[meteorite-list] New Australian fall-Non Vesta Eucrite

From: Michael Fowler <mqfowler_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:47:51 -0500
Message-ID: <9B8DD20B-6385-4A77-81A5-AF986E13AC40_at_mac.com>

Additional information from a Scientific American link that says that
the meteorite is not from Vesta, because the orbit is wrong, and the
oxygen isotopes are different.


http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=recovered-meteorite-points-to-an-un-2009-09-17


Mike Fowler
Chicago


> > And I think it might be interesting to note this article, where Dr.
> > Philip Bland can be quoted as stating that Eucrites are not, in
> fact,
> > from Vesta.
>
> > Go figure.
>
> > http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/6075299/rare-meteorite-found-in-outback/
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jason
>
>
> Jason,
>
> You were a little bit hasty or misleading in your summarizing of Dr
> Bland.
>
> see quote below from the article you cited. (and to think that we are
> always criticizing reporters for getting it wrong!)
>
> Mike Fowler
> Chicago
>
>
>
> ""Dr Bland says most basalt meteorites, like the one found in the
> Nullarbor, originate from a large asteroid called Vesta but the
> Bunburra Rockhole meteorite is different.
>
> "Our little guy can't be from Vesta, the composition is all wrong," he
> said.""
Received on Fri 18 Sep 2009 08:47:51 PM PDT