[meteorite-list] Mars Opportunity Rover Finds a Meteorite

[Gerald Flaherty]

Ron and List
I was thinking(and quite frankly allowing my imagination free reign)? If the 
meteorite fell when Mars had a thick enough (and I'm not sure how thick is 
thick. Those scienists among us might like to quantify those parameters) to 
produce those classic regamglypts, this object might have fallen tens or 
hundreds of millions of years ago.
If a thicker atmosphere is necessary to produce the spectatular thumb 
prints, this same thicker atmosphere would also weather the object and 
reduce some of the marvelous relief shown in the photos as is the case on 
earth.
This year's research has admirably  identified "rivers of  H20", maybe seas 
and .....(who knows... tsunamis??) on the Red Planet.
Should we think that the meteorite fell cooincidently, at the cusp of the 
transition between thick and thin atmosphere and was thus spared some of the 
worst erosion? Or that perhaps the transition from thick to thin was even an 
abrupt phenomenon.(a warning message from our late neighbors in space WATCH 
THOSE EMMISIONS EARTHLINGS! ... uhmm huma ha ha ha a-a-a!!!
Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Opportunity Rover Finds a Meteorite


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>> And, Ron, didn't one of the Rovers actually image a meteor earlier in
>> the mission?
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>
> Yes, it did.
>
> Ron
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