Smithsonian Pays $10000 For Lorton, Virginia, Meteorite

Smithsonian Pays $10000 For Meteorite That 
Crashed Into Doctors Rooms, NewsTime 
http://www.newstime.co.za/ScienceandTech/Smithsonian_Pays_$10000_For_Meteorite_That_Crashed_Into_Doctors_Rooms/22790/

 

Whatever Happened To... the Lorton Meteorite?
Washington Post by Neely Tucker, March 18, 2011‎
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whatever-happened-to-the-lorton-meteorite-/2011/03/04/AB14tMq_story.html

 

Virginia Meteorite On Display At The Smithsonian
RedOrbit, march 19, 2011,
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/2015327/virginia_meteorite_on_display_at_the_smithsonian/

 

Smithsonian to keep meteorite that landed in 
Va. doctors' office; makes $10000 payment
Washington Post, ‎associated Press, March 19, 2011‎
http://www.washingtonpost.com/smithsonian_to_keep_meteorite_that_landed_in_va_doctors_office_makes_10000_payment/2011/03/19/ABCSpHx_story.html

 

Yours,

Paul H.

Radiation Dose Chart

For people, like me, who are confused about all of
the numbers about radiation does, a friend of mine 
directed me to a "Radiation Dose Chart" that provides
a relative chart of radiation does from different sources.

The Radiation Dose Chart can be found at:

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

 

http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png

 

As the chart states, it is for education only.

The weirdest thing that found was environmental
tours of the Chernobyl Power Plant as seen at

http://www.tourkiev.com/chernobyltour/

 

Best wishes,

Paul H. 

OT: Videos Tell The Earthquake, Tsunami Story

YouTube Videos Tell The Earthquake, Tsunami Story
National Public Radio, March 11, 2011, 
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/03/12/134464888/youtube-videos-tell-the-earthquake-tsunami-story

 

Earthquake in Japan, YouTube, Citizen's Channel
http://www.youtube.com/citizentube#g/c/0870831CE43351E1

 

More of the latest videos from Japan's devastating earthquake
Vancouver Sun, March 11, 2011
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/More+latest+videos+from+Japan+devastating+earthquake/4425033/story.html

 

Japan earthquake: CCTV video of tsunami wave hitting
Sendai airport, RussiaToday, 
http://www.youtube.com/citizentube#p/c/1/-DSSssHxm4Y

 

These are a heartbreaking and tragic preview of what will 
eventually happen to the northwest coast of the United 
States and west coast of Canada. It happened in 1700 and
other times in prehistory to these areas and will occur again.

The January, 1700 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake 
and tsunami, The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
http://www.pnsn.org/HAZARDS/CASCADIA/cascadia_event.html

 

1700 Cascadia earthquake, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake

 

Atwater, B. F., M.-R. Satoko, S. Kenji, T. Yoshinobu, 
U. Kazue, and D. K. Yamaguchi, 2007, The Orphan 
Tsunami of 1700—Japanese Clues to a Parent 
Earthquake in North America. Professional Paper 
no. 1707, United States Geological Survey, Reston,
Virginia.

PDF file (116 MB) downloadable from:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1707/pp1707.pdf

 

Yours,

Paul

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)

Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo

Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo

Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo. Expedition 
confirms a meteor hit central Africa millions of years ago.
National Geographic News, March 8, 2011,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110308-meteor-impact-crater-found-confirmed-congo-ferriere-science/

 

Another article is at http://tech.xinmin.cn/2011/03/10/9694299.html

 

Ferrière, L., and G. R. Osinski, 2011, The New Luizi Impact 
Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Implications 
for Central Peak and Peak Ring Formation. 42nd Lunar and 
Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1642
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1642.pdf

 

 (PDF file)

Ferrière, L., F. R. T. Lubala, G. R. Osinski, and P. K. Kaseti,
2011, The Luizi Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo) 
— First Confirmed Meteorite Impact Crater in Central Africa.
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1637
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1637.pdf

 

 (PDF file)

best wishes,

Paul H.

Elongate Possible Simutaneous Multiple Impact Crater Found On Mars

Satellites See Evidence of One-Two Asteroid Punches on Mars
Wired Science, Lisa Grossman, March 4, 2011  
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/mars-double-craters/

 

A slug-shaped crater, which lies in Mars’ heavily cratered 
southern highlands and just south of the Huygens basin,
appears to represent a chain of impactors hitting Mars at 
shallow angle. The image is at:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/mars-double-craters/long-crater/

 

and "The scars of impacts on Mars" (ESA Mars Expressed, 4 March 2011)
at http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMTK5VTLKG_0.html

 

and http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEMTK5VTLKG_1.html

 

A possibly related structure is described in "Weird Oblong 
Crater Deepens Mars Mystery" by Lisa Grossman (Wired
Science, August 27, 2010) at:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/08/oblong-martian-crater/

 

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorites from the United Arab Emirates

Meteorites from the United Arab Emirates

Deserts are ideal to find meteorites by Loveday 
Morris, The National, United Arab Emirates, April 
19, 2010
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/deserts-are-ideal-to-find-meteorites?pageCount=0

Hezel, D. C., J. Schluter, H. Kallweit, A. J. T. Jull, O. Y.
Al Fakeer, M. Al Shamsi, and S. Strekopytov, 2011,
Meteorites from the United Arab Emirates:
Description, weathering, and terrestrial ages.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. vol. 46, no. 2,
pp. 327–336, February 2011
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01165.x/abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

Simultaneous Impact Double Crater Possibly Found on Mars

Mars meteorite craters: Make mine a double by Ian O'Neill
Discovery News, February 28, 2011
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41836713/ns/technology_and_science-discoverycom/

"It  is believed that one object split right before slamming
into the planet."

Conjoined Twins (ESP_020894_1395) y Alfred McEwen,
HiRISE Operations Center, Tucson, Arizona 85721 
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_020894_1395

Image of double crater at:
http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_020800_020899/ESP_020894_1395/ESP_020894_1395_RED.abrowse.jpg

"This image shows a remarkable double crater with a 
shared rim and North-South trending ejecta deposits. 
These two craters must have formed simultaneously."

Photo: Double meteor craters on Mars, Seattle Post 
Intelligencer, Feb 28, 2011‎
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/02/28/photo-double-meteor-craters-on-mars/

Yours,

Paul H.

Evidence of Alien Life Found ????

Evidence of Alien Life Found? by Gig Veres 
Gather.com, March 5, 2011, 
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979118197

Exclusive: NASA Scientist Claims Evidence 
of Alien Life on Meteorite by  Garrett Tenney
Fox News. March 5, 2011, 
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/05/exclusive-nasa-scientists-claims-evidence-alien-life-meteorite/

Evidence of aliens: NASA Scientist.NEWS.com.au
March 5, 2011, 
http://www.news.com.au/world/evidence-of-aliens-nasa-scientist/story-fn6sb9br-1226016524950

 

The citation for the article is:

Hoover, R. B., 2011, Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 
Carbonaceous Meteorites: Implications to Life on 
Comets, Europa, and Enceladus. Journal of Cosmology. 
vol 13. In press, 
http://journalofcosmology.com/Contents13.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Micrometeorites altered early Earth's climate

Micrometeorites altered early Earth's climate

Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early 
Earth and Mars, according to new study, Imperial College 
London. April 1, 2011‎
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_1-4-2011-14-58-35

 

Sugar-Grain Sized Meteorites Rocked the Climates of Early 
Earth and Mars, According to New Study, ScienceDaily 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401085320.htm

 

Court, R. W., and M. A. Sephton. 2011, The contribution of 
sulphur dioxide from ablating micrometeorites to the 
atmospheres of Earth and Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica 
Acta. vol. 75, no. 7, pp. 1704-1717. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.029

 

Yours,

Paul H.

Dry Lake Beds On Mars

Dry Lake Beds On Mars
Really neat images of dry lake beds on Mars can be
found in "Featured images for February 2011: Dry
lake beds on Mars," at:

http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/Feb11Image.html

Currently, there is “Deformation of Sedimentary 
Rocks in Valles Marineris, Mars, March 'image of 
the month,' IAG's Planetary Geomorphology web page at:

http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/Mar11Image.htm

IAG Planetary Geomorphology Working Group Past 
Featured Images are at:

http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/index.html

Yours,

Paul H.