Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-26 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Rob, List, I haven't crunched a number in nearly forty years, which is why I unhesitatingly accept Rob's million simulations (as saving a lot of work). but the logic of the situation alone shows why it's unlikely that tektites could not have come from the Moon. Picture the moon in a

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-26 Thread Gerald Flaherty
AH HAH !! - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:29:56 -0500, tett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, Could

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-26 Thread Tom Knudson
: Lunar origin of tektites AH HAH !! - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:29:56 -0500, tett [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-26 Thread Sterling K. Webb
-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites AH HAH !! - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:59 PM Subject

[meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-25 Thread Matson, Robert
Resending this message, which as usual did not post to the IMCA message group. I'm CCing Meteorite Central in case it fails to show up at IMCA a second time. --Rob -Original Message- From: Matson, Robert Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:47 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: Lunar

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-25 Thread tett
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites Hey, just a thought, could tektites be material ablating off a meteor that just skipped through the atmosphere and never hit earth? Thanks, Tom peregrineflier IMCA 6168 http

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-25 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:29:56 -0500, tett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, Could this be ablated material from a meteorite that did make it to earth? I would guess no. I see this thin layer of glass vaporizing as it is created. I don't think the physics are there to support this material

Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Lunar origin of tektites

2005-03-25 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Rob,Doug and list, One other overlooked proof of an Earth impact for generating Tektites is that some have air bubbles in them. I believe those have been carefully studied to find out what the content of the air is in those tektites. What has been found is they sample the Earth's atmosphere