Chemical Analysis of the Moon at the Surveyor V Landing Site
Abstract
The chemical composition of the lunar surface material at a maria landing site has been determined by the alpha-scattering technique. Oxygen, silicon, and aluminum have been identified in the preliminary evaluation of the data. The general chemical composition is similar to that of a silicate of a basaltic type.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- November 1967
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.158.3801.635
- Bibcode:
- 1967Sci...158..635T