[meteorite-list] Re: Japanese Team Finds 3,554 Meteorites (!)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:42:03 2004
Message-ID: <200101232002.MAA21479_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>The finds were made around the Yamato mountain range

>"Such a large number of meteorites discovered may include some rare ones
>that could help in finding the origin of the solar system, or the
>possibility of any traces of life on other planets,'' Kure said.

It should be noted that a SNC was found in 1979 in this same
region: Yamato 793605. Maybe a new SNC will surface.

Ron Baalke
Received on Tue 23 Jan 2001 03:02:36 PM PST