[meteorite-list] Mercury Meteorites - the short list

[bill kies]

"5. Mercury Meteor (parent body Mercury or Ford?)"

I nominate the 64 Caliente. Parent body Mercury of course. My first celestial acquisition :)

Bill




> To: Meteorite-List at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:54:40 -0400
> From: mexicodoug at aim.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Mercury Meteorites - the short list
> 
> Hello again Mercury Nornoids,
> 
> Physics, opinions and biases aside ... can we build a concise list of 
> Mercury meteorite candidates already in our collections (at least 
> wistfully) and play a game to see if we can speculate on them one by 
> one - before the scientific press - with information from MESSENGER - 
> as candidate meteorites from Mercury? Or, better yet, not eliminate 
> one or more ... ;-) ?
> 
> 1. Bencubbinites
> 2. Angrites
> 3. GRA 06128 & 06129
> 4. NWA 011 and pairings
> 5. Mercury Meteor (parent body Mercury or Ford?)
> 
> Sunnyside up,
> Doug
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