Mike G...great question.
If I may paraphrase your question, "Are there any elements out there that we
don't know about yet, that meteorites have or haven't shown us or will show
us?"
It answers itself....(what we have in meteoritic science/anaysis is what we
already have here, and coupled with our astronomy pioneers who probe their
magic, bouncing everything off of whatever they can, coupled with all the
science I can't even comprehend........)
Although, it doesn't rule out what we haven't found, nor detected, nor
whatever else...it does embrace the GREAT iminent X-factor rule: what we
don't know yet, we don't know yet, but we will, when we do!
-Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Composition Question
No. Meteorites are made up of the same set of elements we see everywhere
in the Universe. Because they were formed or evolved in a different
environment than Earth, meteorites do contain minerals that are rare or
nonexistent here, but nothing that can't be identified and understood.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Groetz" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 12:19 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Composition Question
Am having a hard time posting to the list. This is my third try-
please bear with me. If this does not go through- I will not be trying
again.
Meteorite composition is identified using known "earth" chemicals
and substances. Have there ever been any meteorites analyzed, where
even the most minor substances within it, cannot be identified using
known "earthly" terms? In other words- "We don't know what it is?".
I've always wondered this if any of you would know.
Thank you
Mike Groetz
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