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Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact

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  • Seth A. Jacobson

    (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, Boulevard de l’Observatoire, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
    Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany)

  • Alessandro Morbidelli

    (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, Boulevard de l’Observatoire, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France)

  • Sean N. Raymond

    (Universite Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, UMR 5804, 33270 Floirac, France
    CNRS, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, UMR 5804, 33270 Floirac, France)

  • David P. O'Brien

    (Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA)

  • Kevin J. Walsh

    (Southwest Research Institute, Planetary Science Directorate, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA)

  • David C. Rubie

    (Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany)

Abstract

A large number of N-body simulations of the giant-impact phase of planet formation, combined with the measured concentrations of highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle, reveal that the Moon must have formed at least 40 million years after the condensation of the first solids of the Solar System.

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  • Seth A. Jacobson & Alessandro Morbidelli & Sean N. Raymond & David P. O'Brien & Kevin J. Walsh & David C. Rubie, 2014. "Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact," Nature, Nature, vol. 508(7494), pages 84-87, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:508:y:2014:i:7494:d:10.1038_nature13172
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13172
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