[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury

Hi all - A few comments - Here on Earth larger fragments survive impact due to explosive lensing - I don't know how that applies to Mercury - Elton is the source for best estimates and explanations on that. The energies of impacts depend on what hits and how fast. There is also the problem

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[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury?

Meteorites from Mercury? February 15, 2008 by Ken Croswell Meteorites from the Moon and Mars give earthbound scientists free rock samples from other worlds. Now Brett Gladman and Jaime Coffey (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) say we should expect a few meteorites from Mercury too.

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury

Hi everybody - You know, every so often we get these exchanges of rather short intense messages on the list about one or another particular meteorite. The messages are short and they begin suddenly and stop suddenly, and they're between the experts and dealers of important specimens. You got to

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury

Peanut wrote: What about Mercury ... ? Gregory responded: There was widespread belief that the Enstatite Chondrites originated within Mercury's orbit, if they weren't actually Mercurian themselves ... Martin A. contributed: The Enstatite Chondrite Neuschwanstein had its aphelion in the