[meteorite-list] Vesta meteorite???

From: Rafael B. Torres <spacecollection2001_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:53 2004
Message-ID: <BAY8-F1024fkRvsraA600016434_at_hotmail.com>

Thanks Ron!!! do you have the information of all this asteroids?? I would
like to have this information, thanks a lot!!!! like orbit, names, spectra
etc




>From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Vesta meteorite???
>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:08:49 -0800 (PST)
>
> >
> > Is there any actual strong evidence to support the theory that HED's
>come
> > from Vesta???
>
>Yes. Specta between HED's and Vesta match up.
>
> >...is there any other asteroid matching with HED's too?
>
>Actually, yes. There are at least 20 other asteroids that have specta
>matches
>with the HED's. It turns out though all of these other asteroids
>are small, and they all have similiar orbits as Vesta. So the conclusion
>was drawn that these smaller asteroids are chips off the larger Vesta,
>and Vesta is still the parent body of all of the HED meteorites.
>
>Ron Baalke
>
>
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