[meteorite-list] Cosmos 96/Kecksburg-Venus Question

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:34 2004
Message-ID: <200310221754.KAA08701_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>Theorectically how much more difficult would it be for a Venusian to find
>it's way to earth?

Venus' thick atmosphere makes it extremely more difficult.

>What would we expect in a Venunsian basalt meteorite or why haven't any been identified?

The problem with NWA011 is there is so much uncertainty,
that they can't even decide which parent body it may have come from (Mercury,
Venus, or the most probable case, an asteroid).

Ron Baalke
Received on Wed 22 Oct 2003 01:54:08 PM PDT