Forty-year-old Apollo 17 samples help date lunar impacts
It’s been more than 40 years since astronauts returned
the last Apollo samples from the moon, and since then those samples have
undergone some of the most extensive and comprehensive analysis of any
geological collection. A team of scientists has now
refined the timeline of meteorite impacts on the moon through a
pioneering application of laser microprobe technology to Apollo 17
samples.
Stardust in the Laboratory
Ernst K. Zinner, Ph.D., research professor of physics and of earth and planetary sciences, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, provided an overview of the study of “Stardust in the Laboratory” Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), held in St. Louis. He also participated in the AAAS “Exploring a Dusty Cosmos” press briefing that morning.