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Meteorites from recent amor-type orbitsWe report here the discovery of a recent meteorite shower in Antarctica, the members of which have very high natural thermoluminescence levels. It is apparent from these data that the shower has been on Earth only a short time (approximately 1000 years) and the meteorite probably came to Earth through rapid (less than 10 exp 5 years) evolution from an orbit with perihelion greater than 1.1 AU, similar to Amor asteroids. Only a very small number of meteorites, including a few modern falls, appear to have had similar orbital histories.
Document ID
19940007587
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Benoit, P. H.
(Arkansas Univ. Fayetteville, AR, United States)
Sears, D. W. G.
(Arkansas Univ. Fayetteville, AR, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
94N12059
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-81
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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