It has been kindly and privately pointed out that there is not a typo. As I get older I can't tell the difference between what younger and older. My apologies.
Mendy Ouzillou >________________________________ > From: Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> >To: met-list <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:06 PM >Subject: [meteorite-list] Origin of chondrules > >And now for something completely different ... Meteorite talk. > > >I am in the process of reading through a fascinating article in latest issue >of "Meteoritics and Planetary Science" called "The Origin of Chondrules and >Chondrites: Debris from Low Velocity Impacts Between Molten Planetisimals." > >This paper is very well written and readable even by a novice such as myself. >What I find interesting is the proposal for a (somewhat) new theory that >chondrules did not instantly form from clumps of heated nebular dust but >instead formed 1.5 to 2.5MY after the formation of CAIs. the paper states that >chondrules formed from splashing when two differentiated planetisimals >collided at a relatively slow speed of between 10 to 100m/s. Without being >able to review the previous papers, I have to say that to me this makes a >great deal of sense and appears to solve many of the inconsistencies that have >been raised in some of the older books that I have read. > >Note: there is a typo in the paer on page 2177. Is states "A strength of the >splashing model is that it can explain why chondrules are mostly between 1.5 >and 2.5MYr younger than CAI ...". The sentence should read "older", no >"younger". > >Dr. Jeff Grossman, would love to hear your thoughts on this paper. > >Mendy Ouzillou >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
