• Question: what types of space rock aer there

    Asked by ronaldo123 to Nicola on 13 Nov 2013.
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      Nicola Potts answered on 13 Nov 2013:

      We have meteorites which are part other planetary bodies (for example Mars or asteroids).

      There are also Apollo samples which were collected during the USA Apollo mission to the Moon. There are also Luna samples which were collected during the Soviet Union Luna missions to the Moon.

      These rocks are all a wide variety of ‘types’, some meteorites represent the earliest material formed in the universe while other meteorites are surface rocks from Mars.

      Hope that answers your question?

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