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- Cobalt is a minor component of [[Nickel]]-[[Iron]] meteorites, the pulverized remains of which are scattered over the lunar surface. It c8 KB (231 words) - 22:24, 30 October 2011
- ...t used in terrestrial applications. Lower gravity, high vacuum, radiation, meteorites, [[moonquake|moonquakes]], and dust control will all play large parts in th === Meteorites ===7 KB (1,091 words) - 14:00, 6 July 2013
- ...articles dispersed in the regolith, the pulverized remnants of nickel-iron meteorites. These particles could be [[Iron_Beneficiation|collected and processed]] to8 KB (231 words) - 16:32, 13 August 2011
- Quakes caused by the impact of lunar meteorites.3 KB (480 words) - 09:04, 8 December 2011
- ...a couple hundred tons of mass. Smaller objects are considered [[Meteorite|Meteorites]] or [[Comet Debris]]. ...uggest a rocky core and 60-100km deep ocean with a thin covering of dust & meteorites. Farther out the [[spectra]] for water gets stronger and stronger. If an ou7 KB (1,103 words) - 18:10, 25 May 2019
- ...[lunar soil]] in fairly large quantities. They come from [[nickel-iron]] [[meteorites]], which become pulverized upon impact. These iron particles are tiny (fine3 KB (481 words) - 16:38, 30 April 2012
- ...articles dispersed in the regolith, the remnants of pulverized nickel-iron meteorites. Iron oxides are found predominately on the [[maria]], where they can make10 KB (469 words) - 07:55, 20 January 2021
- ...nd are the result of hyper-velocity impacts by meteorites. The velocity of meteorites upon impact varies, but is generally between 10 and 40 km/sec. This number7 KB (1,068 words) - 04:45, 24 October 2019
- ...top layer of material and explode. Here it is critical to understand that meteorites act like small explosions and not like bullets. The blast debris will then4 KB (595 words) - 22:53, 30 October 2011
- ...d are the result of hyper-velocity impacts by meteorites. The velocity of meteorites upon impact varies, but is generally between 10 and 40 km/sec. This number ...ass of the bolide multiplied by the square of the velocity. Thus, if two meteorites of the same mass strike the lunar surface, but one has twice the velocity o21 KB (3,529 words) - 17:17, 3 August 2013
- ...inently gardened by [[Geologic Processes on the Moon/Cratering on the Moon|meteorites]]. This mixing dilutes any natural ore concentrations. Valuable ore bodie ...e Moon. One to two percent of the strikes are by [[iron]] and [[stony iron meteorites]]. One would think these would create ore bodies. Unfortunately they do n11 KB (1,796 words) - 15:14, 29 November 2018
- *meteorites (more pristine than those on Earth)6 KB (836 words) - 17:05, 9 August 2008
- ...istinguished from sinuous rilles, which also occur in craters). When large meteorites strike the moon, they produce faults deep beneath that crater’s floor. If10 KB (1,630 words) - 03:36, 29 October 2008
- The threat represented by meteorites to a lunar settlement is real, but '''not''' insurmountable.12 KB (2,192 words) - 04:58, 19 May 2007
- ...and as free iron bits scattered in the regolith. The free iron comes from meteorites and can be magnetically separated from the regolith.14 KB (2,105 words) - 07:22, 9 August 2016
- ...on from the nickel that is naturally in lunar iron that comes largely from meteorites. Nickel carbonyl and iron carbonyl plate out of vapor at different tempera32 KB (5,309 words) - 21:40, 6 March 2024
- ...ry day, some after traveling through space for a million years<ref>[http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites.htm DEPARTMENT OF Earth and Planetary Scien114 KB (19,254 words) - 12:22, 9 April 2022