Benjamin, The regolith (dust) on the moon is pretty think as evidenced by the depth of the moon walkers foot prints as seen in photos. So, Tell me. Does that dust composition match the rocks on the Moon or not? Or is it a mixture of impactors and native rocks? That answer should hint at the truth about spectroscopy shouldn't it? Carl meteoritemax
---- "Benjamin P. Sun" <[email protected]> wrote: > Regolith is mostly powdered rock and pebbles from the parent body that > may or may not be compacted at the surface. > So why should the reflectance spectra from Lutetia's regolith be > totally dismissed? Are you dismissing Spectroscopy of asteroids > altogether? > If the "paint" derived from the parent body, then analysis of the > "paint" could possibly tell us something about the parent body itself. > Yes? > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
