[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Murchison meteorite (and Pinky too)!

Happy Birthday Murchison meteorite, which fell on this day in 1969! 42 years on earth and still revealing secrets of the early solar system! Although this article is from last year, its amazing how this carbonaceous chondrite continues to provide science with more insight into solar system

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - September 28, 201

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES September 28, 2011 o Layered Yardangs http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_022774_1865 The aligned ridges are called yardangs, which are formed in areas where the dominant erosional force is the wind. o Tithonium Chasma

Re: [meteorite-list] Named masses

Hi Jeff, Would Sylacauga count? There is the Hodges 3.86 kg mass and the McKinney 1.68 kg mass. How about these 2 Canyon Diablos: The Holsinger 639 kg mass and the Verkamp 242 kg mass now at the Lowell Observatory. Thanks, Peter Scherff -Original Message-