[meteorite-list] Meteorites-Claims to come from asteroid Vesta?

From: Lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <Lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 20:03:39 -0700
Message-ID: <472d8284516a01f27ccb22906f6eb18e.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi Don

The team probably has results that would answer your questio one way or
the other. However, there is always a period of time that only those who
have been involved in the design of the instruments have exclusive access
to the results (only fair since they have dedicated years to the mission).

Eventually ther will be an issue of some science magazine (Nature,
Science, etc.) where all the preliminary results will be reported.

Larry

> Hi List. With the Dawn spacecraft having orbited the asteroid Vesta since
> July 2011, has any testing such as spectroscopy or any other te
> onboard
> the spacecraft help identify and or solidify the claim of some meteorites
> as
> being from the asteroid Vesta? I figure this would be our best chance ever
> to know, other then an actual landing and taking a soil sample then
> returning that soil sample for anabasis. Still wondering if some
> meteorites
> in my collection truly are from the asteroid Vesta. Any takers on this and
> the historical visit by the spacecraft Dawn?
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
>
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Received on Sat 01 Oct 2011 11:03:39 PM PDT