[meteorite-list] Astronomy August Issue

From: Gaetan Cormier <shattercone_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Apr 12 12:31:09 2006
Message-ID: <dab45f6d0604120652u70ad78faxa980eb6c2968a334_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello list!


If you are not subscribed to Astronomy magazine, you sure don't want to miss
the August 2006 issue as it will be a Meteorite Special. It should be on
newstand at the end of june.



METEORITE EDITORIAL FEATURES - AUGUST ISSUE

Meteorite science]
Unlocking the solar system's past
Meteorites hold a treasure trove - rare particles older than Earth. DAVID
KRING

[Meteorite impacts]
Earth under fire
Our planet's surface is riddled with craters formed by high-speed cosmic
impacts. MIKE REYNOLDS

[Meteor Crater]
Blast from the past
Fifty thousand years ago, a multi-megaton impact gouged Arizona's Meteor
Crater.

[Swapping rocks]
The great interplanetary rock swap
Some meteorites come from the Moon, others from Mars. Here's how they
arrive. BILL COOKE

[Meteorites illustrated]
Classic rock
With almost no metals, stone meteorites are the most common in space but
tough to find on Earth. MICHAEL E. BAKICH

Heavy metal
We find iron meteorites more than any other type. MICHAEL E. BAKICH

Rock-metal fusion
The rarest class of meteorites, stony-irons also are the most beautiful.
MICHAEL E. BAKICH

Name that rock
Scientists classify meteorites by what they're made of and where they come
from. MICHAEL E. BAKICH

[Illustrated spread]
Between a rock and a gas giant
Mars and Jupiter bracket a belt of rocky mini-planets where action is the
name of the game. RICHARD TALCOTT

[Collecting meteorites]
How to collect meteorites
Here's everything you need to start acquiring space rocks. O. RICHARD NORTON

[Observing Perseids]
Party with the Perseids
The Perseid meteor shower is one of amateur astronomy's great yearly social
events. MICHAEL E. BAKICH

[Bob Haag profile]
Rock star
Meteorite dealer Robert Haag travels the world in search of space rocks.
RAYMOND SHUBINSKI

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Gaetan Cormier
Shattercones etc...
http://www.shattercones.biz
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