> > Another curiosity that I struggled with intellectually while out there on the lakes > was this controversy over the find ratio of lunars to martians (It currently stands > close to even, I beleive). It's easy for me to holistically contemplate that, all > other things being equal, it should be a lot easier for lunar material to get here > than mars material; like shooting a shotgun at something 10 feet away vs. 1000 yds > away. Mathematicians have calculated that there should be (all other things being > equal) a 5:1 ratio of lunars/martians. So what are the factors that cut the odds to > 1:1?
I would guess the lunar meteorites blend in more with the Earth rocks, and are harder to detect than the Mars meteorites. Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list