Yes, the word "itself" refers to the meteorite (or, more properly, the meteoroid) and an artificial body would be a spacecraft of some sort.
Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California 3845 Slichter Hall 603 Charles Young Dr. E Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 office phone: 310-825-3202 fax: 310-206-3051 e-mail: aeru...@ucla.edu website: http://cosmochemists.igpp.ucla.edu/Rubin.html -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mendy Ouzillou Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 12:18 PM To: Jeff Grossman; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite OK, so some questions regarding the definition: 1) What would be considered an artificial body? 2) I am 99.9% sure that the word "itself" refers to the meteorite (as opposed to the body on which the meteorite lands). Correct? Mendy Ouzillou >________________________________ > From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com> >To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:38 AM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite > > >Yes, Alan and I would call this object a real meteorite, but not >tektites, which never escaped from Earth's gravity well. > >It's a bit of a stretch and model dependent, but in a way, lunar >meteorites may be considered as this type of meteorite. > >Jeff > >On 4/8/2014 7:18 AM, Peter Scherff wrote: >> Hi, >> According to Alan E. Rubin & Jeffrey N. Grossman: "A meteorite is >> a natural, solid object larger than 10 µm in size, derived from a >> celestial body, that was transported by natural means from the body >> on which it formed to a region outside the dominant gravitational >> influence of that body and that later collided with a natural or >> artificial body larger than itself (even if it was the same body from >> which it was launched)." Using that definition I would say that your >> rock should be called a meteorite. I also think that a cool name for >> a new class of meteorites would need to be created. I just hope that >> we could have that class created before 5 examples of it were recognized. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com >> [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of >> Mark Ford >> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:28 AM >> To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite >> >> IMHO - This should most likely be called 'Earthite'. A whole new >> class of rocks distinct from meteorites, which so far we don't have >> any of (unless anyone knows different!?). >> >> Or they could just be known as Tektites, since that is essentially >>what the consensus is on Tektites. Though I would put Tektites in the >>group of Ancient impact glasses rather than actual fusion crusted rocks from earth. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com >> [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of >> Chris >> Sent: 08 April 2014 06:15 >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: [meteorite-list] is it a meteorite >> >> Suppose a fusion crusted stone is found shortly after a fireball. >> When examined it shows a celestial age of a few million years and a >> relatively short formation age. More examination shows it to be a >> stone formed on earth, ejected into space and returned here. Is it >> meteorite or a meteorwrong. 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