[meteorite-list] Mesosiderite Biography

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4E327_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

Rubin has an entire chapter in his book devoted to mesosiderites:
"Mesosiderites:
Biography of a Shocked and Melted Asteroid". He argues that there is a
single mesosiderite parent body, that it is located in the inner part of the
asteroid belt, and that it is a differentiated body. Mesosiderites were
created
by a low-velocity impact (< 1 km/sec) of a metallic, largely molten body
with the basaltic crust of this differentiated asteroid, very early in the
asteroid's history. Rubin's book, _Disturbing the Solar System_ goes
into a lot more detail about the complicated history of the mesosiderites'
parent body. --Rob
Received on Wed 28 Aug 2002 08:59:00 PM PDT