I was thinking(and quite frankly allowing my imagination free reign)? If the meteorite fell when Mars had a thick enough (and I'm not sure how thick is thick. Those scienists among us might like to quantify those parameters) to produce those classic regamglypts, this object might have fallen tens or hundreds of millions of years ago.
If a thicker atmosphere is necessary to produce the spectatular thumb prints, this same thicker atmosphere would also weather the object and reduce some of the marvelous relief shown in the photos as is the case on earth.
This year's research has admirably identified "rivers of H20", maybe seas and .....(who knows... tsunamis??) on the Red Planet.
Should we think that the meteorite fell cooincidently, at the cusp of the transition between thick and thin atmosphere and was thus spared some of the worst erosion? Or that perhaps the transition from thick to thin was even an abrupt phenomenon.(a warning message from our late neighbors in space WATCH THOSE EMMISIONS EARTHLINGS! ... uhmm huma ha ha ha a-a-a!!!
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Opportunity Rover Finds a Meteorite
And, Ron, didn't one of the Rovers actually image a meteor earlier in the mission?
Yes, it did.
Ron
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