Space rock on my mantlepiece

[Michael Crook]

Jill wrote -

> Wouldn't that lead to the equivalent of a ring of
> debris around the
> Earth - I know there are loads of micro meteorites
> in orbit but
> lunar debris lurking around?        Is it possible
> that Lunar
> impacts produce dust rather than fragments or maybe
> Lunar fragments
> that reach Earth are more likely to disintegrate
> when they hit the
> atmosphere?

Many astronomers have attempted to observe the
"Kordylewski Clouds" - faint clouds of dust which are
said to consist of lunar debris orbiting at the L4 and
L5 Earth-Moon Lagrangian points. I don't think anyone
has yet!!

http://www.daedalusal4.utvinternet.co.uk/1%20-%20Location.htm


Mick






 --- Jill Strobridge
<jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Space rock on my mantlepiece
>
>
> > Another thought on why Lunar meteorites may be
> relatively rare:
> >
> > With impacts of a certain size, chunks of the Moon
> might indeed
> > be
> > imparted lunar escape velocity, but might then go
> into Earth
> > orbity
>
> Wouldn't that lead to the equivalent of a ring of
> debris around the
> Earth - I know there are loads of micro meteorites
> in orbit but
> lunar debris lurking around?        Is it possible
> that Lunar
> impacts produce dust rather than fragments or maybe
> Lunar fragments
> that reach Earth are more likely to disintegrate
> when they hit the
> atmosphere?
>
> Just curious
> jill
>





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