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Hartmann WK. The giant impact hypothesis: past, present (and future?). Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2014;372(2024):20130249doi: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0249.
Hartmann, W. K. (2014). The giant impact hypothesis: past, present (and future?). Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 372(2024), 20130249. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0249
Hartmann, William K. "The giant impact hypothesis: past, present (and future?)." Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences vol. 372,2024 (2014): 20130249. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2013.0249
Hartmann WK. The giant impact hypothesis: past, present (and future?). Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2014 Sep 13;372(2024):20130249. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0249. PMID: 25114315.
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Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2014 Sep 13;372(2024):20130249. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0249.

The giant impact hypothesis: past, present (and future?).

Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

William K Hartmann

Affiliations

  1. Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell Road, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395, USA [email protected].

PMID: 25114315 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0249

Abstract

At the request of editors, this paper offers a historical review of early work on the giant impact hypothesis, as well as comments on new data. The author hereby claims (whether believable or not) that his interest is to move towards a correct model of lunar origin, not to defend a possibly incorrect idea, just because of being a co-author of a relevant early paper. Nonetheless, the 1974 giant impact hypothesis appears still to be viable.

© 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.

Keywords: enstatite; giant impact; isotopes; lunar origin

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