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The hypothesis that there was once water on the Moon can account for the lunar mass concentrations—mascons—recently deduced to be present beneath the circular maria.
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GILVARRY, J. Nature of the Lunar Mascons. Nature 221, 732–736 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221732a0
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