[meteorite-list] First Nuclear Explosion Helps Test Theory of Moon's Formation

[Paul]

First nuclear explosion helps test theory of moon's formation
By Annie Reisewitz, Univ. of California, San Diego, February 9, 2017
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/first-nuclear-explosion-helps-test-theory-moons-formation
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-nuclear-explosion-theory-moon-formation.html

Glass from nuclear test site shows the moon was born dry
New Scientist, February 8, 2017
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120748-glass-from-nuclear-test-site-shows-the-moon-was-born-dry/

Day, J. D. M., F. Moynier, A. P. Meshik, O. V. Pradivtseva,
and D. R. Petit, 2017, Evaporative fractionation of zinc during
the first nuclear detonation Science Advances. Vol. 3, no. 2, e1602668
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602668  CCBY-NC
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1602668
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1602668.full

Yours,

Paul H.