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A breath of solar air

Nature volume 434, pages 577–578 (2005)Cite this article

The abundance of different isotopes of oxygen provides clues to the origin of matter in the Solar System. Hence the importance of studies of oxygen atoms from the Sun trapped in metal grains on the Moon.

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Figure 1: Oxygen in the Solar System.
Figure 2: Lunar sunrise.

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