[meteorite-list] A question?????

[Jeff Grossman]

I think most scientists would call it a terrestrial meteorite, or 
perhaps a terran meteorite.

jeff

Pete Shugar at clearwire.net wrote:

> We have the Martian type meteorite, and we have the

> Lunar meteorite and last, the asteroid 4Vesta meteorite.

> These we know where they come from.

>

> Now the question---given enough energy, can a meteorite

> hit earth and eject debris which (maybe) land on the moon

> or Mars? What would we call such a meteorite---Earthoid,

> or maybe Earthite?

> Just contemplating my navel here.

> Pete

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