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Zinc Evaporated from the Moon?
October 18, 2012 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography

“The researchers discovered that the volatile element zinc, which they call “a powerful tracer of the volatile histories of planets,” is severely depleted on the moon, along with most other similar elements. This led them to conclude that a “planetary-scale” evaporation event occurred in the moon’s history.” Quoted from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography press release.


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