[meteorite-list] Antarctic comet dust "perhaps" in better conditionthan Stardust

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jul 12 17:47:20 2006
Message-ID: <010001c6a5fc$d63b7400$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

How could this dust be in better condition than Stardust samples when only a
third of it might have been contributed by a comet? How can they be sure
this material came from a comet? With Stardust you know with 100% certainty
where it came from plus there is no terrestrial contamination.

Check out this exact quote from the article:

"When they melted the snow and filtered out anything more than 25
micrometres across, almost a third of the particles they found were from
space."

The whole thing stinks of posturing to me!

Adam



----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Antarctic comet dust "perhaps" in better
conditionthan Stardust


Anyone have access to the full article?

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/mg19125594.100.html
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