The Moon: Its structure, origin, and development

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Lunar Composition, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Geology, Moon, Apollo Project, Lunar Core, Lunar Crust, Lunar Maria, Petrology, Tectonics

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Apollo program findings are summarized. The Moon is a differentiated body whose bulk major oxide composition is very similar to that of the terrestrial mantle, indicating a close genetic tie between the Earth and the Moon. The initial lunar differentiation produced a massive feldspathic crust which then underwent considerable tectonic, impact, chemical, and petrological modification, an olivine-rich mantle, and possibly a small Fe-FeS core. While the Moon is a simpler body than the Earth, the Moon has a very complex history and is petrologically and structurally complicated.

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