Radioisotope dating of meteorites suggests that planets formed in the Solar System over shorter timescales than had been thought. There are consequences for how the Moon formed, but is this the final word?
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Cameron, A. Birth of a Solar System. Nature 418, 924–925 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418924a
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