Official Meteorite Name: NWA 13112 Found: 2019 3.1–4.4 billion years 12 x 9 x 3 cm 348 gm Provenance: Swiss private collection The Moon’s desolate beauty has been a source of fascination and curiosity throughout history and has inspired a rich cultural and symbolic tradition. It makes Earth more livable by moderating our home planet’s movement on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans and animals for thousands of years. Centuries of observation and scientific investigation have been centred on the nature and origin of the Moon. Today most scientists believe it was formed during a collision between Earth and another small planet, about the size of Mars. The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around Earth to finally form the Moon we know today. How do Moon Meteorites reach our planet? When asteroids strike the Lunar surface, chunks of the Moon are launched into space. After thousands of years and a journey through our Milky Way galaxy these specimens find their way very rarely onto earth. Less than 0.1% of all meteorites recovered are lunar in origin, with less than 150 kg of meteorites originating from the Moon known to exist. These meteorites are known to be from the Moon because they have elemental and isotopic compositions that are a match to those samples that have been measured by orbiting NASA spacecraft, surface landers and rovers. The size and the elegant shape of the here presented specimen are simply stunning. It still retains the black colored crust, indicating that it hit earth very recently. We strongly believe this is one of the most beautiful Moon Meteorites ever discovered. MOND METEORIT Offizieller Name des Meteoriten: NWA 13112 Fund: 2019 Alter: 3,1 - 4,4 Milliarden Jahre 12 x 9 x 3 cm 348 gr Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung Die einsame Sch?nheit des Mondes war im Laufe der Geschichte eine Quelle der Faszination und Neugierde und hat eine reiche kulturelle und symbolische Tradition inspiriert. Der Mond macht die Erde lebenswerter, indem er die Bewegung unseres Heimatplaneten um seine eigene Achse abmildert, was zu einem relativ stabilen Klima führt. Er verursacht auch die Gezeiten, die Ebbe und die Flut und kreiert so einen Rhythmus, der Menschen und Tiere seit Tausenden von Jahren leitet. Seit Jahrhunderten hat sich die Menschheit auf die Natur und den Ursprung des Mondes konzentriert. Nach heutigem Wissensstand wird angenommen, dass er bei einer Kollision zwischen der Erde und einem anderen kleinen Planeten von der Gr??e des Mars entstanden ist. Die Trümmer dieses Einschlags sammelten sich in unserer Umlaufbahn und bildeten durch Gravitationskr?fte schlie?lich den Mond, wie wir ihn heute kennen. Der hier pr?sentierte, ?u?erst seltene Mondmeteorit geh?rt zu den wohl sch?nsten je gefundenen Mondstücken auf der Erde. Wenn Asteroiden auf der Mondoberfl?che einschlagen, werden Teile des Mondes ins All geschleudert. Nach Abertausenden von Jahren und einer Reise durch unsere Milchstra?engalaxie finden diese Exemplare nur sehr selten ihren Weg auf die Erde. Weniger als 0,1 % aller geborgenen Meteoriten sind lunaren Ursprungs, und es sind weniger als 150 kg Meteoriten bekannt, die vom Mond stammen. Man wei?, dass diese Meteoriten vom Mond stammen, weil ihre Element- und Isotopenzusammensetzung mit den Proben übereinstimmt, die von Raumsonden aus der Umlaufbahn, Rovern und Astronauten der NASA auf der Oberfl?che gemessen worden sind.notes:*
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