[meteorite-list] Mercurian origin of NWA 011

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 18 17:21:20 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.00000029000026BB_at_paulinet.de>

Hello List,

One major problem with a mercurian origin of NWA 011 is probably
its density. If its specific gravity is in the vicinity of 3.03 ? 0.06 (i.e.
the density of the Juvinas eucrite), it is not dense enough. Mercury's
mean density is about 5.4 g/cm^3 (which, by the way, is also too high
for the enstatite chondrites whose density is 3.4-3.7 g/cm^3).

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 18 Aug 2004 05:21:18 PM PDT