[meteorite-list] Earth Ejecta Could Have Seeded Life on Europa

From: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:22:29 +0000
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000007200002AD9_at_10.0.100.101>

Matthias wrote:

"That reads breathtakingly interesting!

This once again raises the question whether planetary ejecta from
the inner regions of the solar system (Venus, Mercury) may have
made it to Earth (and beyond) just like Earth ejecta may have been
catapulted into regions beyond the asteroid belt.

... and, of course, whether future space missions may even find
"Earth rocks" on Mercury*.

*The authors (M. Reyes-Ruiza et al.) mention the Moon, Mars,
and Venus in their paper but there is no word about Mercury.

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Thu 25 Aug 2011 05:22:29 AM PDT