lithopanspermia

English

Etymology

litho- +‎ panspermia

Noun

lithopanspermia (uncountable)

1. (biology) The transfer of life-bearing rocks, ejected from one planet, onto the surface of another.
   • 2015 July 8, “Spore-Forming Thermophilic Bacterium within Artificial Meteorite Survives Entry into the Earth's Atmosphere on FOTON-M4 Satellite Landing Module”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This experimental evidence supports the possibility of interplanetary transport of lifeforms and makes the lithopanspermia hypothesis more realistic.

Derived terms

• lithopanspermic