Water on Moon is from Comets

kennyc · 01-12-2011, 07:43 AM

ScienceDaily (Jan. 11, 2011) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, continue to chip away at the mysterious existence of water on the moon -- this time by discovering the origin of lunar water.

Larry Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, was the one last year to discover trace amounts of water on the moon. This discovery debunked beliefs held since the return of the first Apollo rocks that the moon was bone-dry.

Then, he discovered water was actually pretty abundant and ubiquitous -- enough so a human settlement on the moon is not unquestionable.

Now, Taylor and a team of researchers have determined the lunar water may have originated from comets smashing into the moon soon after it formed.

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Rest here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0111133019.htm

FizzyWater · 01-12-2011, 10:09 PM

Cool story!

GeoffC · 01-13-2011, 06:21 AM

Rhea (Saturn) is the second planetary body in the Solar System that has an atmosphere that contains both oxygen and carbon dioxide.

01-12-2011, 07:43 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Water on Moon is from Comets ScienceDaily (Jan. 11, 2011) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, continue to chip away at the mysterious existence of water on the moon -- this time by discovering the origin of lunar water. Larry Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, was the one last year to discover trace amounts of water on the moon. This discovery debunked beliefs held since the return of the first Apollo rocks that the moon was bone-dry. Then, he discovered water was actually pretty abundant and ubiquitous -- enough so a human settlement on the moon is not unquestionable. Now, Taylor and a team of researchers have determined the lunar water may have originated from comets smashing into the moon soon after it formed. .... Rest here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0111133019.htm

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FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Cool story!

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