Re: [meteorite-list] Allende parent body?

2011-04-15 Thread Mark's Meteorites
*shameless plug* I've just added an article on Tunguska to my site: http://historicfalls.com/2011/04/15/tunguska/ I know it's a slight cheat, not actually being an actual witnessed fall, but hey... What's the current thinking on the status of the impactor? Comet or Asteroid? It goes without

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende parent body?

2011-04-15 Thread Chris Peterson
There is no particularly good reason to think that Allende (or any other meteorite) is cometary in origin. Chris *** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com On 4/15/2011 5:04 PM, E.P. Grondine wrote: Hi all - The work on magnetism in meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] Allende parent body?

2011-04-15 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - The work on magnetism in meteorite parent bodies is interesting, but I thought that Allende's parent body was cometary. If so, shouldn't the headline read: "Comets found to have hard centers"? Or is this part of NASA's plan to have comets declared to be asteroids? E.P. Grondine Man