At a time in the distant past, NASA in its infinite wisdom made general reference to the solar system bodies as comets, asteroids, planets and their satellites, the latter referenced as planetary. Satellite is an ugly term and there are a lot of moons. So, to include our moon in the planetary fold seems reasonable, at least for meteorite people. Besides, the mostly accepted theory about the origin of the Moon is that it came from the Earth via impact and accretion of debris, so the Moon is a viable planetary body in its own right. Live with it - who knows, may be angrites come from Mercury.
Ted On 3/18/11 11:44 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > To the list, > > I was sitting here reading some emails, and just thought... > > Who in the world ever came up with the term "Planetary" in reference to > meteorites. > > First of all, our Moon isn't a planet.. and secondly, to my knowledge, the > only "Planetary" meteorites in current existence have an origin of Mars. > Hence, "Martian" meteorites. Did I miss the big announcement of those from > Venus and Mercury? > > Regards, > > Ryan > > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > ______________________________________________ > 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
