[meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:52:53 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW84t1OOthWf7HTMnGTCTWCAxgh1T+vcvETjyVHh4amauw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi John and List,

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

That is something I had never considered. Is it possible that a body
like Vesta could "give" or "roll with the punch" and this might
mitigate the impact forces as John suggested?

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 7/22/11, John Lutzon <jl at hc.fdn.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Received on Fri 22 Jul 2011 11:52:53 PM PDT