Mendy,

Could a possible answer to your point #1 (What would be considered an artificial body?) be silicone implants???

Ed

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mendy Ouzillou" <ouzil...@yahoo.com> To: "Jeff Grossman" <jngross...@gmail.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
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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



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From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com>
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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

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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ford
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 3:28 AM
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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



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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: 08 April 2014 06:15
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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. Or something in between?
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