[meteorite-list] The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest

[Paul]

The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest
By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, October 23, 2023
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-moon-is-40-million-years-older-than-thought-lunar-rock-samples-suggest-180983117/

Scientists believe moon is 40 million years older than first thought
By Simon Druker, UPI, October 23, 2023
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/10/23/moon-40m-years-older-lunar-surface-cyrstals/4101698072068/

The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought
ScienceDaily, Northwestern University, October 23, 2023
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231023124332.htm

The open access paper is:

Greer, J., Zhang, B., Isheim, D., Seidman, D.N., Bouvier, A., and
Heck, P.R., 2023. 4.46 Ga zircons anchor chronology of lunar
magma ocean Geochemical Perspectives Letters v27, Published 23 October 2023
https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2334
https://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2334/

Yours,

Paul H.