[meteorite-list] Lutetia

[almitt2 at localnet.com]

Hi Larry and all,

Without knowing what research has been done studying Lutetia, if memory
serves me right, don't they take into account the regolith on the surface of
an asteroid and adjust the spectra so it more closely matches "clean"
meteorite specimens that we have? Thought this may have not been done yet
and why the discrepancy on the reflective composition on the asteroid is
low.

I figure that Larry would have a better bead on the subject than I but
wanted to add another log on the fire. Best!

--AL Mitterling


Quoting lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu:

> Hi Michael:
>
> The only thing that I would disagree with in the article has to do
with
> where Lutetia formed. It has a fairly low inclination and low
eccentricity
> (for a main belt asteroid), so I doubt there is any way that it
could have
> formed in the inner part of the Solar System and found its way into
the
> main belt. I think it formed there to begin with. Also, I think
that the
> albedo of Lutetia is a little low compared to enstatite chondrites,
so
> this might also be of concern when comparing Lutetia to enstatites.
>
> Larry
>
>> Cool, now we know where all of our enstantite meteorites likely
come from.
>>
>> Michael Farmer