Steve, I do not think you mean to say that a tektite fell from the Moon to the Earth, Do you?
Alan Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Fri, 03 May 2002, Chauncey Walden wrote > > > > > In a story on meteorites in this month's issue of > Rock and Gem, Bob > > Jones says that tektites are from the moon. No > discussion, just the > > statement. There it is in black and white so it must > be right. At least > > he didn't let out the secret that they are petrified > green cheese. > > Chauncey Walden > > > > > As I once argued... if even one stretch tektite exists, > then there is absolutely no way these objects could > have come from the moon. > > There is no mechanism by which such could possibly > survive in that form after having entered the earth's > atmosphere at the requisite velocity of 7+ miles > per/sec after having fallen the distance from the moon > to earth. > > The cinch is that there are not just one such stretch > tektites-- but many. > > Steve Schoner, American Meteorite Survey. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
