[meteorite-list] Possible Mars meteorite!

David Weir dgweir at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 13 16:23:21 EST 2005


Ron,

The Moon is not exactly a planet. And some will doubtless be found on 
asteroids. How about "... is an object from space that has reached the 
surface of a dog, uh, I mean a larger body"?

David

Ron wrote:

True, so a slight revision to the defintion will be needed:
A meteorite is an object from space that has reached the surface
of a planet.



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