[meteorite-list] Asteroid Or Comet Sutters Mill

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 14:16:47 -0700
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F17053B317D_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Paul,

Probably not a misquote -- Dr. Jenniskens is interested in deciphering
the
nature of the original asteroid (meteoroid) body that produced the
meteorites. The original body was large enough that it may not have been
a monolithic body; as with 2008 TC3 (Almahata Sitta), the pre-encounter
body may have been a rubble pile, consisting of more than just CM2
material. In any case, I don't think the parent body (or bodies) for CM2
is cometary. Would be interested in hearing Dr. Rubin's theory on the
nature of the CM2 parent. --Rob

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In the LA times article it reads in part:

We want to learn about this asteroid," said Peter Jenniskens, an
astronomer and senior research scientist at the Carl Sagan Center at the
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the NASA
Lunar Science Institute. "This is scientific gold."

I hope/probably they miss quoted him?

I vote comet

Paul G
Received on Wed 02 May 2012 05:16:47 PM PDT