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Hi Bill -- you must have missed it in the article: 6th paragraph: "At 92%
iron, 7% nickel, and a 1% mix of sulfur,
carbon and other elements, the Lilienthal's meteorite was part of an asteroid,
formed 4.5 billion years ago
at the dawn of the solar system, essentially a leftover from the same
Pleasant article. Very little hype of the sort we are often inundated with. The
only thing that I found disappointing was the lack of information pertaining to
the rock/meteorite itself.
Kinda looks like a pallasite but that's just a silly guess, I guess ; since
it's only based on a glance.
Along the same thought process Tommy,
I have often wondered just how much mass worth of extraterrestrial matter there has been added to the Earth's overall mass? Add up all those meteorites under the top soil of farms, all the meteorites from the Ordovician bombardment of L-chondrites, etc.
http://www.agweb.com/article/how-many-meteorites-are-hidden-on-farmland-naa-chris-bennett/
Regards!
Tom
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Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Sikhote Alin
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http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=08/31/2016
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