[meteorite-list] Biggest Tagish Lake

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:32:05 -0500
Message-ID: <01a601c72098$d95c6f60$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces for
sale!

Best Christmas
season wishes,

Bernd

That's who provided me with my treasured "tiny" piece.
Jerry Flaherty
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From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:50 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Biggest Tagish Lake


> "Kidding aside, If you are speaking about Tagish
> Lake, they will have disolved into mud."
>
> "That's what I was thinking. I was under the impression that Tagish Lake
> was
> of a consistency that it would dissolve like a lump of dry clay/dirt if it
> got wet."
>
>
>
> Even "fresh" pieces are so crumbly, so friable that it is hard to imagine
> you can still find (I had better say "recognize") something.
>
> BROWN P.G. et al. estimate that the initial mass of the Tagish Lake object
> was
> about 56 tonnes* (!) Furthermore, the authors suggest that "some 1300 kg
> of gram-
> sized or larger Tagish Lake material survived ablation to reach the
> Earth's surface,
> representing an ablation loss of 97% for the fireball".
>
> * ZOLENSKY M.E. et al. even assume an entry mass of about 200 tonnes
> (an initial body 4 to 6 meters in diameter). The authors mention one
> large piece with fusion crust knocked off one face, exposing interior
> and weighing 159 grams.
>
> By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces
> for sale!
>
> Best Christmas
> season wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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