[meteorite-list] Chocolate-covered asteroid discovery shakes thefoundations of science

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:49:35 -0700
Message-ID: <23E15E57C6D243DE88B3B7FC1DD1FFA4_at_D190TH71>

So, if any of these fall to earth, we'll have a new Mart ion meteorite.
I wonder if the chocolate coating could possibly survive the ablation
process. Hmm.....
Linton

Thanks to Bob King for that riveting story... and for my first few
meteorites! Real ones.

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From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 12:36 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Chocolate-covered asteroid discovery shakes
thefoundations of science


> Eric:
>
> This is old news! Mars Rover Opportunity found these back in February up
> on Chocolate Hill at Conception Crater on Mars.
>
> http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-411189
>
> As you can see in the picture, the meteorites look just like chocolate
> covered malted milk balls!
>
>
> Happy April First,
>
> Phil Whitmer
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Received on Thu 01 Apr 2010 03:49:35 PM PDT