Lunar gravity measurements hint at a partially molten mantle layer - Peer2Peer

Lunar gravity measurements hint at a partially molten mantle layer

Sep 30, 2024

We know that beneath its crater-pocked silicate crust, the moon has an olivine mantle and a metallic core. Some research has also suggested that a partially molten layer may lie at the base of the otherwise solid mantle, sandwiched between it and the solid core. But other evidence disagrees.

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-lunar-gravity-hint-partially-molten.html

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