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Planetary Science Research Discoveries

psrd.hawaii.edu

Planetary Science and Resources Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site sharing research on the nature and origin of the Moon, meteorites, asteroids, planets, and other materials in our Solar System, and on identifying potential resources on those bodies that could benefit people on Earth. Original support, from…

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The Tarnished Moon

Remote sensing observations reveal the presence of ferric iron in the form of the mineral hematite at high latitudes on the Moon, possibly the product of reaction of ferrous iron on the Moon with oxygen from the Earth�s upper atmosphere.