Lunar meteorite - Wikipedia
WEBA lunar meteorite is a meteorite that is known to have originated on the Moon. A meteorite hitting the Moon is normally classified as a transient lunar phenomenon. Discovery. In January 1982, John Schutt, leading an expedition in Antarctica for the ANSMET program, found a meteorite that he recognized to be unusual.
Lunar meteorites | Some Meteorite Information | Washington …
WEBWhat is a lunar meteorite? Lunar meteorites, sometimes called lunaites, are meteorites from Earth’s moon. In other words, they are rocks found on Earth that were ejected from the moon by impacts of asteroidal meteoroids or …
Lunar meteorites: new insights into the geological history of …
WEBAug 1, 2013 — Lunar meteorites are, thus, shedding new light on lunar crustal, magmatic and impact history, and are helping us to test and constrain key models of the Moon's geological evolution.
Lunar meteorites – Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
WEBLunar meteorites are identified by their unique chemical and mineral characteristics indicative of their origin on the Moon, mainly based on comparison to lunar rocks returned to Earth by the Apollo and Luna missions.
The moon once had way more water than we ever imagined, lunar meteorite ...
WEBJan 18, 2024 — A new examination of a lunar meteorite revealed a mineral that could change our understanding of water on the moon, showing its crust was water-rich around 4 billion years ago.
Anatomy of a Lunar Meteorite - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
WEBMeteorite ALHA81005, found in Antarctica, is from the Moon. The white fragments are of lunar rock; the dark material between is glass formed at the Moon's surface by meteoroid impacts. The cube is 1 inch on a side.
Asteroid Kamo‘oalewa’s journey from the lunar Giordano ... - Nature
WEBApr 19, 2024 — Among the nearly 30,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), only tens possess Earth co-orbital characteristics with semi-major axes ~1 au. In particular, 469219 Kamo‘oalewa (2016 HO3), an ...
Pinpointing the Source of a Lunar Meteorite: Implications for the ...
WEBJul 30, 2004 — The isotope systematics of the meteorite record four lunar impact events at 3909 ± 13 million years ago (Ma), ∼2800 Ma, ∼200 Ma, and <0.34 Ma, and collision with Earth sometime after 9.7 ± 1.3 thousand years ago.
Lunar Hydrosphere Unveiled: Discovery Changes Understanding …
WEBJan 31, 2024 — The lunar meteorite sample Tara Hayden investigated and successfully discovered the water-bearing mineral apatite. Credit: Tara Hayden. Western cosmochemist finds early lunar crust had more water than previously estimated.
Lunar Meteorites: Fragments from the Moon | AMNH
WEBLunar meteorites are fugitives from the violent impacts that have battered the Moon—but when they were ejected, and from where on the surface, remain mysterious.
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