[Rockhounds] How the Moon Formed: New Research About the Giant Impact Hypothesis

[Paul]

How the moon formed: New research sheds
light on what happened, Physorg, The Conversation
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-moon.html
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-earth-moon-identical-oxygen-twins.html

The paper is:

Cano, E.J., Sharp, Z.D. & Shearer, C.K. Distinct
oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and
Moon. Nat. Geosci. (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0550-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-0550-0#citeas

Yours,

Paul H.