[meteorite-list] Witnessed fall lunars?

From: Steve Dunklee <steve.dunklee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 08:36:17 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <686219.17905.qm_at_web113918.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

The moon is close to the earth and material knocked off the moon has a relatively short time to reach the earth. The moon is also protected by the earth. So there will be less material floating around to fall as meteorites. Mars is farther away and not protected by a companion and its closer to the astroid belt so it recieves many more impacts than the moon. Its kind of like paintball. The guy close to you hiding behind the tree "the moon" gets hit a lot less than the guy standing out in the open"Mars" less hits less meteorites. Cheers! Steve


      
Received on Tue 07 Sep 2010 11:36:17 AM PDT