Hi Mike and all, The stone from the Sudan fall looks to have fairly glassy, shiny crust. A possible eucrite...or a shergottite??? ;-) I seem to remember when we first heard about the fall, Rob Matson?? thought its orbit took it near Mars. Interesting to see what's its classification will be.
Just thought I'd stir the pot, Frank --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Mike Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike Jensen <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Updated falls page....again To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 9:51 AM Hi All I just added the 2008 TC3 Sudan fall from last year. http://jensenmeteorites.com/New%20meteorites.htm What a year...10 falls...so far. Probably will be 1 or 2 more that come to light in the future. 2008 Dec 20 Morocco Nov 20 Buzzard Coulee, Canada Oct 6 northern Sudan Sept 12 India June 6 Romania Apr 12 China Apr 6 Argentina Mar 7 Turkey Jan 14 Argentina Jan 1 Indonesia 6 of 8 continents hit. Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
