Magnesium-Rich Minerals Found on Moon

A scientific paper claims that minerals found in craters on the moon may not be indigenous to the moon but caused by an asteroid or meteorite strike, CBC reported.

As quoted in the market news:

Magnesium-rich spinel and olivine found in the central peaks of lunar craters have long been assumed by scientists to have been forced to the surface by the impact of the asteroid or meteorite that caused the crater.

However, Jay Melosh from Indiana’s Purdue University and colleagues used computer simulations to show asteroids were capable of still producing these craters at lower impact speeds, giving them greater chance of survival. 

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