[meteorite-list] Main Mass Status

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:34 2004
Message-ID: <004001c310e5$65b7b7c0$71c743d8_at_malcolm>

That's what I was trying to say. : ) I bet the hoba is a main mass.
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Schultz <indy1996_at_yahoo.com>
To: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_cox.net>; <MeteorHntr@aol.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Main Mass Status


> Greetings. After reading all of these posts from
> people that have way more knowledge about meteorites
> than I do, but; it seems to me that the real main mass
> would be the original mass of the meteor before it
> entered the atmosphere and all of the remaining masses
> that are recovered are really just fragments of the
> original main mass. So looking at it from this
> perspective, there are no true main masses here on
> Earth. So, as a few people have stated, the largest
> mass that is left over would actually be the largest
> mass known, (intact) and not truely a main mass. Any
> thoughts on this, or is my perspective unfounded
> considering it is not a true meteorite till it lands
> on the Earth?
> Dave
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Received on Fri 02 May 2003 03:59:51 PM PDT