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Origin of Tektites

1958; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 181; Issue: 4621 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/1811457a0

1476-4687

Virgil E. Barnes,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

THE Moon as a source of tektites is accepted by Varsavsky1 on the basis of calculations which indicated to him the probability that ejecta from meteorite impacts on the Moon could reach the Earth. All other evidence to the contrary was either ignored or misinterpreted. In Nature recently, O'Keefe2 and Gold joined Varsavsky in support of such an origin.