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Water-ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the Moon’s south pole contains metallic elements such as mercury, magnesium, calcium, and even a bit of silver. This chapter explores the question of where it all comes from, and how new research reveals that the abundance of metal-loving elements such as gold and platinum found in the mantel of the Moon was delivered by giant impactors during the final phase of the Moon’s formation.
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Foster, V.S. (2016). Waiter, There’s Metal in My Moon Water!. In: Modern Mysteries of the Moon. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22120-5_7
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