Lunar Polar Wander (IMAGE)

Southern Methodist University

Lunar Polar Wander

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A new study published today in Nature reports Earth's moon wandered off its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago. Ancient lunar ice indicates the moon's axis slowly shifted location 125 miles, or 6 degrees, over 1 billion years.

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(James Keane, U. of Arizona)

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