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Re: Magnetized Meteorites?


> Ron:
> I have seen Canyon Diablos that will attract small
> bits of metal. Connection? Pretty nifty!
> Thanks for the interesting posts. Could
> you post something about the Ida/Dactyl
> orbit connection? Thanks,
> Matt Morgan

Hi Matt,

Don't forget that someone might have stuck a magnet on the specimen making it 
magnetic. Unless you went out and found a specimen laying on the ground that 
was untouched or influenced by humans, I would think the specimen may have been 
contaminated. I would think that any polarity would be pretty subtle in most 
meteorites. Somewhere I read something in regards to a study of orientation of 
magnetic fields in meteorites to perhaps identify parent bodies.

--AL
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