[meteorite-list] Lutetia

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:03:56 -0700
Message-ID: <f6b860ba931452f6d55d948aa9e4dd53.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi Michael:

The only thing that I would disagree with in the article has to do with
where Lutetia formed. It has a fairly low inclination and low eccentricity
(for a main belt asteroid), so I doubt there is any way that it could have
formed in the inner part of the Solar System and found its way into the
main belt. I think it formed there to begin with. Also, I think that the
albedo of Lutetia is a little low compared to enstatite chondrites, so
this might also be of concern when comparing Lutetia to enstatites.

Larry

> Cool, now we know where all of our enstantite meteorites likely come from.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:53 AM, "Benjamin P. Sun" <bpsun2009 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 21 Lutetia is an enstatite!
>>
>> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/e-la111111.php
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Received on Fri 11 Nov 2011 03:03:56 PM PST