[meteorite-list] Martian Tektites
From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:00 2004 Message-ID: <87.2cac2c2.2d2f1440_at_aol.com> --part1_87.2cac2c2.2d2f1440_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just to add, while a landing site inside a newly formed crater may not be the best place to hunt for tektites, perhaps Martian tektites will go a long way to further supporting -if not by Spirit or Opportunity- someday) that Earth tektites are cased by meteoritical impacts...and perhaps tektites there are more common than meteorites per se. Something additional, the rovers can be on the look out for...(how well can glass be interpreted with Spirit instruments?) Saludos Doug Dawn Mexico En un mensaje con fecha 01/08/2004 1:46:33 PM Mexico Standard Time, MexicoDoug_at_aol.com escribe: > And tektites should be very common on Mars...it would probably be an > excellent place for a meteorite hunter to make a tektite collection. Perhaps red > like Sahara Glasses are common. > --part1_87.2cac2c2.2d2f1440_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY= =3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Just to add, while a landing site i= nside a newly formed crater may not be the best place to hunt for tektites,=20= perhaps Martian tektites will go a long way to further supporting -if not by= Spirit or Opportunity- someday) that Earth tektites are cased by meteoritic= al impacts...and perhaps tektites there are more common than meteorites per=20= se. Something additional, the rovers can be on the look out for...(how well=20= can glass be interpreted with Spirit instruments?)<BR> <BR> Saludos<BR> Doug Dawn<BR> Mexico<BR> <BR> <BR> En un mensaje con fecha 01/08/2004 1:46:33 PM Mexico Standard Time, MexicoDo= ug_at_aol.com escribe:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">And tektites should be very com= mon on Mars...it would probably be an excellent place for a meteorite hunter= to make a tektite collection. Perhaps red like Sahara Glasses are com= mon.<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKG= ROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Aria= l" LANG=3D"0"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20= #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"= ><BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_87.2cac2c2.2d2f1440_boundary-- Received on Thu 08 Jan 2004 03:14:56 PM PST |
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