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Lunar sample 15415, also known as the "Genesis Rock"Extraterrestrial material refers to natural objects now on Earth that originated in outer space. Such materials include cosmic dust and meteorites, as well as samples brought to Earth by sample return missions from the Moon, asteroids and comets, as well as solar wind particles.
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The English word is both a noun and an adjective; from Latin adamans 'impregnable, diamondlike hardness; very firm/resolute position', from Greek adamastos 'untameable' (hence also the word diamond). Adamant or adamantine (suffix -ine 'of the nature of' or 'made of') occur in many works.
The rock was named after Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 350–370 AD – 415 AD) – the philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and inventor. [7] Assuming the Hypatia stone is a meteorite, such naming is in violation of the long-standing convention and regulation of naming meteorites, which states that " a new meteorite shall be named after a ...
As early as 1897, the Dutch geologist Rogier Diederik Marius Verbeek (1845–1926) suggested an extraterrestrial origin for tektites: he proposed that they fell to Earth from the Moon. [ 23 ] [ note 2 ] Verbeek's proposal of an extraterrestrial origin for tektites was soon seconded by the Austrian geologist Franz E. Suess. [ 24 ]
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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Rocks on Mars (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Extraterrestrial rocks" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of ...
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