Friday, April 17, 2015

SwRI-led team studies meteorites from asteroids to date moon-forming impact

San Antonio — April 16, 2015 — A NASA-funded research team led by Dr. Bill Bottke of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) independently estimated the Moon’s age as slightly less than 4.5 billion years by analyzing impact-heated shock signatures found in stony meteorites originating from the Main A…

Source:SwRI-led team studies meteorites from asteroids to date moon-forming impact



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