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279E-293-From Luna
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
More than 240 Lunar meteorites have been found in the Dhofar region of Oman, on the LaPaz Icefield of Antartica, and other locations on the Earth's surface. These space traveling rocks were blasted from the Moon's surface by the impact of asteroids and comets which accelerated them to speeds greater than the lunar escape velocity of 1.5 miles per second. Subsequently these interplanetary travelers in the night orbited the Sun for an extended period of time before entering our atmosphere and falling to Earth. We know these meteorites are from the Moon because they contain mixtures of atoms which are found on the Moon but not in Earthly rocks.
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
85-Obscuring The Cosmos: In 10 years there will only be a few places in the United States to see the Milky Way clearly or view a meteor striking across the night sky. by Travelers In The Night