[meteorite-list] Greensburg Pallasite
From: Jonathan Gore <jonathan301_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Dec 25 16:48:36 2004 Message-ID: <41CDE02E.4010805_at_earthlink.net> Impactika_at_aol.com wrote: > Since the List is very quiet today, here is a question a friend of mine sent > to me: > --------------- > but I'm curious, what do you know about the ("fabled"?) Greensburg, KS, > meteorite, supposedly a pallasite? I see (from the internet) that the town claims > this as the "world's largest pallasite" (they usually mis-spell it pallisite), > though reliable sources rather say that Esquiel, Argentina (owned by Robert > Haag) has that honor. I've always heard that the KS meteorite(?) weighed ~1000lb while Esquel weighed ~1500kg (1500kg is much more than 1000lb). That's about all I know. Clear skies, Jonathan -- "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." - Marie CurieReceived on Sat 25 Dec 2004 04:48:30 PM PST |
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