[meteorite-list] Fusion Crusted "Meteoroids"

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:38:16 -0700
Message-ID: <49CA8828.7090902_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Not to sound silly or anything, but there are meteorites with NO fusion
crust? Assuming of course you're not talking about very weathered
specimens, are you telling me there are freshly fallen meteorites that
have NO fusion crust at all? How is that possible?

I can see a weathered stone or iron not having crust but a freshly
fallen piece with no crust? Hmmm... That doesn't make sense to me.

>
>> This only makes sense because we all know that some finds
>> and falls simple have NO crust at all.
>>
>
> It makes sense to say that some meteoroids have a fusion crust heat shield that
> protects them from ablating during atmospheric entry because we find some
> meteorites with no fusion crust...
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Received on Wed 25 Mar 2009 03:38:16 PM PDT