[meteorite-list] The Term "Planetary"

From: fallingfusion at wi.rr.com <fallingfusion_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:44:04 +0000
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To the list,

I was sitting here reading some emails, and just thought...

Who in the world ever came up with the term "Planetary" in reference to meteorites.

First of all, our Moon isn't a planet.. and secondly, to my knowledge, the only "Planetary" meteorites in current existence have an origin of Mars. Hence, "Martian" meteorites. Did I miss the big announcement of those from Venus and Mercury?

Regards,

Ryan

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Received on Fri 18 Mar 2011 02:44:04 PM PDT