[meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon

[Bob Evans]

At what velocity do you think Canyon Diablo impacted?
I think we found some pieces of that asteroid.
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From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon


> "Unaltered by atmospheric pressure" also implies unslowed by any 
> atmosphere. So everything that hits the Moon is doing so at a minimum of 
> around 2.5 km/s, and usually a lot more. I don't think you'll find many 
> meteorites.
> 
> As thin as the Martian atmosphere is, it is enough to provide 
> aerobraking. The rover cameras have apparently recorded a few meteors.
> 
> Chris
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531 at comcast.net>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:54 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites on the moon
> 
> 
>> Can you imagine hunting meteorites on the moon?
>> Crustless Diogenites, Eucrites, Howardites strewnabout everywhere. 
>> Pristine Pallasites unaltered by atmospheric pressure or humidity 
>> sticking out of the lunar dust like a gem.
>> How excited Nasa was when they found one on Mars. I'm surprised there 
>> wasn't a manless mission planned to go to the moon to extract and 
>> return some of these pristine meteorites utilizing a rover. Obviously 
>> it would be tremendously expensive, but, compared to what is spent on 
>> the mars mission as well as expeditions in the arctic its a no - 
>> brainer.
>> The moon is a meteorite goldmine. 100% impact rates, craters 
>> everywhere pinpointing the spot of impact.
>> I wonder if Nasa found one gram out of the relatively miniscule amount 
>> of specimens returned from the moon to be of non-lunar origin.
>> I believe if we want to make monumental advancements in Meteoritics we 
>> need to take advantage of the abundance on the moon. Who knows what 
>> never before seen meteorite types are laying up there right now.
>> What do you think, Mike? You don't have to worry about any Norwegian 
>> export laws.
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