Hi Sterling, all -
"Paradigms don't always shift quickly."
That's certainly something of an understatement.
The entire discussion of the issue of scientific value of meteorites has been
influenced by bad wording. The value is determined by the value of the problem
or question answered. You have scientifically significant meteorites, where the
meteorite first led to or confirmed an important theory, and then you have
importance to theoretical framework.
Not surprisingly, no one here mentioned the KT fossil meteorite, which
confirmed that it was a comet rather than an asteroid which killed the
dinosaurs.
But then as someone wisely noted, "Paradigms don't always shift quickly."
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
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