[meteorite-list] New Meteorite from Turlock, CA?

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 21 14:27:39 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86904EE5F9A_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

Don't have to read beyond this line:

"The biggest piece weighs 137 grams, or about 4.5 ounces, and
is the size of a grapefruit."

Ignoring for the moment that 137 grams is not 4.5 ounces, that would
still have to be one small grapefruit. They chose the word "grapefruit",
not orange, so clearly they meant a stone larger than an orange.

But even if we choose a "dwarf" grapefruit diameter of 6 cm, the
volume would be 113 cm^3, giving a specific gravity of ~1.2. Consider
your own collections: think how heavy a grapefruit-sized chondrite
*should* be! --Rob
Received on Sat 21 Aug 2004 02:18:38 PM PDT