Potassium isotopic evidence for a high-energy giant impact origin of the Moon

Kun Wang () and Stein B. Jacobsen
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Kun Wang: Harvard University
Stein B. Jacobsen: Harvard University

Nature, 2016, vol. 538, issue 7626, 487-490

Abstract: The potassium isotope signature of lunar rocks supports the model of a high-energy giant impact as the origin of the Moon.

Date: 2016
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