[meteorite-list] Mercury?

From: meteorites_at_space.com <meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:15 2004
Message-ID: <20010630063011.9620.cpmta_at_c000.snv.cp.net>

On thing really makes me wonder. All those strange meteorites, angrites in particular, one recently found in Argtentina with really large bubbles. These are highly differentiated meteorites. Could they be fragments of Murcury?

Any thoughts on this?

Certainly magmatic processes on the planet Murcury would have ended at about the same time as they did on the moon-- about 3.9 billion years ago. What is the age date angrites?

Regards,
Steve Schoner
http://www.geocites.com/american_meteorite_survey




On Fri, 29 June 2001, "Ed Majden" wrote:

>
> Steve Schoner, AMS wrote:
>
> > Too bad that there was not enough sightings of the Abee fireball to
> discern an orbit for it.
> >
>
> For a matter of interest, to determind a good orbit for a fireball, it
> MUST be instrumentally recorded as this is the only way to obtain velocity
> data which is required. You 'cannot' obtain velocity data from 'visual'
> observations. Velocity models can be applied to visual observations but
> this will only arrive at a crude probable orbit. Better than nothing but
> still just a guess!
>
> Ed Majden
>
>
>
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