Scientists have this theory on how the moon was formed:
They believe that when the Earth was still a bubbly hot lava thing, something the size of Mars struck Earth, and bits and specks of particles flew everywhere. Gravity pulls it together, and it makes the Moon. Scientists think of this as the best logical theory as to how the Moon was formed, and that the Earth could be just a bit older than the Moon.
Precious as they have come from space, yes, but minerally, likely not, as it's not like your run of the mill meteorite will have any special composition not found in earth rocks.
made from rocky materials
Not exactly, although the silicate materials on the lunar surface contain many of the same elements as sand. The lunar dust is more finely powdered than "sand", but we should be able to use lunar dust and rocks and make something like glass out of it, much as we do here with sand,
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the rocks that he collected were called moon stone or lunar stone.
meteorites are rocks that hit the earth meteors have not
Lunar rocks are those forming the Moon - as the word 'lunar' says. Earth rocks are formed on Earth - but the rock forming the Moon is also a constituent of the Earth.
Meteorites.
Water.
Earth is hit by rocks (meteorites) every day.
Meteorites can fall anywhere on Earth. So, yes, there are likely meteorites to be found in Florida. They look very similar to normal rocks, but they have elements in them not commonly found on Earth.
Mostly not. When a piece of space rock hits the Moon, it causes a crater, which splashes rocks and dust all around it. It would have to be a VERY large rock to hit the Moon and splash rocks all the way to the EARTH. But it has happened! We have found meteorites that are distinctly lunar in origin. Even more amazing, we have found meteorites that we now believe may have come from MARS. Sometime in the distant past, an asteroid or comet slammed into Mars, and splashed rocks clear out into solar orbit - and then they ran into the Earth.
Comets and asteroids are made of chunks of space rocks and dust. Meteorites are space rocks that are captured by the earth's gravity and fall to earth.
Meteoroids. Meteorites are stones that hit the surface and meteors are just rocks in space.
No. Meteorites fall at the same rate over all places on Earth. However, meteorites are easier to find in Antarctica as they are easy to spot on top of the ice sheet. In most other places meteorites don't stand out much and are easily mistaken for ordinary rocks.
Brian Harold Mason has written: 'The lunar rocks' -- subject(s): Lunar petrology 'Treasures underground' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Mines and mineral resources 'From Mountains to Meteorites (Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication,)' 'Metamorphism in the Southern Alps of New Zealand' 'Meteorites' -- subject(s): Meteorites 'The literature of geology' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Geology 'Minor and trace elements in meteoritic minerals' -- subject(s): Geochemistry, Meteorites