[meteorite-list] Meteorites on Mars
From: Howard Wu <freewu2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:59 2004 Message-ID: <20040107205722.4833.qmail_at_web60002.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1220840684-1073509042=:4224 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Perhaps they will find some rare terran meteorites! Just we need billion dollar earthrocks. Basilicofresco <dave28_at_iol.it> wrote:At 05.53 07/01/2004 -0800, Paul wrote: >>a dream bonanza where there are meteorites everywhere!!!!! >It is an interesting idea for these reasons: >1. Mars' thinner atmosphere means more >meteorites survive the fall though it >than on Earth. Ok it's true, but this also implies the impact speed is greater. >3. Little, if any water, and very low temperatures mean that the weathering, >which destroys meteorites on Earth, is almost nonexistent on that part of >Mars. Thus, once a meteorite falls, it remains there for virtually forever. What about the day thermal excursion? In the earth desert it turn the rocks in sands... >does this mean some of out list members >will be planning a trip there soon? :-) LoL! :)) bye, > Dave < ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now --0-1220840684-1073509042=:4224 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <DIV>Perhaps they will find some rare terran meteorites! Just we need billion dollar earthrocks.<BR><BR><B><I>Basilicofresco <dave28_at_iol.it></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">At 05.53 07/01/2004 -0800, Paul wrote:<BR><BR>>>a dream bonanza where there are meteorites everywhere!!!!! <BR>>It is an interesting idea for these reasons:<BR>>1. Mars' thinner atmosphere means more <BR>>meteorites survive the fall though it <BR>>than on Earth.<BR><BR>Ok it's true, but this also implies the impact speed is greater. <BR><BR>>3. Little, if any water, and very low temperatures mean that the weathering,<BR>>which destroys meteorites on Earth, is almost nonexistent on that part of<BR>>Mars. Thus, once a meteorite falls, it remains there for virtually forever.<BR><BR>What about the day thermal excursion? In the earth desert it turn the rocks<BR>in sands...<BR><BR>>does this mean some of out list members<BR>>will be planning a trip there soon? :-)<BR><BR>LoL! :))<BR><BR>bye,<BR><BR>> Dave <<BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com"><b> Yahoo! Messenger</b></a> - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html"><strong>Download Messenger Now</strong></a></font> --0-1220840684-1073509042=:4224-- Received on Wed 07 Jan 2004 03:57:22 PM PST |
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