The Moon’s mantle unveiled

Patrick C Pinet (1)

1 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie

An in situ investigation on the far side of the Moon has identified materials that might have originated from the lunar mantle. The results could lead to improved models of how the Moon formed and evolved.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Patrick C Pinet. The Moon’s mantle unveiled. Nature, 2019, 569 (7756), pp.338-339. ⟨10.1038/d41586-019-01479-x⟩. ⟨hal-02404451⟩