Quarter of a millimeter? That's just about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
On Earth a similar phenomenon is noted at or near the site of a few large impacts. If you know where to search, you may find splattered rock bits which hardened into tektites.
What is a Tektite?
Tektite FAQs
To: MozartLover; Joan912; NovemberCharlie; snowfox; Dawgsquat; viligantcitizen; theDentist; ...
2 posted on
01/11/2003 10:54:47 PM PST by
petuniasevan
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To: petuniasevan
If you search around metor crater in AZ you will find these tektites!! APOD the site to the future!
To: petuniasevan
There are tectites on earth that were splashed off the moon. They are found in wide bands across the earth; because, the moon was cratered and the splash sprayed out in all directions. Some of the moon is here already.
To: petuniasevan
Neat!
7 posted on
01/12/2003 6:24:23 PM PST by
Joan912
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