(meteorobs) Meteorite pix

[Marco Langbroek]

Matt Mundorf schreef:
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> Hmmm.  Is the radioactivity generally because of the obsorbed radiation
> that is emitted from a number of sources in space or that the material
> in the meteor itself is radioactive?

It are shortlived isotopes formed in the meteorite by cosmic radiation while it 
was in space.

- Marco

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Dr Marco (183294) Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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