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meteorites and fusion crust
Asked by: droducla
from SANTA MARIA, CA
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Meteorites are often found to be encased in a blackened outer-layer. Would you expect to see such a layer on a meteorite found on an airless body like the moon? why?
Note: this question is asking about a meteorite found on an airless body like the moon, not about a lunar meteorite found on Earth.
Note: this question is asking about a meteorite found on an airless body like the moon, not about a lunar meteorite found on Earth.
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The blackened outer layer is cause by the heat of going through Earth's atmosphere and would NOT happen on the moon because there is atmosphere on the moon, also if seen as it was about to strike the moon it would NOT have the streak of vapors as seen when going through Earth's atmosphere unless it was outgassing such as a comet does because of the heat from the sun.
Answer Date: 04:24pm 02/02/08
