, 2008 9:23 pm
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It's been an exciting and tiring couple of days since last I wrote my first report Friday night from the Marsden Hotel in rural Saskatchewan. I'm now home safe...
Bruce McCurdy
bmccurdy@...
Dec 2, 2008 7:05 am
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An exciting story. Thankyou. Larry YCSentinel. ... From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy@...> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"...
stange
stange34@...
Dec 2, 2008 7:55 am
35828
Have not seen this before in the Commercial flight lanes. Sunday morning. http://www.geocities.com/stange34@.../Holiday_FUI YCSentinel ...
stange
stange34@...
Dec 2, 2008 8:33 am
35829
Hi all meteor observers, Following this intersting thread, I was whether if the Moon influence on meteoroid streams couldn't manifest itself by a more diffuse...
Karl Antier
ka.antier@...
Dec 2, 2008 8:50 am
35830
Forward from Rascals: ... _______________________________________________ Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs@... To UNSUBSCRIBE, email:...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Dec 2, 2008 4:56 pm
35831
I have posted a few images of some of the meteorites which have been recovered from western Saskatchewan here: http://skyriver.ca/astro/bruce/meteorite.htm ...
Bruce McCurdy
bmccurdy@...
Dec 3, 2008 2:21 am
35832
Not sure what to make of this.....it is long, wide & fast traveling from the North-West to the South-West at 8:02 PM Dec 2nd. No detonation. YCSentinel ...
stange
stange34@...
Dec 3, 2008 4:13 am
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That's an interesting 1st photo of Ellen looking at the meteorite in the frozen pond. I would have thought that the meteorite would have bounced off of the ice...
bob71741
bob71741@...
Dec 3, 2008 2:11 pm
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Interesting indeed -- it's a question that puzzled me as well. I have heard that reentry will heat up only the outermost layer, however, and that the object...
Robert Hamlin
Robert.Hamlin@...
Dec 3, 2008 3:26 pm
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Most likely the meteorite just bounced on the cold hard ice and ended up where it did. Then, the stone heated up in the Sun and began melting into the ice...
Meteorites have several opportunities to gain heat, first from the sun in space where the sunlight side can reach 120C/248F. The cool side will limit heating...
prospector@...
Dec 3, 2008 5:51 pm
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... in space where the sunlight side can reach 120C/248F. << How come the astronauts on apollo 13 complained about it getting cold when everything was shut...
GeoZay@...
Dec 3, 2008 5:58 pm
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... And next is goes into a several minute sub-sonic free-fall. Which is cooling it. - Marco ... Dr Marco (183294) Langbroek Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) e-mail:...
Marco Langbroek
marco.langbroek@...
Dec 3, 2008 6:04 pm
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The meteorites in the initial find, including the one pictured with Ellen, were frozen into the ice and had to be chipped out with a geologist's hammer. The...
Bruce McCurdy
bmccurdy@...
Dec 3, 2008 6:08 pm
35841
It all comes down to the emissivity of the object. Any object reaches an equilibrium temperature based on the balance between the rates the material absorbs...
Chris Peterson
clp@...
Dec 3, 2008 6:14 pm
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I didn't hear anything about it. But curiously, at nearly the same time (20:56 MST, 19:56 PST) I recorded a very slow and bright fireball over central...
Chris Peterson
clp@...
Dec 3, 2008 6:37 pm
35843
I'm not too familiar with Apollo 13 (other than the movie). But the drop in temperature would most likely be due to air leaking out of the ship and being...
Greg Miller
gmiller@...
Dec 3, 2008 6:47 pm
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Thanks Chris. Nice image as usual. I have mine up at: http://geocities.com/stange34@.../MORE_MISC_2008 It is at the bottom right. Click on it for...
stange
stange34@...
Dec 3, 2008 7:11 pm
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Looks like a meteor to me. Don't know what else it could be. I had one a little shorter, but otherwise quite similar last night: ...
Chris Peterson
clp@...
Dec 3, 2008 7:19 pm
35846
I noticed the sporadics were quite bright this morning. ... From: "Chris Peterson" <clp@...> ... _______________________________________________...
meteoreye@...
Dec 3, 2008 7:30 pm
35847
Heya everyone, One thing that I'm curios about. Could any of these crash landed meteorites be radioactive? Or is that really rare that toxic radioactivity is...
Matt Mundorf
MattM@...
Dec 3, 2008 7:55 pm
35848
Allows for quik-swap of cameras & is portable assuming power. Nearly finished.... In case others interested in building. ...
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