Hi Mike and Kelly: There were several sessions on the Dawn mission. Unfortunately, I missed many of them on Friday. However, what was of most interest to me is the likelihood that the dark areas on Vesta are the remnants of low velocity impacts by carbonaceous asteroids. Hopefully over the next few months, there will be some more news releases/publications on this.
Larry PS Still not happy with calling Vesta a "planet." > Mike... > >> Is there anything >> new about Tissint, or any other meteorite that has emerged at this >> year's conference? > > there was an oral session on "New Martian Meteorites", and the lead paper > described Tissint > (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/2510.pdf). but > that's it re: Tissint. > > elsewhere, I chased down a couple of papers alluding to specific comets > capable > of dropping meteorites, but the modeling is (IMHO) incomplete. > > so you'll just have to settle for LPSC results having to do with planets! > ;-) > http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/March-Madness-on-Mercury-143756146.html > > > clear skies, > Kelly > > **************** > J. Kelly Beatty > Senior Contributing Editor > SKY & TELESCOPE > 617-416-9991 > SkyandTelescope.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
