Comments on: Large mass of granite unexpectedly detected on Moon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1419251 Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:53:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1419251 While looking at TallDave’s link, A map of thorium from “lunar prospector” shed some more light where radioactive elements are prevalent, especially in impact Craters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon

]]> By: TallDave https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418583 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:56:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418583 Theia explains so much about Earth being different than Venus

also suggests there’s probably no other life in our galaxy

if atmospheres near one bar with water oceans depend on colliding a rocky Goldilocks-zone planet with a Mars-sized icy outer planetoid at just the right parameters to create a large satellite and a spinning magnetic dynamo, we would expect them to be exceedingly rare

presumably some cosmic visitor in our early history perturbed an orbit, possibly the Uranus-flipper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis

]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418508 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 22:19:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418508 I am skeptical.
Reading the article, The evidence is a hotspot and they’re making up what could be the cause to fit what is being observed. Wild guessing.
I do agree with the premise of radioactive decay, impacts create intense pressure and heat which can form heavier elements. There is also the possibility of supernova remnants in the form of chunks that would be a prize find of unknown elements.
As for an old volcano, I don’t see it. In an airless world with low gravity, it should be pristine. Even so, I’m also guessing.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418393 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 21:32:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418393 Lunar yellowcake next?

]]> By: Sippin_bourbon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418305 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 03:44:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418305 Giraffe sized? Can I get a banana for scale?

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418303 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 03:26:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418303 Not the same thing as Australia’s sandstone Ayers Rock, but a buoyant inclusion or a fixed in place remnant?

The Universe seems to want us to remain curious.

Players, or just NPCs?

]]> By: John https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418289 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:04:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418289 After the Chy-nah balloon incident, I though we measured things in school busses not giraffes?

At least I’m sure about brawando. It’s got what plants crave.

]]> By: James Street https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418285 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:40:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418285 “20-mile-wide”

But what is that in giraffes?

Giraffe-Sized Asteroid to Pass By Earth Safely on Thursday; NASA Spots Another Space Rock Approaching in September
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/38572/20220706/giraffe-sized-asteroid-pass-earth-safely-thursday-nasa-spots-another.htm

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418238 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:04:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418238 In reply to David Eastman.

David Eastman: 20-mile-wide is what it should have read. Thank you. Fixed.

]]> By: David Eastman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418235 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:50:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418235 “large 20-diameter mass” – typo?

]]> By: David Ross https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/large-mass-of-granite-unexpectedly-detected-on-moon/#comment-1418234 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:44:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96468#comment-1418234 This also means pitchblende.

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