Sounds like you covered most of the bases with your explanations to Christopher -- I don't see any that I would substantially alter.
Survivability of a meteorite on the Moon's surface once it hits would depend on: size of the object, type of terrain it hit (a big dust pool vs. solid rock vs. gravel vs....) type of meteorite (a stony or iron-nickel would probably survive sheer mechanical impact better than one of the more fragile CC types like Tagish Lake), speed at which it hit, etc. etc. For the record, in my little Meteorites From A to Z I have found a couple of lunar meteorites that apparently were recovered from the Moon itself, as they have find locations like Bench Crater (Oceanus Procellarum, Moon)!!! Here's another can o' worms; I may have to retract what I said earlier about CCs not surviving as well, since that one is a CM type. Or maybe, with no atmosphere to give the characteristic fusion crust, a CC sticks out better than a stony, which may just look like another Moon rock <g>. Anyone? Anyone?? My 2 lunar g, Tracy Latimer ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
