[meteorite-list] Mongolia -Gobi Desert

From: meteorites_at_space.com <meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:06 2004
Message-ID: <20020218174538.6494.c000-h006.c000.wm_at_mail.space.com.criticalpath.net>

On Mon, 18 February 2002, Rick Nowak wrote

>
> One of the great deserts and semidesert regions of
> the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over
> large areas of Mongolia and China. It occupies an arc
> of land 1,000 mi (1,609 km) long and 300-600 mi
> (500-1,000 km) wide, with an estimated area of 500,000
> sq mi (1,300,000 sq km). Since NWA and Oman are being
> hit hard for meteorites I contacted the US Embassy in
> Mongolia who will pursue their avenues to see if
> meteorites can be bought and exported from Mongolia.
> Let's see what turns up...........
>
>


The biggest problem here is extreme remoteness, and in
many places (the best places) high altitude.

I have thought of it quite often-- but it would be
tough.

Steve Schoner, AMS

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Received on Mon 18 Feb 2002 08:45:38 PM PST