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Old May 28th 05, 02:31 AM
Rick Nelson
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I can see how it is easy to send material from Mars to Earth with
meteoric impacts. But how probable is it that material from Earth has
been ejected to Mars? And what is the probable tonnage during what ages?

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Rick
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Old May 28th 05, 05:00 PM
Henry Spencer
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Rick Nelson wrote:
I can see how it is easy to send material from Mars to Earth with
meteoric impacts. But how probable is it that material from Earth has
been ejected to Mars?


Unlikely in recent times. Earth's strong gravity and thick atmosphere
make it much more difficult for impacts to get rocks off Earth; probably
it was possible only in the early days of the solar system, when really
huge impacts were common.
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