[meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?

From: John Lutzon <jl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:49:54 -0400
Message-ID: <CB5E7062FC904B7D92E343FFCDD6432F_at_Home>

Hello List,

I don't know what i don't know---so:
The latest photo of Vesta shows about 1/2 of this protoplanet which is about
350 miles in diameter
and the largest crater looks approximately 1/10 0f this radius which means
the crater dia. is about 17.5 miles--quite a hit for such a little guy.
 I remember seeing a photo of a much smaller asteroid with an impact crater
of
about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the whole thing and wonder why it wasn't
cracked in half or completely obliterated.

So, are impact forces mitigated when an object is not in a tightly bound
orbit confiscation and just gets "pushed" rather than crushed?

John



----- Original Message -----
From: "brian burrer" <brimane at gmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:57 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?


> The new photo of Vesta resembles a giant Mong Nong tektite- I did not
> expect to see so many layers.
>
> Happy hunting,
> Brian
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