Recalculating the age of the solar system
JAN 05, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023980
Wired.com : A trusted equation for calculating the age of the solar system may need rewriting. New measurements show that one of the equation’s assumptions—that certain kinds of uranium always appear in the same relative quantities in meteorites—is wrong."Since the 1950s, or even before that, no one had been able to detect any differences” in the quantities of uranium, says Gregory Brennecka of Arizona State University, coauthor of a paper describing the work published online December 31 in Science. “Now we’re able to measure slight differences.” Related Link 238U/ 235U Variations in Meteorites: Extant 247Cm and Implications for Pb-Pb Dating
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