Very much agree, Martin. The Darwinian/Coperincan moment...the tipping point that opened the door to the entire field, indeed (in spite of Chladni's incredible work, which should have been enough). Dave www.fallingrocks.com
-----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jason Utas Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:21 PM To: Meteorite-list Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientificallyimportantmeteorites? Hola Martin, I would have to disagree - when you go that far back, you wind up dealing with meteorites that are of historic, rather than scientific interest. L'Aigle may be something of an exception because it did lead to the *scientific* acceptance of meteorites, but, from today's scientific perspective, I wouldn't call it very important, never mind giving it a place in the top ten. It's an ordinary chondrite, of which there are thousands - it's no more special than, say, Tenham or Gao - from a purely scientific point of view. One might as well call the earliest fossils found the most important, simply because they were found back in the day and led to our recognition of what they really represented...while they may be important, I would hesitate to call them extremely important from a scientific point of view. Regards, Jason On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Martin Altmann <altm...@meteorite-martin.de> wrote: > I choose L'Aigle as N°1. > > Cause else they wouldn't have recognized, that Chladni was right and > that they are from space. > > Best! > Martin > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von > ensorama...@ntlworld.com > Gesendet: Samstag, 14. Februar 2009 00:55 > An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Betreff: [meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientifically > importantmeteorites? > > Hi all, > > Just thought it might be interesting to discover list members opinions > on what they would choose as the most important meteorites with regard > to science? Which ones have been the most significant in increasing > our understanding of the evolution of our solar system, and what they > have taught us? > > Graham Ensor, UK. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
