[meteorite-list] AD - Sky & Tel Meteorite Related

From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:55 2005
Message-ID: <1ab.34110940.2f63499d_at_aol.com>

Hola List:
Here's my "Pre-Cambrian" meteorite-related sale because I was napping in that
Time and as a first meteorite-related sale, I figure better late than never!
The following are 19 Sky & Telescope magazines with meteorite related
articles that you may want for reference. The price is: $5.00 for the first, $3.50
for the second, $2.00 for the third and $1.25 for each additional. If anyone
wants them all, they are available for $19 to a good home. Otherwise I will
respect the order in which the emails are received. Each one averages 260 grams.
(just over 9 ounces). In the US where Media Mail to US addresses is cheap
(US Media Mail Postage $1.75 for 1, $2.50 for 2-3, each additional at 0.25 each)
and internationally whatever you pay for I'll work with you for the best deal
on postage. Ensisheim, Peekskill, Glatton, Nullarbor, ALH84001, Tsukuba
City, Neagari, St. Robert, Haag (not the meteorite man issue), Rubin etc., etc...:
1. Nov 1992
cover - "SETI: The Search for extraterrestrial Intelligence"
MR1: The Great Stone of Ensisheim Turns 500 (2 pages, illustrations) history
of the Stone and its importance in meteoritical development
MR2: Theft a Texas Star Party (2/3 page illustrated) meteoritical knives,
Norton County , and Australian Iron theft
2. July 1992
cover: Mars for Real! A fisheye view of Mars
MR1: The Meteorite and Tektite Collector's Handbook (over a page, pictures)
Book review by Robert A. Haag
MR2: The forgotten Comet Hunter of Skalnate Pleso - Ludmilla Pajdusakova of
Czechoslovakia (1.5 pages illustrated)
3. Jan 1993
cover - Target Earth - What will be the "Impact" of Comet Swift-Tuttle (!!)
M1: Meteorite 1, Car 0 - Brief on the Peekskill Meteorite, no photos.
4. Nov 1991
cover S&T 50th Anniversary Edition - commentaries by Arthur C. Clark, Robert
Jastrow, Michael Collins, Phillip Morrison, Timothy Ferris, Carl Sagan.
MR1: Martian Meteorite Launch Sites (1 page note and photo) - locating the
SNC meteorite launch sites on Mars.
MR2: The Glatton Meteorite (2/5 of a page and photo) - The nice man who saw
the English fall recounts, with photo of him w/stone
MR3: A meteorite Bounty from Down Under (half page note with sketch of
Nullarbor region)
5. October 1996
cover - Do We Know our neighbors? - Astronomers Struggle to Find our Nearest
neighbors
MR1: Life on Ancient Mars?: (2 full pages, Nice clear photo of ALH 84001,
also microscopic photos of the carbonate "globules:)After 2.5 years, Scientists
have made their case for the presence of fossilized life in a Martian
meteorite. Debate presented.
MR2: The Lunar Volcanism Controversy - (5 pages, excellent discussion and
history of this, excellent material to have if you are interested in Tektites) A
western scientist's attempt to Verify the contraversial claim of a Soviet
colleague provides a fascinating look at science during the cold war.
MR3: Fire in the Sky - (3 pages illustrations, nice photo of Tsukuba City
Meteorite individuals recovered) Gives account of the Tsukuba Meteorite which
fell through the roof of a garage. General discussion of fireball reporting, and
some other potential falls touched on as well.
6. May 1991
cover "The Astronomers, Televisions Journey to the Stars."
MR1: "The King of Comet Finders - William R Brooks"
MR2: "Two Meteor Projects for Amateurs - Long term meteor shower observing &
Photographic Spectra of meteors to determine meteoroid composition"
7. Sept 1995
cover - Gamma Ray Astronomy - Using Atmospheric Flashes to Probe the High
Energy Universe
MR1: Another Car Conker (over half page excellent photo of car damage and
nice clear shot of 325 gram meteorite main mass) Neagari Meteorite account and
photo. Pattern of paint much more interesting than Peekskill. Shows that the
meteorite was oriented and rapidly spinning...
8. July 1995
cover - Rendevous in Space - Atlantos docks with Mir, and how to even observe
it...
MR1: A Chip off the Old Mars (1 page, nice detailed photos). Antarctic
meteorite ALH84001 is analysis and matrian 'geology' origin dscussed
MR2: Microscopic Astronomy - By Alan Rubin of UCLA Meteoritics (long article,
7 pages illustrated moon rocks, meteorites ALHA 81005 lunar, graphs, geologic
boundaries, lunar origins, etc.) Superb article reduces planetary scientists
work with meteorites in an understandable manner
9. Nov 1995
cover - Could the Be the Next Great Comet? Ten times larger than Halley's,
Comet Hale-Bopp is on the way.
MR1: Letters to the Editor, two readers (Jorn Michael in Germany; Richard
Rast, New Mexico) point out errors and rectify mistatements of Alan Rubins
Microscopic Astronomy Article
MR2: The Leonids: King of the Meteor Showers (8 pages, illustrated with
excellent photos, woodcuts of 1833 shower) Great article to appreciate the Leonid
shower, along with a nice analysis of meteoroid density relative to the parent
body, Comet Tempel Tuttle
10. Sept 1994
cover - "Science with Keck - the World's Largest Optical Telescope"
MR1: Love Letter to An Astronomer (well I just never forgot this explanation
to woo women)
MR2: Meteorites Pound Canada - (over half a page, large, crisp photo of
meteorite) Eyewitness accounts of the St. Robert Meteorite recovered from a farm in
Quebec
11. Jan 1992
cover "Hubble Shoots Jupiter"
MR1: "Mercury's Cool Surprise - (2 pages illustrated) an article which
explains detection of snowballs/why Mercury has an ice cap where the Sun never
shines (for those of you who still think that a Venusian night is colder than a
Mercurial one, a recent topic on the list. Mercurian nights are much colder than
Earthly ones)"
MR2: The Coins of Antioch - (3 pages illustrated) an article researching the
explanation for the Star of Bethlehem adding some ancient coin depictions and
astronomical footwork to the equation (CJ???).
12. Feb 1994
cover - November's Stunning Lunar Eclipse / Astronomers during theMcCarthy
Witch-hunts
MR1: Secret Impacts Revealed - Military satellites have been watching huge
meteoroids slam into Earth's atmosphere for nearly two decades ( 2 pages,
illustrated, distribution scatter map of impacts to upper atmosphere with energies
comparable each to Hiroshima Atomic bomb blasts, usually not accompanied by
light)
MR2: The Optimum Camera for Meteors (3 pages, illustrated, charts) -
calculations, understanding how to optimize meteor photography efficiency
13. Mar 1992
cover "Probing Venus' Hidden Surface magellan's Remarkable Images (Active
Volcanos on Venus?)"
MR1: Radio Waves from a Meteor? - (2 pages, illustrated, schematic, parts
list) making & using an eletrophonic detector for meteors
14.May 1992
cover New Planets Discovered - Planets around a Pulsar
MR1: A Brillant Flash - (1 full page mostly amazing photograph of fireball
-18.5 magnitude!!) the 1991 Czechoslovakian Fireball should have dropped
fragments [but people are still looking!]
MR2: Indiana Fireball: one quarter of page w/illustration -8 magnitude
accompanied by low frequency rumbling
15. Sept 1992
cover "Astronomy from the Moon: Dateline 2017" what it will be like artists
conceptions
16. Mar 1993
 America's Observatory - Munt Wilson's 100-inch reflector
MR1: Tunguska: An Asteroid - few inches comment on two new studies and the
character of Tunguska
MR2: Venus, Ducks and Flying Fish, well I just never forgot this explanation
to visualize tilted orbits
MR3: Brief with images of Toutatis in 1992 radar imaging, illustrated
MR4: Al Lang advertisement
17. May 1993
cover - "A Star Is Born!" Stellar Nursery in Scorpius
Nice picture in the Gallery of asteroid Toutatis spelling its name in Morse
code by multiple timed exposures!
18. January 1995
cover - The Galaxy We Call Home - The Milky Way in Sagittarius
MR1: Ida and Company (4 pages, well illustrated photos), asteroids with moons
and how they form and how common are they
MR2: Shooting Stars: The 1994 Perseids (3 pages nice photos!) Article by
Peter Brown and Jurgen Rendtel on one of the best meteor showers in out lifetime
19. May 1996
cover - Comet Hyakutake: The Performance Begins
MR1: Comet Photography for Everyone (6 pages great illustrations and simple
techniques, cameras films, etc.) Dennis Di Cicco probably as good as it gets,
et. al. give a superb account on how to photograph comets easily, well
illustrated with excellent photos
MR2: A Naked Eye Asteroid: One page description of the Vesta Opposition -
one of the brightest of the century. no photos because preceded event.

Saludos,Doug
Received on Fri 11 Mar 2005 02:21:01 PM PST