[meteorite-list] Impact times

[Chris Peterson]

> The only timed event that I can think of that was accurately timed was 
> the Shoemaker-Levy
> comet impact on Jupiter.

Yeah, but that's an entirely different sort of parent than anything 
we've seen on Earth, since it was fragmented into a long chain of 
components _before_ it encountered Jupiter's atmosphere. AFAIK no 
meteorites are associated with bodies that were fragmented in space, and 
only a few meteors have been observed that appear to be from such 
bodies.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Impact times


> Robert,
> The only timed event that I can think of that was accurately timed was 
> the Shoemaker-Levy
> comet impact on Jupiter.
> This is something I never gave any thought to. Good Luck!!
> Pete