[meteorite-list] Carbon globules in meteorite may have seeded Earth

[Ron Baalke]

> Now, analysis of atomic isotopes shows that the globules could not have come
> from Earth and must have formed in very cold conditions, possibly before the Sun
> was born. The research was led by Keiko Nakamura-Messenger of NASA's Johnson
> Space Center in Houston, Texas, US.

Keiko is one of the Stardust aerogel cutters. At a recent workshop she mentioned
this research to me. Also, asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura was recently named
in her honor.

Ron Baalke