[meteorite-list] impact melts on asteroids

From: David Calongne <calongnedav_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:49 2004
Message-ID: <18431-3CE29E77-553_at_storefull-2376.public.lawson.webtv.net>

 hi list, i wrote nasa at what i think was the houston texas meteorite
collection, and got an answer from dr. john jones via his boss, i think,
allen carlton and he said at the end of his letter that we really don't
know if impact melts are rare or not on asteroids, but very common on
the moon, he said 2 likely causes they seem to be rare might be
preferential loss during impact or asteroids have relatively low impact
velocities. veryyyy interestinggg happy collecting from arlington texas
david
Received on Wed 15 May 2002 01:44:23 PM PDT