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The Enstatite Chondrite Neuschwanstein had its
aphelion in the asteroid main belt, thus it's not related to
Mercury.
Here a picture of the orbit
Martin
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What about Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter...Etc? Is it just because we
have to point of reference or maybe distance...Just
Curious!
There was widespread belief that the Enstatite
Chondrites originated within Mercury's orbit, if they weren't actually
Mercurian themselves, but I haven't read any particularly recent scientific
assessment on that position....any updates out there? The "giants"
(Jupiter and Saturn) are considered to be essentially gaseous with prohibitive
escape velocities as well, so I don't think there's much speculation about
them being reasonable candidates for parent bodies.
Gregory
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