Primaeval melting of the moon

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Dec 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977natur.270..676r&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 270, Dec. 22-29, 1977, p. 676-681.

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Lunar Evolution, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Melting, Transuranium Elements, Apollo Flights, Deposition, Isotopes, Lunar Core, Lunar Gravitation, Lunar Rocks, Remanence

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Evidence gathered from Apollo missions showing extensive remnant magnetism in lunar surface samples strongly suggests that the moon melted completely approx. four billion years ago. To explain the magnetism, the presence, at one time, of a molten iron core is postulated. Since trapped lunar gravitational forces are said to have been too weak to initiate melting as the moon accreted, an explanation is proposed whereby transuranium elements with atomic number between 114 and 126 released enough energy to provide the necessary heat. Radioactive evidence from returned lunar samples tends to support this conclusion.

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