Well? The Stardust science team has released some interesting mineralogical data.

Jacob Samorodin — 3/14/2006 12:24:17 AM (archived)

The Stardust science team has released its first detailed
mineralogical and chemical data on Comet Wild material at the 37th LPSC.
See!...I told you this LPSC would be awesome...And it's just Day 1.

Check this lengthy URL: http://www.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2006031/ap_on_sc//comet_return;_ylt=Amd1GsxtnFMtAmL

Minerals like anorthite and diopside have been discovered in the samples recovered from the comet.

My question is: If it's not the primordial sun that "cooked' those comet minerals into existence,
what heat source did?

cheers.

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Well? The Stardust science team has released some interesting mineralogical data. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/14/2006 12:24:17 AM
- Radiogenic heating? - Robert Clark - 3/14/2006 11:36:23 AM
  - Within comets? Don't think there's enough insulation to keep them much above absolute zero... - alcaray - 3/15/2006 12:00:17 AM
- re: Well? The Stardust science team has released some interesting mineralogical data. - nick hoffman - 3/14/2006 9:22:17 AM
  - Good point, and... - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2006 8:34:54 PM
  - Brace for "the return of the exploded planet" hypothesis! (n/t) - et - 3/14/2006 6:24:51 PM
    - A planet doesn't have to explode to spew hunks of itself. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/14/2006 10:16:44 PM
      - You're right. It just has to drink Dewars. (n/t) - et - 3/15/2006 12:40:16 AM
        
        That would be chunks (n/t) - alcaray - 3/15/2006 7:08:04 PM
- re: Well? The Stardust science team has released some interesting mineralogical data. - Ken Murphy - 3/14/2006 2:19:00 AM
  - Deep Impact : High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy with the ESO VLT and the Keck 1 telescope - ljk - 3/14/2006 3:53:45 PM

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