[meteorite-list] LPSC 43 - Any big news or unexpected meteoritestories?
From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:22:17 -0700 Message-ID: <9A5BC1F714EC4670AE4388BB96E23729_at_bosoheadPC> Awesome! Waiting for that CR impregnated eucrite.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu> To: "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net> Cc: "'meteorite-list'" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LPSC 43 - Any big news or unexpected meteoritestories? > Hi Mike and Kelly: > > There were several sessions on the Dawn mission. Unfortunately, I missed > many of them on Friday. However, what was of most interest to me is the > likelihood that the dark areas on Vesta are the remnants of low velocity > impacts by carbonaceous asteroids. Hopefully over the next few months, > there will be some more news releases/publications on this. > > Larry > PS Still not happy with calling Vesta a "planet." > >> Mike... >> >>> Is there anything >>> new about Tissint, or any other meteorite that has emerged at this >>> year's conference? >> >> there was an oral session on "New Martian Meteorites", and the lead paper >> described Tissint >> (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/2510.pdf). but >> that's it re: Tissint. >> >> elsewhere, I chased down a couple of papers alluding to specific comets >> capable >> of dropping meteorites, but the modeling is (IMHO) incomplete. >> >> so you'll just have to settle for LPSC results having to do with planets! >> ;-) >> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/March-Madness-on-Mercury-143756146.html >> >> >> clear skies, >> Kelly >> >> **************** >> J. Kelly Beatty >> Senior Contributing Editor >> SKY & TELESCOPE >> 617-416-9991 >> SkyandTelescope.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 Sun 25 Mar 2012 08:22:17 PM PDT |
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