Post by weatherdude on Oct 12, 2011 11:43:05 GMT -5
New analysis of lunar rocks suggests that Earth's Moon could be around 200 million years younger than previously thought.
The leading theory of our Moon's formation is that it was born from a giant impact between a Mars-sized body and the early Earth; the debris from this cataclysmic collision coalesced to form the Moon. As the Moon cooled it solidified into different mineral components, from which relative ages can be deduced.
Source: Astronomy Now Online
The leading theory of our Moon's formation is that it was born from a giant impact between a Mars-sized body and the early Earth; the debris from this cataclysmic collision coalesced to form the Moon. As the Moon cooled it solidified into different mineral components, from which relative ages can be deduced.
Source: Astronomy Now Online
