[meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

Walter Branch waltbranch at bellsouth.net
Mon Mar 8 21:45:55 EST 2010


Hi Richard,

>Since the Earth was essentially on the other side of the >Sun at the time 
>of each fall, that pretty much eliminates >any chance the two objects were 
>in the same orbit.

Excellent point.  Not zero, but very, very  low probability.

Also, as Shawn pointed out, the CRE ages are widely different.

-Walter Branch 




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