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Direct Detection of Projectile Relics from the End of the Lunar Basin–Forming Epoch

Published:2012-06-15 Issue:6087 Volume:336 Page:1426-1429
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Joy Katherine H.¹²,Zolensky Michael E.²³,Nagashima Kazuhide⁴,Huss Gary R.⁴,Ross D. Kent³⁵,McKay David S.²³,Kring David A.¹²

Affiliation:

1. Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

2. NASA Lunar Science Institute.

3. ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 USA.

4. Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

5. Engineering and Science Contract Group, Jacobs Technology, 2224 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

Abstract

The Rocks That Hit the Moon The cratered surface of the Moon bears witness to the numerous impacts it has suffered. Chemical signatures of these impacts have been detected indirectly. Now, Joy et al. (p. 1426 , published online 17 May; see the Perspective by

Rubin

) report the detection and characterization of meteorite fragments preserved in ancient lunar regolith breccias from the Apollo 16 landing site. These meteoritic fragments represent direct samples of the population of small bodies traversing the inner solar system at around 3.4 billion years ago—the same time or just after the basin-forming epoch on the Moon.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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