A New Model for the Origin of the Moon by Sarah T. Stewart-Mukhopadhyay, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/sstewart/Moon.html
How the Moon Was Made: A Massive Collision Smithsonian, October 17. 2012, http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/10/how-the-moon-was-made-a-massive-collision/ Harvard scientists suggest Moon made from Earth. NewsDaily, October 17, 2012 http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre89h034-us-moon-theory/ The paper is: Cuk, M., and S. T. Stewart, 2012, Making the Moon from a fast-spinning Earth: A giant impact followed by resonant despinning. Science. Published online 17 October 2012 [DOI:10.1126/science.1225542] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/10/16/science.1225542.abstract Canup, R. M., 2012, Forming a Moon with an Earth- Like Composition via a Giant Impact. Published online 17 October 2012 [DOI:10.1126/science.1226073] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/10/16/science.1226073.abstract Best wishes, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
