[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Discovers A Potential Meteorite
Göran Axelsson
axelsson at acc.umu.se
Fri Jan 14 17:36:24 EST 2005
Whatever it is, it wasn't the look that caught the eye of the
scientists, it was
the thermal spectrometer that gave an unusual signature.
We just have to wait until after the weekend. I guess an answer will be
rushed forward on this one. If it is an iron meteorite then it should be
easy to see the difference towards the silicate rocks of Mars.
/Göran
John Birdsell wrote:
> Hello Jeff, Ron and all. I don't know-I'm still not convinced that the
> object found on Mars is a meteorite. Check out this link to a
> fabulous meteor wrong that looks remarbably similar to the object
> found on Mars :
> http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Meteor_Wrong/index.html
>
> We sure hope that we are wrong about this!
>
> Cheers
>
>
> -John
> Arizona Skies Meteorites
>
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