[meteorite-list] Re: Wanted Meteorites with Craters

[Darren Garrison]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:05:42 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi Mike,
>
>Try this page I made some time ago:
>
>http://www.meteorites.com.au/features/funkysa.html
>
>This topic has been discussed on the list before and there are a number of
>theories on how they may have occured. Personally, I believe it happened
>during mid-late stage atmospheric entry with the larger detonating pieces.
>It's odd that about 90% of the SA impact pits I've seen are on the trailing
>side of oriented individuals. I don't see how it would be possible to have
>micro-meteoroid impact pits if 90%+ of the original mass is lost through
>ablation.

What's everyone's opinion on this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6636585578

To me, the sides of the "crater" look too smooth and not like other examples
I've seen (including the ones mentioned here).  Coincidental shape, or a
"crater" that has had the edges somehow "smoothed" (either atmosphericly or
during cleaning)?