[meteorite-list] Shielding of the Moon by earth

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:01:24 +0200
Message-ID: <001001cb4f45$2def5b30$89ce1190$_at_de>

Hi Steve,

>is either returns to the moon or sucked in by earths gravity in a
relatively short time.

Relatively to what?

Just googling around I found transit times of the lunaites from Moon to
Earth
between a couple of tens of thousands of years up to 8 million years.

The travelling times of many Martian meteorites fall also well into that
time frame.

Best!
Martin


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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Steve
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Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Shielding of the Moon by earth

Most of the shielding is done by earths gravity well not its area. If mars
had no atmosphere it would look battered like the moon. And most of the
material knocked off the moon is either returns to the moon or sucked in by
earths gravity in a relatively short time. Some day there may be a witnessed
lunar fall. Cheers Steve


      

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Received on Wed 08 Sep 2010 07:01:24 AM PDT