[meteorite-list] Frozen Meteorite Finds...MUST READ !

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:10 2004
Message-ID: <040220040431.29058.406CEC9F000153E2000071822160281060FF9188908BA0978F9A8C90_at_att.net>

Hi all,

I've thought about that process a lot. Frozen in space, well not frozen but colder anyway and going through the ablation process so intensely that it never heats or cools internally. The ice cube fresh out of the furnace that just lost mass as it was explained to me. Fascinated me from the first time I heard it.

Bill Kieskowski

 


> Dear List,
>
> I've always been fascinated with the concept that rocks in space are usually in
> a
> frozen condition when in their natural state in space. For the most part that
> changes when they fall to Earth and become meteorites. That is ...while they are
> in space they are often frozen due to their average distance from the Sun, the
> coldness of the vacuum of space, etc. until they fall to Earth.
>
> We have other examples of finding and maintaining frozen meteorite samples from
> the ice fields of Antarctica, and the famous fall of the carbonaceous CI(Tagish
> Lake)
> that fell into snow on a frozen lake in Canada...and was picked right away by a
> witness who fortunately had the idea of freezing them right away. Then there is
> the concept of frozen "carbonaceous dirt" balls possibly making up our comets is
> being evaluated right now by one of NASA's probes.
>
> Recently I was surfing the net for more information about meteorites in a frozen
> condition and I reviewed several good sites about Antarctica, Tagish Lake
> and the like. At the same time I also came up with another interesting link that
> may have some merit when looking for new sources of meteorites...as in frozen
> ones. I'm somewhat skeptical but the facts seem to support the theory presented.
> I've posted an interesting link on finding frozen meteorites that you all should
> read.
>
> http://www.spacenews.netfirms.com/news_stories/04_88723.htm
>
> Any feedback would be enjoyed by this connoisseur of pristine frozen meteorites.
>
> John
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