[meteorite-list] LPSC 43 - Any big news or unexpected meteoritestories?

[Richard Montgomery]

Awesome!  Waiting for that CR impregnated eucrite....
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From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
To: "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net>
Cc: "'meteorite-list'" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LPSC 43 - Any big news or unexpected 
meteoritestories?


> Hi Mike and Kelly:
>
> There were several sessions on the Dawn mission. Unfortunately, I missed
> many of them on Friday. However, what was of most interest to me is the
> likelihood that the dark areas on Vesta are the remnants of low velocity
> impacts by carbonaceous asteroids. Hopefully over the next few months,
> there will be some more news releases/publications on this.
>
> Larry
> PS Still not happy with calling Vesta a "planet."
>
>> Mike...
>>
>>> Is there anything
>>> new about Tissint, or any other meteorite that has emerged at this
>>> year's conference?
>>
>> there was an oral session on "New Martian Meteorites", and the lead paper
>> described Tissint
>> (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/2510.pdf). but
>> that's it re: Tissint.
>>
>> elsewhere, I chased down a couple of papers alluding to specific comets
>> capable
>> of dropping meteorites, but the modeling is (IMHO) incomplete.
>>
>> so you'll just have to settle for LPSC results having to do with planets!
>> ;-)
>> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/March-Madness-on-Mercury-143756146.html
>>
>>
>> clear skies,
>> Kelly
>>
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