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Author Question: Rayed craters like Tyco and Copernicus are known to be younger than the lunar maria because ________. (Read 146 times)

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Question 1

We know the age of the lunar highlands from ________.
◦ dating of lunar maria basalts collected by Apollo astronauts, and then calculated back in time by relative chronology
◦ dating of Earth rocks, and correlating to lunar events
◦ dating of lunar rocks collected by Apollo missions
◦ age estimates from cratering rates

Question 2

Rayed craters like Tyco and Copernicus are known to be younger than the lunar maria because ________.
◦ they are formed on lunar highlands that are known to be younger than the maria
◦ their ejecta, seen as rays, lies across the surface of the maria
◦ they have been dated directly by radiometric dating of samples
◦ they contain volcanos in their centers which indicate the moon still had magma available when they formed
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Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2020
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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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