[meteorite-list] Wizards (?) of osmium

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <249471.29129.qm_at_web36902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Sterling, all

> Another possibility is that the impacting objects were comets rather than
> asteroids, and contained much less osmium to begin with. But chemical
> traces of the impactors left behind in rocks and reported in previous
> studies suggest otherwise.

Ackk.

Resistance continues to Clube and Napier's injection model. Is it just Morrison and Rummel, or is it a "not invented here" thing with nationalistic overtones?




      
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