[meteorite-list] Earth's Birth Date Turned Back

From: GT40dawg_at_aol.com <GT40dawg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:06 2004
Message-ID: <0B3AC629.3FA29F5F.006BD76A_at_aol.com>

Doesn't this (and most all radioactive dating techniques) assume that radioactive decay begins once the Earth is in a form (solid or semi-solid). Why can't decay occur while the (insert radioactive isotope name here) is still floating freely in space? Many of these studies act as if decay magically begins once all of the pieces have begun to coalesce.

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Received on Fri 18 Jul 2003 12:17:18 PM PDT