Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Feb 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984lpsc...14..631n&link_type=abstract
(American Geophysical Union and NASA, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 14th, Houston, TX, Mar. 14-18, 1983) Journal of Ge
Mathematics
Probability
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Achondrites, Impact Melts, Lunar Surface, Mars Surface, Meteorite Collisions, Ejecta, Lunar Craters, Meteoroids, Probability Theory, Meteorites, Origin, Source, Oblique Impacts, Hypotheses, Moon, Mars, Shergottites, Snc Meteorites, Meteoroids, Observations, Ejecta, Ages, Volatiles, Craters, Size, Abundance
Scientific paper
The suggestion by Nyquist (1983) that shergottites and possibly other SNC (shergottites, nakhlites, and Chassigny) meteorites were launched from the Martian surface by the oblique impact of large meteoroids is further evaluated in the context of the subsequent discovery of a lunar meteorite. It is demonstrated that within calculational uncertainties and the current poorly known fall statistics of lunar and probable Martian meteorites, the oblique impact hypothesis provides a satisfactory explanation of the relative abundances of lunar, Martian, and other meteorites. It is noted that these results support the oblique-impact-on-Mars origin of SNC meteorites and satisfactorily explain the occurrence of a lunar meteorite.
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