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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Moon contains more metal than previously estimated 08JUL2020

 Moon contains more metal than previously estimated

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

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

Yours,

Paul V.

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