[meteorite-list] Biggest Tagish Lake
Gerald Flaherty
grf2 at verizon.net
Fri Dec 15 17:32:05 EST 2006
By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces for
sale!
Best Christmas
season wishes,
Bernd
That's who provided me with my treasured "tiny" piece.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:50 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Biggest Tagish Lake
> "Kidding aside, If you are speaking about Tagish
> Lake, they will have disolved into mud."
>
> "That's what I was thinking. I was under the impression that Tagish Lake
> was
> of a consistency that it would dissolve like a lump of dry clay/dirt if it
> got wet."
>
>
>
> Even "fresh" pieces are so crumbly, so friable that it is hard to imagine
> you can still find (I had better say "recognize") something.
>
> BROWN P.G. et al. estimate that the initial mass of the Tagish Lake object
> was
> about 56 tonnes* (!) Furthermore, the authors suggest that "some 1300 kg
> of gram-
> sized or larger Tagish Lake material survived ablation to reach the
> Earth's surface,
> representing an ablation loss of 97% for the fireball".
>
> * ZOLENSKY M.E. et al. even assume an entry mass of about 200 tonnes
> (an initial body 4 to 6 meters in diameter). The authors mention one
> large piece with fusion crust knocked off one face, exposing interior
> and weighing 159 grams.
>
> By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces
> for sale!
>
> Best Christmas
> season wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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