Fragments from Apollo 14 Mission Suggest 'Early' Formation of the Moon (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Fragments from Apollo 14 Mission Suggest 'Early' Formation of the Moon (3 of 3)

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First author Mélanie Barboni holding a piece of lunar breccia prior to crushing and zircon extraction. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 11, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Barboni at University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, Calif., and colleagues was titled, 'Early formation of the Moon 4.51 billion years ago.'

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Mélanie Barboni

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