[meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?

From: John Lutzon <jl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:41:29 -0400
Message-ID: <013EB8FDAE89447AAE742B45172E7309_at_Home>

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lutzon" <jl at hc.fdn.com>
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?


  Hi Mike, List

  Case in point.

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970630.html

  John


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> To: "John Lutzon" <jl at hc.fdn.com>
> Cc: "brian burrer" <brimane at gmail.com>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?
>
>
>> Hi John and List,
>>
>> John said - "So, are impact forces mitigated when an object is not in
>> a tightly bound
>> orbit confiscation and just gets "pushed" rather than crushed?"
>>
>> That is something I had never considered. Is it possible that a body
>> like Vesta could "give" or "roll with the punch" and this might
>> mitigate the impact forces as John suggested?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
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>> On 7/22/11, John Lutzon <jl at hc.fdn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I don't know what i don't know---so:
>>> The latest photo of Vesta shows about 1/2 of this protoplanet which is
>>> about
>>> 350 miles in diameter
>>> and the largest crater looks approximately 1/10 0f this radius which
>>> means
>>> the crater dia. is about 17.5 miles--quite a hit for such a little guy.
>>> I remember seeing a photo of a much smaller asteroid with an impact
>>> crater
>>> of
>>> about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the whole thing and wonder why it wasn't
>>> cracked in half or completely obliterated.
>>>
>>> So, are impact forces mitigated when an object is not in a tightly bound
>>> orbit confiscation and just gets "pushed" rather than crushed?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "brian burrer" <brimane at gmail.com>
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:57 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?
>>>
>>>
>>>> The new photo of Vesta resembles a giant Mong Nong tektite- I did not
>>>> expect to see so many layers.
>>>>
>>>> Happy hunting,
>>>> Brian
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