[meteorite-list] Moon Zircons dated at 4.51 Billion Years

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:46:02 -0600
Message-ID: <8a20a98e-da6e-6320-428a-91f30e1b4d2a_at_att.net>

The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led
research team reports< UCLA Newsroom, January 11, 2017
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-moon-is-older-than-scientists-thought-ucla-led-research-team-reports

Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years old
By Marcia Dunn and Associated Press, Washington Post,
January 13, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-moon-is-older-than-scientists-thought/2017/01/13/7633e5f2-d83a-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html

Moon is much older than we thought, scientists find
The Independent, Andrew Griffen, January 12, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/moon-age-how-old-earth-planet-satellite-science-scientists-ucla-a7524071.html

the paper is:

Barboni, M., P. Boehnke, B. Keller, I. E. Kohl, B. Schoene,
E. D. Young, and Kevin D. McKeegan, 2016, Early formation
of the Moon 4.51 billion years ago. Science Advances.
Vol. 3, no. 1, e1602365,DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602365
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e160236
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1602365.figures-only

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 14 Jan 2017 04:46:02 PM PST


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