Michael inquired:
> The other day, a student stated that my "claim" that the
> vast majority of meteorites came from the asteroid belt
> was wrong, as her astronomy instructor had informed
> her they were pieces of stars.
Jay wrote:
> if you look at things that way not only are meteorites
> pieces of recycled stars but we human beings are as well.
Bob wrote:
> Any elements in the meteorites heavier than hydrogen or helium
> must have, at some point, been forged in a star. Most were the
> result of a supernova explosion. Thus, technically speaking,
> meteorite = piece of a star is correct if one goes back far enough.
Greg wrote:
> In summation I would submit that the lineage to our specimens
> is as follows: Big Bang, galaxies, stars, solar systems, ourselves.
Hello All!
I am sitting in our backyard enjoying both the wonderful sunny weather
and O.R. Norton's Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites. On page 19
("To Touch a star"), you find this:
"Some researchers proposed that these [= noble gas anomalies]
were signatures of isotopes formed in giant stars and carried
by solid grains to the solar nebua and hence to meteorites."
Best regards,
Bernd
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