[meteorite-list] Experts Skeptical of Peruvian Meteorite Impact

[Chris Peterson]

Maybe he meant (or said, and was misreported) that a small crater forming 
event was much more likely to involve an iron parent? That might be a 
reasonable statement.

Chris
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Chris L Peterson
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Utas" <meteoritekid at gmail.com>
To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Experts Skeptical of Peruvian Meteorite Impact


> Hello All,
>
> This particular bit really makes me wonder about those fellows up at 
> JPL...
>
>>It's not impossible that the crater was left by a meteorite, Yeomans
> said, but if so, then the impact object most likely was small, based
> on the size of the crater. It would also probably have been a metal
> meteorite, because those are the only kind of small meteorites that
> don't burn up as they plummet through Earth's atmosphere, he added.
> Small stony meteorites rarely make it to the surface.
>
> ...Does anyone else find his statement...completely wrong?  I mean -
> I'm used to such stuff coming out of reporters from god-knows-where,
> but from a JPL employee...
>
> Jason