From: Kutch Science Foundation

Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Gujarat meteors "oldest bodies found in solar system"


Dear editorials, friends of Science, space and astronomy,

Many thrilling news are published about the meteors of July 2006 in Gujarat -
(Kutch Saurashtra) that is really a good news that we have started to take
interest in the subject and materials of the space but how sad if we do not do
the complete analysis of the subject or a incomplete statements.

Statement "According to scientists, the solar system was formed around 15
billion years ago and the Sun was 4.5 billion years old." is confusing and
also not clarifying the reality. the solar system was formed around 15 billion
years ago is not the correct sentence but ONLY the present belief UNIVERSE was
formed around 15 billion years ago and the Sun was 4.5 billion years old.

And also the Chondrite meteors of kutch which was studies was part of the solar
system formation ( less than 4.5 billion years old) or an extra terrestrial
specimen (beyond 4.5 billion years old) ? We need to understand the difference
of solar system formation and formation of other parts of the universe which
could be understand from the meteors from the fragments from the comets arrived
to visit solar system from the outer space (extra terrestrial comets) which
arrives beyond the solar system. here it looks that scientists used more of
Guess work rather than actual dating analysis which is still need to be searched
for.

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News published as Gujarat meteors "oldest bodies found in solar system"
When scores of people in Gujarat saw glowing fireballs falling from the sky in
July 2006 little did they realise that these fragments from outer space were one
of the "oldest bodies found in our solar system".

Scientists at Physicial Research Laboratory (PRL) studying the meteor samples
that fell in different areas of Kutch and Saurashtra are thrilled with the
"discovery of a rare chondrule inside one of the fragments of the meteorite
known as a Chondritre Meteorite in scientific terminology".

"Chondrules are small spherical ball like formations that are found inside a
chondrite meteor. They are very rare to find and are believed to have been
formed around two million years after our sun was formed", PRL Director Dr J N
Goswami told PTI.

"Scientists are excited with the find as it will give a great opportunity to
study how our solar system originated and developed over a period of time," he
said.



Chondrites are stony meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or
differentiation of the parent body. They were formed when various types of dust
and small grains that were present in the early solar system came together to
form primitive asteroids.

Though chondrites are a common type of meteor that crash into the earth every
year, the discovery of a chondrule inside a small sample piece of the meteorite
will help in collecting data about the composition of meteors, Goswami said.

The meteor shower took all by surprise when it streaked across the dark night
creating a boom as it fell on fields, making a gaping hole though some roof
tops.

According to scientists, the solar system was formed around 15 billion years ago
and the Sun was 4.5 billion years old. "Study of meteorites has indicated that
chondrules began forming two million years after the sun was born. These
untouched particles were formed out of various gases and star dust in space that
hardened over the years and got adjoined with meteors as they brushed against
each other or collided," Goswami said.

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