----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lutzon" <j...@hc.fdn.com>
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?
Hi Mike, List
Case in point.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970630.html
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com>
To: "John Lutzon" <j...@hc.fdn.com>
Cc: "brian burrer" <brim...@gmail.com>;
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?
Hi John and List,
John said - "So, are impact forces mitigated when an object is not in
a tightly bound
orbit confiscation and just gets "pushed" rather than crushed?"
That is something I had never considered. Is it possible that a body
like Vesta could "give" or "roll with the punch" and this might
mitigate the impact forces as John suggested?
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 7/22/11, John Lutzon <j...@hc.fdn.com> wrote:
Hello List,
I don't know what i don't know---so:
The latest photo of Vesta shows about 1/2 of this protoplanet which is
about
350 miles in diameter
and the largest crater looks approximately 1/10 0f this radius which
means
the crater dia. is about 17.5 miles--quite a hit for such a little guy.
I remember seeing a photo of a much smaller asteroid with an impact
crater
of
about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the whole thing and wonder why it wasn't
cracked in half or completely obliterated.
So, are impact forces mitigated when an object is not in a tightly bound
orbit confiscation and just gets "pushed" rather than crushed?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "brian burrer" <brim...@gmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:57 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Is Vesta Mong Nong?
The new photo of Vesta resembles a giant Mong Nong tektite- I did not
expect to see so many layers.
Happy hunting,
Brian
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