Re: Asteroid may strike Mars in late January 2008

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:56:21 GMT, eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene
Griessel) wrote:

I have a picture of a 3 kilogram meteorite from Australia that is
claimed to be from Vesta.

Yes, there are a number of meteorites associated with various large
asteroids.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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