[meteorite-list] CNN news story about meteorite/earth ages

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004
Message-ID: <B99292FC.4351%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Howdy all,

Here is a news story I thought might be of interest to you.

Cheers,

Martin




Reports: Earth formed faster than estimated

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Scientists have found evidence that Earth made
its final step to planet status about 30 million years earlier than previous
research had suggested.

Working independently, two groups of scientists analyzed meteorites that
contain telltale clues about planetary formation and compared them to rocks
from Earth.


More at:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/08/28/earth.age.ap/index.html
Received on Wed 28 Aug 2002 04:47:25 PM PDT