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Discovering Lost Lunar Magmas

An accessible record of the processes leading to the origin and early evolution of the Earth-Moon system, and thus of the formation of the rocky planets of the inner Solar System, is best preserved in those precious rocks brought back from the surface of the Moon half a century ago. Indeed, Lunar magmatic rocks not only record information about planetary differentiation, they also record the tempo of meteorite impacts in the early Solar System.