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Comparing data from the Messenger spacecraft, Professor Anthony Irving of the University of Washington determined that the NWA 7325/8409 meteorite pairing has a composition consistent with that of the planet in our solar system closest to the Sun, Mercury, which Messenger has been orbiting since early 2011. (<a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/2164.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference</a>) The stones' interiors are full of relatively large and obvious crystals, suggesting that the magma from which they solidified had cooled slowly. The stunning emerald-green color comes from a silicate mineral called diopside that's infused with chromium. Irving and his team found lots of magnesium and calcium in the suite of silicate minerals, but even more important is what they didn't find: there's virtually no iron. Lead isotopes in the rock were tested for the radioactive decay of uranium by the University of Canberra, Australia, and it was determined that the age of the meteorite is approximately 4.56 billion years. This places it very close to the formation of the planet Mercury itself, or it may also have come from a smaller, Mercury-like proto-planet. Despite the proximity of Mercury to the Sun's gravitational pull, it has been calculated that detritus thrown up by rocks hitting the planet would be propelled fast enough (faster than 9 km per second) to break free not only of the atmosphere but also of the Sun's gravitational field, and that 2 to 5% of such matter could reach Earth within 30 million years. "If this rock isn’t from Mercury, it’s still amazing," Irving notes. It’s from a planet, he says — we just need to figure out which one. <a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=60992" rel="noreferrer nofollow">NWA 8409</a> — Achondrite-ung, and paired with NWA 7325 and NWA 8014. It's a small slice, so I used my crazy Macro lens to capture the detail. |
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Source | Possibly a Rock from Mercury |
Author | Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV |
Exposure time | 1/200 sec (0.005) |
F-number | f/16 |
ISO speed rating | 25,600 |
Date and time of data generation | 16:43, 29 June 2020 |
Lens focal length | 65 mm |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
File change date and time | 16:43, 29 June 2020 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:43, 29 June 2020 |
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APEX shutter speed | 7.625 |
APEX aperture | 8 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.8284271229882 APEX (f/2.67) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTime subseconds | 00 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 000 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 000 |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 5,719.1489361702 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 5,728.9002557545 |
Focal plane resolution unit | inches |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Lens used | Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |