Re: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ?
Tom, I did the same thing- I have a thirteen year old who weighs about 110 pounds, and a ten year old who weighs about seventy pounds, so I showed them the picture, and they saw the tape measure pulled out to about seventeen inches, and their eyes just bugged out when they realized that meteorite was about the same weight as the two of them combined, and only seventeen inches long. I am curious how that compares in density to other meteorites, say the ones you are collecting tiny pieces of. I looked for a weight comparison in Rocks from Space, but didn't find one. Interesting if some of the pieces people collect as micros, might actually be even MORE dense, but because the pieces are tiny, the density is not immediately evident. Kalli, I saw that, it is amazing isn't it! I was showing that to my 105 lb teen daughter, it is wield something that small can out weigh a 5'6 person! I am 6'0 and it weighs almost as much as I do. According to my wife, I am just as dense as that piece of iron! : ) Thanks, Tom __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ?
Hi Tom ! Nearly all of the materials have different weigths compared to their volumes. It depends an different factors. A new article in the latest issue (No 8/2003) of Meteoritics and Planetary Science has a good abstract to this subject. It is called Stony meteorite porosities and densities. Datas were taken from 925 samples of 454 different meteorites also from different classes like Achondrites, carbonaceous chondrites, enstatite chondrites, ordinary chondritesand even stony irons. There you can see the variety of all the materials. This is what I was myself looking a long time for. Maybe Bernd can remember, as I once asked him too about densities of meteorites. I don't know if this really helps you Tom, as you have to be subscribed to the MetSoc to get the magazine. More information about this you get at http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/simple_template.cfm?code=pub_MAPS Best regards, Christian IMCA #2673 www.austromet.com Ing. Christian ANGER Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom aka James Knudson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 4:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ? Hello List, as some of you know, I am putting together a mini individual collection. I have a 2.8 gram NWA (L6) and a 2.72 gram Allende. The Allende is huge compared to the NWA. Is that an metal content issue? By the way, I am looking for more nice individuals this size, and irons around 4 grams, if you have any for sell let me know off list. : ) Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier Yea, that's right, The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ? Specific Gravity values?
Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello List, as some of you know, I am putting together a mini individual collection. I have a 2.8 gram NWA (L6) and a 2.72 gram Allende. The Allende is huge compared to the NWA. Is that an metal content issue? By the way, I am looking for more nice individuals this size, and irons around 4 grams, if you have any for sell let me know off list. : ) Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier Yea, that's right, The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 Tom brought up something I have been trying to assemble or Bum off of another researcher on the list. Does anyone have a chart of average density/SG and ranges for the meteortite classes? And Yes Tom this is largely the metal differences both free metal and metalic compounds between the carbonaceous class and other chondrites. Elton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
