[meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Sep 1 00:06:23 2006
Message-ID: <00a201c6cd7b$f066ac90$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

"Unaltered by atmospheric pressure" also implies unslowed by any
atmosphere. So everything that hits the Moon is doing so at a minimum of
around 2.5 km/s, and usually a lot more. I don't think you'll find many
meteorites.

As thin as the Martian atmosphere is, it is enough to provide
aerobraking. The rover cameras have apparently recorded a few meteors.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531_at_comcast.net>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon


> Can you imagine hunting meteorites on the moon?
> Crustless Diogenites, Eucrites, Howardites strewnabout everywhere.
> Pristine Pallasites unaltered by atmospheric pressure or humidity
> sticking out of the lunar dust like a gem.
> How excited Nasa was when they found one on Mars. I'm surprised there
> wasn't a manless mission planned to go to the moon to extract and
> return some of these pristine meteorites utilizing a rover. Obviously
> it would be tremendously expensive, but, compared to what is spent on
> the mars mission as well as expeditions in the arctic its a no -
> brainer.
> The moon is a meteorite goldmine. 100% impact rates, craters
> everywhere pinpointing the spot of impact.
> I wonder if Nasa found one gram out of the relatively miniscule amount
> of specimens returned from the moon to be of non-lunar origin.
> I believe if we want to make monumental advancements in Meteoritics we
> need to take advantage of the abundance on the moon. Who knows what
> never before seen meteorite types are laying up there right now.
> What do you think, Mike? You don't have to worry about any Norwegian
> export laws.
Received on Fri 01 Sep 2006 12:06:02 AM PDT