The evidence that some meteorites may actually be samples of fairly large solar system bodies, specifically the moon and the planet Mars was presented. The proposed martian meteorites, called shergottites are igneous rocks that crystallized from molten magmas. Their crystallization ages are much too young to have formed by internal melting within small asteroids, and the unusual chemical composition of gases trapped when these rocks were severely shocked matches that of the martin atmosphere measured by Viking. The implications of these samples for martian evolution was discussed and suggested, that if Mars is the shergottite parent body, the martian interior is much more like that of the earth than has been previously thought. Shergottites explain presence of small magnetic field indicate that volatileement concentratins in Mars should be similar to the Earth, and explain the great lengths of volcanic flows on the martian surface.
What we know about Mars (but otherwise wouldn't) if it is the shergottite parent body
1985-01-01
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