[meteorite-list] What are the top 10 mostscientificallyimportantmeteorites?

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:36:35 -0500
Message-ID: <091582B27F674C20BC52A8537A64528D_at_Gregor>

Hello All,

The question was, "What are the top 10 most scientifically important
meteorites?". While great respect and recognition should be awarded to
Chladni for his work resulting in proving "rocks" were from space and
resulting in 'meteoritics', the initial question what the top 10
"scientifically" important meteorites are (or people's beliefs are). I side
with Jason in the fact that one historic meteorite, or one type, does not
constitute understanding, or advanced knowledge of our solar system or
meteoritics than does representative meteorites from "all" groups of
classifications.The abundance of meteorite types from the Sahara has
provided so much more "scientific" understanding of our solar system than
many people give credit to.

To name a few names as "top 10" is impossible since there are dozens of
specific, officially recognized meteorites that qualify under the initial
question of this thread to be, "scientifically important".

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gheesling" <dave at fallingrocks.com>
To: "'Jason Utas'" <meteoritekid at gmail.com>; "'Meteorite-list'"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10
mostscientificallyimportantmeteorites?


Very much agree, Martin. The Darwinian/Coperincan moment...the tipping
point that opened the door to the entire field, indeed (in spite of
Chladni's incredible work, which should have been enough).
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jason Utas
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:21 PM
To: Meteorite-list
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most
scientificallyimportantmeteorites?

Hola Martin,
I would have to disagree - when you go that far back, you wind up dealing
with meteorites that are of historic, rather than scientific interest.
L'Aigle may be something of an exception because it did lead to the
*scientific* acceptance of meteorites, but, from today's scientific
perspective, I wouldn't call it very important, never mind giving it a place
in the top ten. It's an ordinary chondrite, of which there are thousands -
it's no more special than, say, Tenham or Gao - from a purely scientific
point of view.
One might as well call the earliest fossils found the most important, simply
because they were found back in the day and led to our recognition of what
they really represented...while they may be important, I would hesitate to
call them extremely important from a scientific point of view.
Regards,
Jason

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Martin Altmann
<altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
> I choose L'Aigle as N?1.
>
> Cause else they wouldn't have recognized, that Chladni was right and
> that they are from space.
>
> Best!
> Martin
>
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> ensoramanda at ntlworld.com
> Gesendet: Samstag, 14. Februar 2009 00:55
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientifically
> importantmeteorites?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought it might be interesting to discover list members opinions
> on what they would choose as the most important meteorites with regard
> to science? Which ones have been the most significant in increasing
> our understanding of the evolution of our solar system, and what they
> have taught us?
>
> Graham Ensor, UK.
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