Title | Evidence Of Planet That Formed Moon May have been Found In Rock Samples | |
Date | Friday June 06 2014, @01:52PM | |
Author | martyb | |
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from the theory-of-theia dept. |
The BBC has a report that evidence has been found in lunar rock samples of a planetismal (called Theia) that was thought to have crashed into the Earth to form the Moon. The conclusion is based on a difference in oxygen isotope ratios detected in lunar rock samples returned from the Apollo space missions versus terrestrial samples.
The report is published in the journal Science [abstract]; report is paywalled.
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