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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Yes, our little Moon. "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That's roughly how much unexpected mass we detected," lead author Dr. Peter James, assistant professor of planetary geophysics at Baylor University, said in a statement. https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-mass-discovered-moon There's a huge mass embedded in the center of the moon, and astronomers aren't sure what it is https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/us/moon-mass-crater-mystery-unexplained-trnd/index.html Here is something you may not know about the Moon: Earth's clingy best friend is also the site of one of the largest-known impact craters in our entire solar system. Essentially, something caused a giant hole on the Moon billions of years ago, and astronomers have just discovered that there's something big -- really big -- buried underneath the surface. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Its the molten iron core resulting from the collision between Earth and the Planet that hit us (probably the size of Mars). Perhaps it is solid since I don't think the Moon has a Magnetic field. Mass concentrations ("mass-cons") have long been known to exist on the Moon. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
That is what I thought. Thanks William. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Gotta say this, maybe it's the "obelisk" from 2001. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
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