[meteorite-list] BBC Sky at night prog features meteorites( credits Mike Farmer) + Haag prog.

[Michael Farmer]

Graham, 
thanks for the link, I just watched the show. 
I gave them permission to use the photos, I like the
way it turned out.
Michael Farmer


--- ensoramanda <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> First of all...thanks to all those that replied to
> my post Dirk, Ian, 
> Peter, Jason, etc. about the possible impact crater
> formation I 
> photographed whilst flying over  N China/Mongolia. 
> 
>
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o43/LaburnumStudio/Craters/Crater-.jpg
> 
> I am still not convinced that I have identified it.
> 
> Some of you helped by plotting the flight path from
> London to HongKong 
> to narrow down the search...but the most likely
> known crater....Tabun 
> Khara Obo crater..seems to be too far east of the
> flight path...although 
> it looks about right.
> 
> Next..
> 
> Interesting series on UKTV Documentary at the
> moment...Earthshock...last 
> nights was about earth impacts and featured Bob Haag
> for a while hunting 
> and in his strongroom.
> 
> I seem to be having a great meteorite month. (Pity I
> cant cap it with a 
> Tucson Visit  :-(  ) This months BBC Sky at Night is
> on cosmic debris? I 
> just caught up with it online (after my trek around
> the Ozzy meteorite 
> museums and craters).... at...
> 
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml
> 
> worth a look...you can watch it online for a while.
> Mike is credited for 
> his Carancas pictures which feature prominently.
> 
> It just so happens it features Dr Richard Greenwood
> whom Prof Colin 
> Pillinger referred me to when we met at a recent
> Flamsteed lecture.
> 
>
http://www.open.ac.uk/science/pssri/about-the-department/news/news.php?article_id=12768
> 
> 
> 
> Some nice info on their site about involvement in
> the Stardust, Rosetta 
> and other missions too.
> 
> Quite a coincidence as Richard is showing me around
> their facilities and 
> collection tomorrow.
> He has just helped with the classification of
> Carancas...quote
> 
> "In terms of meteorite samples we have pretty much
> finished our work on
> Carancas. The Peruvian mineralogical survey were
> able to supply a sample
> for oxygen isotope analysis and we were able to
> confirm its
> classification as H4/5 ( Met. Bull
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/index.php "
> 
> So looking forward to heading down to the OU with
> some unclassified 
> samples in the morning.
> 
> Graham Ensor, Nr Barwell, UK
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Very best wishes
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
> So tomorrow I am off with some of my space rocks to
> look around the 
> meteorite collection and classification facilities
> at the OU Planetary 
> and Space Sciences Research Institute in Milton
> Keynes.....should be fun!
> 
> G
> 
> 
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