[meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific Basin origin

2007-01-29 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Just for fun, before we understood about plate tectonics and thought that land only moved up and down, not back and forth, it was widely believed that the Pacific Ocean was, not an impact feature, but an outpact feature, the place where the Moon spun off the Earth, leaving what would be the

Re: [meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific 'Basin' origin

2007-01-29 Thread lebofsky
Back in the dark ages (1950s and early 1960s), before the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius (Which really starts somewhere between 2060 and 2100), we were taught (and some of us even taught) that it was interesting how it looked like South America fit into Africa and that the Pacific Ocean basin was

Re: [meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific Basin origin

2007-01-29 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:30:44 -0500, you wrote: Just for fun, before we understood about plate tectonics and thought that land only moved up and down, not back and forth, it was widely believed that the Pacific Ocean was, not an impact feature, but an outpact feature, the place where the Moon spun

Re: [meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific Basin origin

2007-01-29 Thread Sterling K. Webb
--- - Original Message - From: Gerald Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 3:30 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] interesting speculation Pacific Basin origin Just for fun, before we