[meteorite-list] solar eclipse and (unrelated) the K-T impactor
From: wrecks463 <wrecks463_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:32 2004 Message-ID: <000f01c210eb$b023f260$cca40044_at_tc.ph.cox.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C210B1.038B1EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The solar eclipse here in Tucson is awesome. Not quite as good as the = one we had about 8 or 9 years ago but awsome just the same. Its taken a = bite out of the left side of about 70% and starting to peter out right = now. Kinda makes me wonder what the Earth looks like from the moon right = now. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tracy Latimer=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 11:16 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] solar eclipse and (unrelated) the K-T = impactor First off, there is a partial solar eclipse scheduled today. People = in the western half of the U.S. will be able to get the best view, up to = 75% coverage on the west coast, starting in the late afternoon. I would welcome hearing about it from anyone who has a chance to observe it! Secondly, one of my friends went on a rampage through the discount bin = at Borders yesterday and bought the Big Book of Dinosaur Questions, a children's book that had more fascinating information than most = erudite adult books. Anyway, among the things he read were: a. The Chixulub impactor came in at a shallow (20 degrees or thereabouts) angle, which showered the western portion of North = America with debris and caused a MUCH bigger dieback than if the meteorite had come in straight down, as is commonly portrayed. Kinda like having a water fight with your friends; when you use your hand tospray water at them by scooping it along the surface of the pool. b. A drilling team in the Pacific Northwest thinks the may have = recovered a tiny fragment of the original impactor from sediments brought up = from an ocean floor core. First off, I had no idea pieces of the impactor = bigger than molecular size would remain, and second off, as a collector, HOW = DO I GET MY HANDS ON SOME OF THIS STUFF?!?!?This is WAY cool. If anyone has more information, web links, comments, etc. I'd like to = hear about it. Thanks for letting me take up your bandwidth. Tracy Latimer ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C210B1.038B1EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The solar eclipse here in Tucson is = awesome. Not=20 quite as good as the one we had about 8 or 9 years ago but awsome just = the same.=20 Its taken a bite out of the left side of about 70% and starting to peter = out=20 right now. Kinda makes me wonder what the Earth looks like from the moon = right=20 now.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dtracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us = href=3D"mailto:tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us">Tracy=20 Latimer</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 10, 2002 = 11:16=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] solar = eclipse=20 and (unrelated) the K-T impactor</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>First off, there is a partial solar eclipse scheduled=20 today. People in<BR>the western half of the U.S. will be able to = get the=20 best view, up to 75%<BR>coverage on the west coast, starting in the = late=20 afternoon. I would<BR>welcome hearing about it from anyone who = has a=20 chance to observe it!<BR><BR>Secondly, one of my friends went on a = rampage=20 through the discount bin at<BR>Borders yesterday and bought the Big = Book of=20 Dinosaur Questions, a<BR>children's book that had more fascinating = information=20 than most erudite<BR>adult books. Anyway, among the things he = read=20 were:<BR>a. The Chixulub impactor came in at a shallow (20 = degrees=20 or<BR>thereabouts) angle, which showered the western portion of North=20 America<BR>with debris and caused a MUCH bigger dieback than if the = meteorite=20 had<BR>come in straight down, as is commonly portrayed. Kinda = like=20 having a<BR>water fight with your friends; when you use your hand = tospray=20 water at<BR>them by scooping it along the surface of the = pool.<BR>b. A=20 drilling team in the Pacific Northwest thinks the may have = recovered<BR>a tiny=20 fragment of the original impactor from sediments brought up from = an<BR>ocean=20 floor core. First off, I had no idea pieces of the impactor=20 bigger<BR>than molecular size would remain, and second off, as a = collector,=20 HOW DO I<BR>GET MY HANDS ON SOME OF THIS STUFF?!?!?This is WAY = cool.<BR><BR>If=20 anyone has more information, web links, comments, etc. I'd like to=20 hear<BR>about it. Thanks for letting me take up your=20 bandwidth.<BR><BR>Tracy=20 = Latimer<BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Mete= orite-list=20 mailing list<BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A><BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://w= ww.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD= Y></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C210B1.038B1EA0-- Received on Mon 10 Jun 2002 09:59:57 PM PDT |
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