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

From: Beatty, Kelly <kbeatty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:05:37 -0500
Message-ID: <CAMtmZmkmoD2F7r8B7qNyD8ksHhgDREq0sH_Fs_G6YcJ8LKunBA_at_mail.gmail.com>

hi, Paul...

thanks for the head's up on an interesting, evolving story. but the links
you gave tell only a third of it -- two other related papers came out last
week, one in conflict with the reported 4.51 BY age. all three are covered
here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/when-and-how-did-the-moon-form/

clear skies,
Kelly

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J. Kelly Beatty
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skyandtelescope.com

On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Paul via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> 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-e
> arth-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.
>
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