[meteorite-list] Martian Meteorite Heat Ablation?

From: Mark Crawford <mark_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:24:55 +0100
Message-ID: <46BA1887.5000506_at_annasach.net>

On a similar point... what size would meteorites have to be to have a
chance of being found on the moon? Small ones would vapourise, large
ones would vapourise a lot of the sirface material... is it possible
that any recognisable fragments would survive?

Chris Peterson wrote:

> But Mars does have an atmosphere. Its surface air density is about the
> same as Earth's at a height of 31 km, and far more than the density in
> the region of Earth's atmosphere where we typically see meteors.
>
Received on Wed 08 Aug 2007 03:24:55 PM PDT