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Is There Another Link in the Chain? Looking for Streams of HED MeteoritesIn recent years, a chain of evidence has been built that links the asteroid 4 Vesta with the basaltic achondrite or HED (howardite, eucrite, and diogenite) meteorites. That chain is at the heart of this conference, but it is reasonable to ask how many links there are in the chain. In particular, we are curious about the most recent astronomical source of these meteorites. There have been at least two suggestions that there might be "streams" of these meteorites which we wish to test. We have taken three approaches to testing these streams. First, we have looked at NEAs discovered since the Drummond-halliday suggestion of a stream. Second, we use dates of fall to identify potential stream members then look for distinctive cosmic-ray-exposure histories. As a third approach, we apply not just the dates of fall of the meteorites, but also times, locations and directions.
Document ID
19990025085
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Swindle, T. D.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ United States)
Lippse, R.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ United States)
Scott, I.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1996
Publication Information
Publication: Workshop on Evolution of Igneous Asteroids: Focus on Vesta and the HED Meterorites
Issue: Pt. 1
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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