Open AccessApollo May Have Found an Earth Meteorite on the Moon
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo114901
Subject(s) - apollo , astrobiology , meteorite , earth (classical element) , geology , earth science , physics , astronomy , biology , zoology
The meteorite may have been blasted off of Earth during an impact, mixed with lunar rocks, and brought back to Earth 4 billion years later by astronauts.