[meteorite-list] The Moon - One Titanic Tektite?

From: Aubrey Whymark <tinbider_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:56:26 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID: <545969.65806.qm_at_web28515.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Mike and list

An interesting thought, but the moon is not made of glass so it would have to be one giant impact spherule!

Also it hasn't landed back on Earth yet! It can't be an -ite. It was pointed out to me that you have Meteorites and Meteors. But in the tektite world we only have Tektites, no Tekteors - just as well we haven't witnessed any genuine tektite falls (don't believe everything you read) or we wouldn't know what to call the falling body!

Aubrey
www.tektites.co.uk



--- On Wed, 14/4/10, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] The Moon - One Titanic Tektite?
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 14 April, 2010, 4:14
> Hi Listees,
>
> I don't know if this thought has ever come up before in
> this way, but....
>
> Isn't the moon, by definition, one gigantic tektite since
> it was
> spalled off from the Earth during a catastrophic meteorite
> impact?
>
> If so, then every lunar meteorite is also a tektite.....of
> sorts.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
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