Sensation: Birthplace Of Alh84001 Pinpointed!, MGS and MO finds the original home |
Sensation: Birthplace Of Alh84001 Pinpointed!, MGS and MO finds the original home |
Sep 17 2005, 12:09 PM
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Birthplace of famous Mars meteorite pinpointed
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8004 --- "There was only this one place, in all the places we can look that aren't too dusty, that had a composition that was consistent with the ALH84001." --- The site is in the Eos Chasma and there is a crater about 20 kilometers in diameter. -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Sep 17 2005, 01:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Hate to say it, but someone else already made a new thread on this!...
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...indpost&p=20705 -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Sep 17 2005, 02:13 PM
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Thanks dilo.
... and this new release is a update of a older news. http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/~hamilton/paper...milton_MaPS.pdf (Received 18 October 2002, revision accepted 28 April 2003) --- ALH 84001 is composed almost entirely (97 vol%) of orthopyroxene (Mason et al. 1992). A small region (625 kmē) in Eos Chasma was identified as having a spectral component like the ALH 84001 end member ... --- http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/~hamilton/snc_maps.html (interesting map materials) -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Sep 17 2005, 05:08 PM
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Two graphics ...
http://xs46.xs.to/pics/05376/mars_meteorite_eos_chasma.jpg http://xs46.xs.to/pics/05376/mars_meteorit...te_overview.jpg Home sweet home: -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Sep 17 2005, 07:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 531 Joined: 24-August 05 Member No.: 471 |
But where is the 20 km crater, Victoria?
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Sep 17 2005, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
It's all very well, but the important point is that the area identified was the only one with a similar composition which wasn't too dusty. I'll buy 'like the source', but there's zero evidence for the chosen loaction being 'the' source!
-------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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