Hello All,
The question was, "What are the top 10 most scientifically important
meteorites?". While great respect and recognition should be awarded to
Chladni for his work resulting in proving "rocks" were from space and
resulting in 'meteoritics', the initial question what the top 10
"scientifically" important meteorites are (or people's beliefs are). I side
with Jason in the fact that one historic meteorite, or one type, does not
constitute understanding, or advanced knowledge of our solar system or
meteoritics than does representative meteorites from "all" groups of
classifications.The abundance of meteorite types from the Sahara has
provided so much more "scientific" understanding of our solar system than
many people give credit to.
To name a few names as "top 10" is impossible since there are dozens of
specific, officially recognized meteorites that qualify under the initial
question of this thread to be, "scientifically important".
Best regards,
Greg
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From: "Dave Gheesling" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:45 PM
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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
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Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:21 PM
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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
<[email protected]> 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
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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.
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