[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 6 00:57:02 2004
Message-ID: <93aaac89041205215779f54bf3_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Rob and All,
In Response to this:

>> "The object weighing 47.015 kg with a 4.75 specific gravity was
>> fallen..."
...
> it could still be another type of meteorite (meso or pallasite?)
>Rob [Matson]

A mesosiderite or pallasite seems pretty improbable -- if the density
of iron is 7.874g/cm^3,
then either this meteorite has verrry little iron in it and is a stony
or it's made of half iron and half air (or some other nearly
weightless substance [yeah right]).

The Kid
Received on Mon 06 Dec 2004 12:57:00 AM PST