[meteorite-list] is it a meteorite

From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:18:47 -0400
Message-ID: <534459A7.9020602_at_gmail.com>

If a fragment of Alderaan hit the Death Star, it would be a meteorite.
Oh wait, this was not transported by natural means! Well, you get the
idea.

Yes, "itself" is the meteorite.

Jeff


On 4/8/2014 3:17 PM, Mendy Ouzillou wrote:
> OK, so some questions regarding the definition:
> 1) What would be considered an artificial body?
> 2) I am 99.9% sure that the word "itself" refers to the meteorite (as opposed to the body on which the meteorite lands). Correct?
>
> Mendy Ouzillou
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com>
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite
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>>
>> Yes, Alan and I would call this object a real meteorite, but not
>> tektites, which never escaped from Earth's gravity well.
>>
>> It's a bit of a stretch and model dependent, but in a way, lunar
>> meteorites may be considered as this type of meteorite.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On 4/8/2014 7:18 AM, Peter Scherff wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> According to Alan E. Rubin & Jeffrey N. Grossman: "A meteorite is a
>>> natural, solid object larger than 10 ?m in size, derived from a celestial
>>> body, that was transported by natural means from the body on which it formed
>>> to a region outside the dominant gravitational influence of that body and
>>> that later collided with a natural or artificial body larger than itself
>>> (even if it was the same body from which it was launched)." Using that
>>> definition I would say that your rock should be called a meteorite. I also
>>> think that a cool name for a new class of meteorites would need to be
>>> created. I just hope that we could have that class created before 5 examples
>>> of it were recognized.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
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>>>
>>> IMHO - This should most likely be called 'Earthite'. A whole new class of
>>> rocks distinct from meteorites, which so far we don't have any of (unless
>>> anyone knows different!?).
>>>
>>> Or they could just be known as Tektites, since that is essentially what the
>>> consensus is on Tektites. Though I would put Tektites in the group of
>>> Ancient impact glasses rather than actual fusion crusted rocks from earth.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Sent: 08 April 2014 06:15
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>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite
>>>
>>> Suppose a fusion crusted stone is found shortly after a fireball. When
>>> examined it shows a celestial age of a few million years and a relatively
>>> short formation age. More examination shows it to be a stone formed on
>>> earth, ejected into space and returned here. Is it meteorite or a
>>> meteorwrong. Or something in between?
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