Lunar Meteorites Now on Permanent Display at Purdue
September 25, 2021
September 25, 2021
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Sept. 25 (TNSOps) -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid hit the moon and sent chunks of rock flying into space. The chunks fell into Earth's gravitational orbit and, some 30,000 years ago, landed on the sands of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa.
Now, some of those moon rocks, called lunar meteorites, have pride of place on Purdue's campus, thanks to Terry Boudreaux and his family.
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid hit the moon and sent chunks of rock flying into space. The chunks fell into Earth's gravitational orbit and, some 30,000 years ago, landed on the sands of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa.
Now, some of those moon rocks, called lunar meteorites, have pride of place on Purdue's campus, thanks to Terry Boudreaux and his family.