[meteorite-list] Micromounts; craters; SL9 impact movie
From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 19 13:20:38 2006 Message-ID: <BAY115-F13DB109C5260DC8EB3B791CA430_at_phx.gbl> Apparently Meade has gotten into the micromount business. They have a tray for about $400 with 24 different micromount specimens. Nothing really rare (I don't think there were any lunar or Martian specimens when I last looked), but a nice collection starter. TRacy Latimer >From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine_at_yahoo.com> >To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >Subject: [meteorite-list] Micromounts; craters; SL9 impact movie >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:04:01 -0700 (PDT) > >Hi all - > >I few thoughts in the night. > >On micromounts, I seem to rememeber that several years >ago someone had assembled a box set, with a wide >assortment of meteorites (about $400 at the time)... > >I also remembered that Nininger produced a book which >had a canyon diablo in a plastic bubble... > >I also remembered that Jensen scientific was selling a >collection for educational use... > >So, why not a childrens' book, which has cheap >examples of the three common types packaged in bubbles >attached to the pages? Kind of like a "Rocks From >Space" Jr. edition - a basic primer. Think of all the >aggravation a book like this would save you when those >kids became adults. > >Second,would someone put together an internet list of >craters with with Google Earth/ and or Microsoft Earth >links? add age, and leave a column for impactor type, >which you can fill in with "unknown" for most of them >right now. > >Finally, where is a movie showing the impacts of all >of the fragments of SL9 with Jupiter? While we have >movies or images of each impact, they've never been >combined. No one has remapped the colors and re-sized >them. Simulated natural color would be nice. > >good hunting, >Ed > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 19 Aug 2006 01:20:33 PM PDT |
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