Open AccessMoon Sheds Light on Early Solar Spin
Author(s) -
Nola Redd
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo130427
Subject(s) - astrobiology , astronomy , spin (aerodynamics) , solar system , geology , earth science , physics , thermodynamics
Lunar samples reveal that the Sun spun relatively slowly in its first billion years and blasted the Earth and Moon with coronal mass ejections.