[HN Gopher] New minerals on the moon explaining the mystery of t...
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       New minerals on the moon explaining the mystery of the lunar
       landscape
        
       Author : ulrischa
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2024-04-08 16:19 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | jumploops wrote:
       | > "Scientists could be a step closer to solving the mystery of
       | how the surface of the moon got its weathered and cratered
       | appearance"
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       | Is this really a mystery? Earth gets hit every day by tons of
       | micrometeorites, most of which burn up in the atmosphere before
       | ever hitting what we call ground or "the surface."
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       | The moon has no atmosphere, so the obvious conclusion is that
       | anything that encounters the moon ends up hitting its surface
       | head-on.
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       | This is made clear by the spectral imaging and false color maps
       | used to analyze the make-up of the moon's surface. [0]
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       | Every crater is essentially within a larger crater.
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       | [0]https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/usgs-
       | release...
        
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