Ron Wrote; "Actually, yes. There are at least 20 other asteroids that have specta matches with the HED's. It turns out though all of these other asteroids are small, and they all have similar orbits as Vesta. So the conclusion was drawn that these smaller asteroids are chips off the larger Vesta, and Vesta is still the parent body of all of the HED meteorites"
Would I be wrong in assuming that HED's could be from the same impact that broke the "chips" off of Vesta? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< Yea, that's right, The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Vesta meteorite??? > > > > Is there any actual strong evidence to support the theory that HED's come > > from Vesta??? > > Yes. Specta between HED's and Vesta match up. > > >...is there any other asteroid matching with HED's too? > > Actually, yes. There are at least 20 other asteroids that have specta matches > with the HED's. It turns out though all of these other asteroids > are small, and they all have similiar orbits as Vesta. So the conclusion > was drawn that these smaller asteroids are chips off the larger Vesta, > and Vesta is still the parent body of all of the HED meteorites. > > Ron Baalke > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
