1) In addition to not having a fusion crust, the
object is suspiciously non-lunar in that the clasts are too much all the
same size. Lunar regolith breccias are the closest lunar analogs to
terrestrial sedimentary rocks, and there is often a superficial
resemblance. In many (but not all) terrestrial sediments, however,
wind and water processes lead to size sorting so that the clasts are all
about the same size. There are no such sorting mechanisms on the
Moon. I've called this a "fractal" effect - it doesn't
make any difference what scale you look at a lunar regolith breccia, it
always looks the same. To me, in the rock in the photo (asphalt?),
there don't seem to be enough big clasts or small clasts, as, for
example, in ALHA 81005:
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/alha81005.html
I've never heard of "meteorite expert" mentioned in the
blurb.
2) Regarding text of Pluto news release: "Although astronomers
applauded after the vote, Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- a specialist in neutron
stars from Northern Ireland ..."
How many neutron stars are there in Northern Ireland?
Randy Korotev
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