Hi Chris and List, I am going to take a wild layman stab at this one and then Sterling Webb can come in and clean up my mess. ;) LOL
All of the confirmed planetary meteorites we have seen (barring the disputed Angrite-Mercury connection) come from planets further out from the sun than Earth. So I am guessing that maybe the Sun's gravitational influence would have more effect on a Venusian rock that manages to escape that acidic and hellish world. Perhaps the gravitational perturbations introduced by Venus' proximity to Sol make it less likely that a Venusian fragment would cross paths with Earth? And perhaps the very nature of Venus' atmosphere make it less likely for such rocks to achieve escape velocity and survive the trip out of the acid bath. Best regards, MikeG On 9/9/10, Chris Spratt <[email protected]> wrote: > Where the Venusian meteorites? > > Chris Spratt > Victoria, BC > (Via my iPhone) > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
