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 > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:53 AM, "Benjamin P. Sun" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 21 Lutetia is an enstatite! >> >> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/e-la111111.php >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
