Lorded moon secret: Is our earth drabant much older than expected?
Lorded moon secret: Is our earth drabant much older than expected?
Mond, Erde - The moon, our mysterious earth drabant, could be surprisingly older than previously thought! New research, which rely on rock samples from the legendary Apollo-17 mission, have shown that the moon is between 80 and 180 million years older than the previous estimate of 4.35 billion years. A trio of international scientists from the USA, France and Germany pointed out in the journal "Nature" that the previous age provisions did not reflect the actual creation event of the moon, but only the cooling of the moon rock after its formation. These groundbreaking findings are essentially based on the discovery of crystalline inclusions, zircons that make the original age of the earth drabant appear in a new light.
a collision drama in the solar system
The creation of the moon is closely connected to a huge collision in the early solar system when the Marss-sized celestial body Theia collided with the original earth. According to the current studies, which are supported by both the University of California and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the moon could even be up to 4.53 billion years old! This assessment is supported by the knowledge that the moon was initially on a strong elliptical path and was crossed by enormous tidal forces that heat up the interior of the celestial body and transported magma to the surface.
In a further analysis of moon dust, which was carried out by a team led by Jennika Greer from the University of Glasgow, the age of zispristalls was estimated at around 4.46 billion years. These crystals are important indicators because they were created when the moon surface was cooled. Such methods are crucial because they not only bring us closer to the age of the moon, but also provide information about how the moon influenced the earth movement and the development of life on our planet, such as Erhalten Sie täglich die neuesten Artikel aus der Kategorie Bahn.
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