The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest
By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, October 23, 2023
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Scientists believe moon is 40 million years older than first thought
By Simon Druker, UPI, October 23, 2023
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The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought
ScienceDaily, Northwestern University, October 23, 2023
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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
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Yours,
Paul H.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)