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Science 7 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3832, pp. 1108 - 1110
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3832.1108
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Chemical Analysis of the Moon at the Surveyor VI Landing Site: Preliminary Results

Anthony L. Turkevich 1, James H. Patterson 2, and Ernest J. Franzgrote 3

1 Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
2 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103

The alpha-scattering experiment aboard soft-landing Surveyor VI has provided a chemical analysis of the surface of the moon in Sinus Medii. The preliminary results indicate that, within experimental errors, the composition is the same as that found by Surveyor V in Mare Tranquillitatis. This finding suggests that large portions of the lunar maria resemble basalt in composition.


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