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Indochinte Tektite
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<blockquote data-quote="Paydirt" data-source="post: 94795" data-attributes="member: 2339"><p>I always thought our meteroites came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter but I was wrong</p><p>"There have been many theories for tektite origins, with a lunar origin (rock splashed out from the moon by meteorite impact, or erupted from volcanoes) being dismissed only recently. The most favoured theory suggests an origin from Earth, where rock was hurled up into our atmosphere by the impact of a large meteorite or asteroid, then partially re-melted as it fell back through the atmosphere to the ground. - See more at: <a href="http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tektites#sthash.Uec6Sjlw.dpuf\" target="_blank">http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tektites#sthash.Uec6Sjlw.dpuf\"</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paydirt, post: 94795, member: 2339"] I always thought our meteroites came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter but I was wrong "There have been many theories for tektite origins, with a lunar origin (rock splashed out from the moon by meteorite impact, or erupted from volcanoes) being dismissed only recently. The most favoured theory suggests an origin from Earth, where rock was hurled up into our atmosphere by the impact of a large meteorite or asteroid, then partially re-melted as it fell back through the atmosphere to the ground. - See more at: [url=http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tektites#sthash.Uec6Sjlw.dpuf\]http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tektites#sthash.Uec6Sjlw.dpuf\"[/url] [/QUOTE]
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