[meteorite-list] new vesta video
From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:37:56 -0700 Message-ID: <1CB64071526A4A6496E86B31BD9496A3_at_Grande> Hi Richard, I thought of this immediately when I looked at the first pictures. Then I imagined one of the larger hits knocked it away from what ever it was rolling around. And, then I thought Vesta trying to stretch itself and the feature is a result of that! Who knows!!! It will be interesting to learn. Watching this closely. Kind Regards, Jim Wooddell ----- Original Message ----- From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu> To: "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net> Cc: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:21 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new vesta video > Richard: > > The depression is an impact feature, by far the largest relavtive to the > size of the body it hit (Vesta). It is possible that the grooves are > related to this impact (just a guess). > > Larry > >> Howdy List, >> >> While the 'big depression' on the Vestan south pole has been a major >> focus...what about those wild grooves??? >> >> I see visions of a spinning Vesta grinding against another twin, gouging >> grooves in a dance....a low gravity parlay perhaps analogous to a >> high-school bump and grind, the two spinning against each other....which >> begs the obvious question: where is the partner in grind?? >> >> Should we not expect to eventually find trailing remnants of both in >> those >> tell-tale grooves? >> >> -Richard Montgomery >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu> >> To: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com> >> Cc: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] new vesta video >> >> >>> Hi Mike: >>> >>> I assume that you meant to say slick (hope that I am not putting words >>> in >>> your mouth). >>> >>> I have played this video several times and it is clear how much can be >>> said about Vesta by the narrator without giving any scientific >>> interpretation of it! I realize that there is always the mandate that >>> little is said without an official press release or the published papers >>> with the first results, but to say only that there is a "depression" at >>> the south pole, a huge crater (known for many years) and probably the >>> main >>> source of most HED meteorites, leaves one wanting for at least some >>> interpretation of what one is seeing. >>> >>> Larry >>> >>>> i didn't see this posted to the list yet. pretty sick video. >>>> >>>> http://www.space.com/12998-asteroid-vesta-video-nasa-dawn-spacecraft.html > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 21 Sep 2011 08:37:56 AM PDT |
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