[meteorite-list] Next Question

From: Pete Shugar <pshugar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:50:11 -0600
Message-ID: <002d01c97668$2bd908d0$d0e11960_at_laptop>

I get the idea behind how the thumbprints are formed.

But, what happens to the drops of molten iron?
Do they just peal away and are vaporized or can
they make it to the ground? Is this how the sphereoids
are formed?

Related question
An oriented meteorite is one that was stable in flight.
I see flow lines on them from the "nose cone".
Do thumbprints form on them? I would tend to think that
that answer is no, because the material flows to the rear
and either curls, or spaulds off.
Does the same thing happen to the drops of material as
in the above?

Last question, but still related.
Do stoney meteorites get thumbprints as pronounced as
does the irons? And if not, then why not?
Pete
Received on Wed 14 Jan 2009 11:50:11 AM PST