[meteorite-list] Curious - what is the biggest (TKW) Martian Meteorite?
From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:26:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <557525.6675.qm_at_web51003.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites states Zagami as the largest TKW at ~18,000g. Nakhla weighs in at ~10,000g and SaU--8 at 8579g. Though these data are somewhat old now, I don't think anything rivalling Zagami has arrived since 2001 Rob McC --- On Wed, 4/23/08, Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Curious - what is the biggest (TKW) Martian Meteorite? > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 6:40 PM > Hi Folks! > > Someone asked me this question yesterday and it > stopped > me dead in my tracks - I had no answer for it. > > "What is the biggest Martian-origin meteorite ever > found, in terms of TKW?" > > And, if this specimen is Antarctic or otherwise out > of the collector's market, what is the biggest Mars > specimen that is available to collectors? > > Regards, > > MikeG > > > ......................................................... > Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) > Member of the Meteoritical Society. > Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. > Website - http://www.glassthrower.com/meteorites > MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale > .......................................................... > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Received on Wed 23 Apr 2008 09:26:42 PM PDT |
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