On the origin of lunar soil 12033
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
By: P.A. Beadecker, F. Cuttitta, H. J. Rose Jr., R. Schaudy, and J. T. Wasson
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Abstract
The lunar soil 12033 is compositionally distinctly different from both the local rocks at the Apollo 12 site and other lunar samples. It must be a recent deposit, else it would not have retained its identity. It contains a meteoritic component which is about 0.59 times as large as that in the more typical Apollo 12 soils. The amount of meteoritic component may be either a fortuitous residuum from the object which produced the 12033 material as crater ejecta, or 12033 may consist of a mixture of an exotic component with the local soil in approximately 41:59 proportions. The available evidence favors the latter interpretation.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | On the origin of lunar soil 12033 |
| Series title | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| DOI | 10.1016/0012-821X(71)90043-4 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1971 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 361 |
| Last page | 364 |
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