[meteorite-list] Lunar Meteorite Density

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:08 2004
Message-ID: <3D3BB0C0.E2436E0E_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Hello Steven,
Hi Steven :-)
Hello List

"S.Singletary" schrieb:

> If it's mostly feldspar the meteorite density will be the
> density of feldspar...That should work fairly well for a
> lunar anorthosite

> As I understand it, ordinary meteorites has density of the
> scale of 3.5 to 3.7. Would a lunar sample be in the neighbor-
> hood of 2.7?

WARREN P. et al. (2001) New Lunar Meteorite Northwest Africa 482:
An Anorthositic Impact Melt Breccia With Low KREEP Content
(MAPS 36-9, 2001, pp. A220):

"... a density measurement of ~2.54 g/cm^3 from the volume of a 21-g
slab"


Regards,

Bernd
Received on Mon 22 Jul 2002 03:14:08 AM PDT