Sentence examples for be of lunar origin from inspiring English sources
A small group is known to be of lunar origin, and a second group is generally acknowledged to have come from Mars (see Mars: Meteorites from Mars).
Most meteorites are believed to be from asteroids and a few from comets, but some are now known to be of lunar origin.
There's no law preventing people from owning materials of lunar origin, according to Fortune.com.com
The stated objective (Sasaki et al., 2003; Kato et al., 2008) of this lunar science mission is to carry out observations from lunar orbit to further our understanding in the areas of lunar origin and evolution, as well as lunar surrounding environments.
SMART-1 is Europe's first lunar mission and will provide some significant advances to many issues currently active in lunar science, such as our understanding of lunar origin and evolution.
Mainly three ion populations have been observed as a result of the interaction of the solar wind with the day-side lunar surface: (1) solar wind protons scattered from the lunar surface, (2) protons scattered from lunar magnetic anomalies, and (3) ions of lunar origin.
These instruments will contribute to key planetary scientific questions, related to theories of lunar origin and evolution, the global and local crustal composition, the search for cold traps at the lunar poles and the mapping of potential lunar resources.
Scientists were intrigued by the topic because the question bore strongly on the question of lunar origins.
Some scientists hypothesized that they are of cryovolcanic origin (analogs of lunar maria), while others think that the impacts excavated dark material buried beneath the pure ice (crust).
