[meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit

From: Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:06:29 -0800
Message-ID: <20080107060637.09C1F10589_at_mailwash5.pair.com>

Hello Bob,

Good questions. I can confirm that the piece Ted Brattstrom is selling is
indeed from Skylab and is one of the few 'pristine' pieces found in
Australia. Some pieces appeared heavily damaged while others were in
relatively good condition as this one. Skylab was a massive piece of debris
and it is likely that some pieces were 'sheltered' by its large size during
re-entry.

There are still pieces of Skylab scattered about Western Australia. A large
panel from a Saturn V stage was also found in good condition somewhere in
Africa some years ago. There are tons of man made meteorites out there
waiting to be found :)

Kind regards,
?
Mike Bandli
www.Astro-Artifacts.com
?


-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Loeffler
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:22 PM
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from
orbit

Hi,

I'm new to this hobby, but I would think that any object that drops from
orbit would be in much worse condition than what those pictures show.
Shouldn't they have burnt up during re-entry? They look rusted, but not
burnt/melted.

Regards,

Bob
 

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of ted
brattstrom
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:51 PM
To: Meteorite List
Subject: [meteorite-list] AD - not quite a meteorite, but fell from orbit

Aloha -

Skylab returned to Earth on July 11, 1979 - Parts of
it fell into the Indian Ocean, but other fragments
landed in Western Australia (site of many other cool
meteorite falls). On behalf of a friend, I'm offering
up a piece of Skylab. It's got about a day and a half
to run (if this gets posted in a reasonable time :-) )

Have a look if you are interested:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150201452455&ssPageN
ame=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005

Or look via:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvolcanoted

Thanks for looking - ted Brattstrom / volcanoted



 
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