[meteorite-list] Origins
Martin Altmann
Altmann at Meteorite-Martin.de
Sat Jun 12 07:01:37 EDT 2004
The Enstatite Chondrite Neuschwanstein had its aphelion in the asteroid main belt, thus it's not related to Mercury.
Here a picture of the orbit
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/raum/14785/1.html
Martin
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cj_peanut at msn.com writes:
What about Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter...Etc? Is it just because we have to point of reference or maybe distance...Just Curious!
There was widespread belief that the Enstatite Chondrites originated within Mercury's orbit, if they weren't actually Mercurian themselves, but I haven't read any particularly recent scientific assessment on that position....any updates out there? The "giants" (Jupiter and Saturn) are considered to be essentially gaseous with prohibitive escape velocities as well, so I don't think there's much speculation about them being reasonable candidates for parent bodies.
Gregory
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