Ordinary Chondrite Formation from two Components: Implied Connection to Planet Mercury
| dc.creator | Herndon, J. Marvin | |
| dc.date | 2004-05-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:13:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:13:13Z | |
| dc.description | Major element fractionation among chondrites has been discussed for decades as ratios relative to Si or Mg. Expressing ratios relative to Fe leads to a new relationship admitting the possibility that ordinary chondrite meteorites are derived from two components: one is a relatively undifferentiated, primitive component, oxidized like the CI or C1 chondrites; the other is a somewhat differentiated, planetary component, with oxidation state like the reduced enstatite chondrites. Such a picture would seem to explain for the ordinary chondrites, their major element compositions, their intermediate states of oxidation, and their ubiquitous deficiencies of refractory siderophile elements. I suggest that the planetary component of ordinary chondrite formation consists of planet Mercury's missing complement of elements. | |
| dc.description | Submitted to the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405298 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405298 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7737 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | Geophysics | |
| dc.title | Ordinary Chondrite Formation from two Components: Implied Connection to Planet Mercury | |
| dc.type | text |