[meteorite-list] Impact jetting as the origin of chondrules.

From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:16:48 -0500
Message-ID: <20150115131648.0Q4FW.179745.imail_at_eastrmwml106>

A twist on planetary origins: Meteorites were byproducts
of planetary formation, not building blocks. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, January 14, 2015
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150114140527.htm

New Study Suggests That Meteorites Were Not Building
Blocks Of Planets by Robin Burks, January 14, 2014
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/26573/20150114/new-study-suggests-that-meteorites-were-not-building-blocks-of-planets.htm

Meteorite material born in molten spray as embryo
planets collided, Purdue University, January 14, 2015
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q1/meteorite-material-born-in-molten-spray-as-embryo-planets-collided.html

The paper is:

Johnson, B. C., D. A. Minton, H. J. Melosh, and M. T.
Zuber. Impact jetting as the origin of chondrules.
Nature, 2014 DOI: 10.1038/nature14105
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7534/full/nature14105.html

yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 15 Jan 2015 01:16:48 PM PST