[meteorite-list] Witnessed fall lunars?

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:35:36 -0700
Message-ID: <C8AB1D38.11B25%mlblood_at_cox.net>

This might be one.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/North-American-Lunar-Meteorite-/120618283540?pt=LH_Defau
ltDomain_0&hash=item1c1568f214

Michael


On 9/6/10 2:05 PM, "Met. Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> Is there a theory for why there have been no witnessed falls of lunar
> meteorites? It seems odd to me that we have 4 Martian witnessed falls
> (Shergotty, Chassigny, Zagami, Nakhla, and almost Lafayette) and no
> lunars.
>
> I also find it odd that no lunaites have been recovered from the
> Americas or Europe.
>
> It would seem that we are long overdue for two things to happen - for
> a lunaite to be recovered in the Americas/Europe and for a lunar
> witnessed fall. I wonder which will happen first?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
Received on Tue 07 Sep 2010 01:35:36 AM PDT