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beautiful meteor
by Thomas Sevcik 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

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Incoming!
by diveboss＠xmission.com 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

NASA Science News for September 3, 2004 On September 8th, a daylight fireball will streak across the western United States. It's Genesis, returning samples of the Sun to Earth. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/03sep_genesisreentry.htm?list1153573

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Observing Report from the Gravel Pit
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Are there any good hiking trails up there? I need to take advantage of that fresh air. Debbie

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Today's NASA Briefing
by Patrick Wiggins 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Two things of note out of today's briefing. 1) The briefer noted they have received 132 reports of found debris in CA, 130 in AZ and 9 in NM but that none had been confirmed. He made no mention of Utah. 2) The picture mentioned in the Aviation Week article was shown. Some of the media has been playing it up as being "hi resolution". Don't know that I'd call it hi-res but it does show the shape of the orbiter and maybe there's "something" with the left wing but the image is so pixcelated it's hard to say for sure. No doubt the picture will be all over the TV tonight.

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Meteorite "photographed" hitting Earth
by Dale Hooper 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11483286%255E13762,00.html

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Re: Utah-Astronomy Digest, Vol 21, Issue 13
by Chuck Hards 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Can we please leave the snide political comments off the astronomy list? The guys' been out of office for four years, give it a rest already. Find a new liberal to insult, better yet just let it go. As to percieved news bias, if you don't like what you see, change the bloody channel or just turn it off completely. Jeez, a news story about a meteorite, and we get Rush Limbaugh. > I'm sure > the very accurate news > folks over at the Clinton News Network would have > said something, if they > hadn't been so busy seeking post election therapy... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Nuff disputin'
by Lambert, Aaron 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

According to Snopes it is of uncertain origin, but is likely not really accurate. http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.htm Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Hyatt > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:17 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nuff disputin' > > > Joe, I love it - please verify whether or not this is a true story!! > > Kim Hyatt Architect > 1849 East 1300 South > Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 > 801.631.5228 > kimharch(a)msn.com<mailto:kimharch@msn.com> > > serius est quam cogitas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Bauman<mailto:bau@desnews.com> > To: Utah Astronomy<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:00 PM > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Nuff disputin' > > > Hi all, a moment of levity. Here's a note passed along by a > colleague. Best wishes, Joe > > > Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! > > > (This is supposed to be a True Story) > > > > Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 > pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets > and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. > The idea is > to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl > to test the strength of the windshields. > > > > British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on > the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were > made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When > the gun was > fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the > barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to > smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the > engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the > back wall of > the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. > > > > The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the > experiment, along with the designs of > > the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions. > > > > NASA responded with a one-line memo -- > > > > > > "Defrost the chicken." > > > > (Urban Legend or True Story ?) > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com<mailto:Utah-Astronomy@mail > man.xmission.com> > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astr > onomy<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uta > h-astronomy> > Visit the Photo Gallery: > http://www.utahastronomy.com<http://www.utahastronomy.com/> > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Nuff disputin'
by Michael Carnes 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Reminds me of a magazine article I read as a kid. This would have been sometime in the late 50's early 60's. It was in a large-format magazine, perhaps Life or Look. There was a fellow in Germany who found his house right in the approach path to a new airport runway. After months of complaining about noise, he decided to take matters into his own hands. He built a dumpling launcher. I don't remember if it was a catapult, a giant slingshot or some kind of gun. But he'd cook up these giant dumplings the size of a basketball and shoot them at the airplanes. At the time of the article, he hadn't hit one. My memory may have embellished this story, but it made quite an impression at the time. Perhaps it's why I went into engineering. Any of the other old geezers on this list remember this story? Michael >>Joe, I love it - please verify whether or not this is a true story!!

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Re: Meteor photo
by Chuck Hards 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

It is a plasma tube, was mentioned in the article (gee, didn't anyone READ the article?). I'm not surprised that it isn't/is barely visible in the photo, a low-resolution "thumbnail" type photo typical of news pages. I'd like to see the original if it was any sharper. They also mentioned that the "meteor" was possibly only the size of a grain of sand, which would definitely make it smaller than one pixel in size on the photo, regardless of how sharp the original is. Aw, heck, it's more fun to just blame a liberal media, isn't it. > I had to go back and have another look, perhaps > there was something in the > photo I missed seeing. Sure enough. I missed > seeing anything resembling a > meteor. I agree with you Kim, amazing photo, no. > > Have another look. See if you can't see it > either... ;) > > Quoting Kim Hyatt > <kimharch(a)msn.com<mailto:kimharch@msn.com>>: > > > > Regardless...amazing photo, no? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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Recent emails
by Patrick Wiggins 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Did anyone here happen to save copies of the editions of News I sent out this past week? While updating my OS I managed to wipe the hard drive (augh!). Fortunately I have backups for everything up through last Sunday night, the 21st (looks like weekly backups are not frequent enough). But everything from Monday morning through early this morning is gone. If you have copies of News (and any other emails you received from me or sent me since last Sunday) please email them to me directly at paw(a)trilobyte.net. No need to send anything that went out over Utah Astronomy as I've already retrieved them from the U A archive. Thank you, Patrick

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