By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces for sale!
Best Christmas season wishes, Bernd That's who provided me with my treasured "tiny" piece. Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Biggest Tagish Lake > "Kidding aside, If you are speaking about Tagish > Lake, they will have disolved into mud." > > "That's what I was thinking. I was under the impression that Tagish Lake > was > of a consistency that it would dissolve like a lump of dry clay/dirt if it > got wet." > > > > Even "fresh" pieces are so crumbly, so friable that it is hard to imagine > you can still find (I had better say "recognize") something. > > BROWN P.G. et al. estimate that the initial mass of the Tagish Lake object > was > about 56 tonnes* (!) Furthermore, the authors suggest that "some 1300 kg > of gram- > sized or larger Tagish Lake material survived ablation to reach the > Earth's surface, > representing an ablation loss of 97% for the fireball". > > * ZOLENSKY M.E. et al. even assume an entry mass of about 200 tonnes > (an initial body 4 to 6 meters in diameter). The authors mention one > large piece with fusion crust knocked off one face, exposing interior > and weighing 159 grams. > > By the way, Eric Twelker still has some very nice and affordable pieces > for sale! > > Best Christmas > season wishes, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
