[meteorite-list] Meteorite Find Would Be Out Of This World
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Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:50 2004 Message-ID: <41.171f4852.297f09dd_at_aol.com> --part1_41.171f4852.297f09dd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/22/02 12:05:12 PM Central Standard Time, mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com writes: > Just wondering...is it physically possible to have a one-ton Lunarite?? If > it was ejected from the moon that is...I am no physicist, but that would > have to be one helluva impact! > Matt > Matt, A couple of years back talked with one of the Lunar researchers at Washington University at St. Louis about that, and he said there is a limit as to how big of a piece could have gotten off the Moon, and it is pretty small. As I recall, he said the limit would be only a couple of Kilograms. He said there has been some debate on the topic, I will check with him again and see if anything has been written up on it. Steve Arnold www.meteoritebroker.com --part1_41.171f4852.297f09dd_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/22/02 12:05:12 PM Central Standard Time, mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just wondering...is it physically possible to have a one-ton Lunarite?? If <BR>it was ejected from the moon that is...I am no physicist, but that would <BR>have to be one helluva impact! <BR>Matt <BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR>Matt, <BR> <BR>A couple of years back talked with one of the Lunar researchers at Washington University at St. Louis about that, and he said there is a limit as to how big of a piece could have gotten off the Moon, and it is pretty small. As I recall, he said the limit would be only a couple of Kilograms. He said there has been some debate on the topic, I will check with him again and see if anything has been written up on it. <BR> <BR>Steve Arnold <BR>www.meteoritebroker.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_41.171f4852.297f09dd_boundary-- Received on Tue 22 Jan 2002 01:30:53 PM PST |
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