[meteorite-list] Moon contains more metal than previously estimated

Paul etchplain at att.net
Tue Jul 7 10:24:57 EDT 2020


Higher concentration of metal in Moon's
craters provides new insights to its origin
New observations could challenge previous
theories of how the Moon was formed
University of Southern California, July 1, 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200701151724.htm

The paper is:

E. Heggy, E.M. Palmer, T.W. Thompson, B.J.
Thomson, G.W. Patterson. Bulk composition
of regolith fines on lunar crater floors: Initial
investigation by LRO/Mini-RF. Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 2020; 541: 116274
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341324791_Bulk_composition_of_regolith_fines_on_lunar_crater_floors_Initial_investigation_by_LROMini-RF
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Essam_Heggy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X2030217X

Yours,

Paul V.



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