Ron Baalke posted: " http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/09apr_theia.htm?list973415
STEREO Hunts for Remains of an Ancient Planet near Earth NASA Science News, April 9, 2009" Some additional papers and articles are: Stereo spacecraft set to search for lunar origins By Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor, http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/04/10/stereo-spacecraft-set-to-search-for-lunar-leftovers/ Giant impact hypothesis, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis The Origin of the Moon and the Single Impact Hypothesis by A. G. W. Cameron http://www.xtec.es/recursos/astronom/moon/camerone.htm The Theia Hypothesis: New Evidence Emerges that Earth and Moon Were Once the Same, July 05, 2007, http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/07/the-theia-hypot.html O'Neill, H.S., 2007, Bowen Lecture: The origin of the Moon and the early history the Earth revisited http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application Halliday, A. N., 2008, A young Moon-forming giant impact at 70–110 million years accompanied by late-stage mixing, core formation and degassing of the Earth. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society A. vol. 366, no. 1883, pp. 4163-4181. Abstract at: http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1883/4163.abstract PDF file of paper at http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1883/4163.full.pdf+html Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

