[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > Steve, > I do not think you mean to say that a tektite fell from the Moon to the Earth, > Do you? > > Alan > >
Alan, I did not write that, nor did I imply that a tektite or any tektite for that matter fell from the moon. The fact that stretch tektites exist pretty much eliminates the moon as the source as such form could not survive hypersonic entry into the atmosphere and retain the stretch form. Steve Schoner. > 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 ___________________________________________________________________ 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
