My House Rabbit's Bunny Blog » 172 http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog Celebrating House Rabbits Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rabbit on the moon 4.35 billion years old http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2007/12/07/rabbit-on-the-moon-435-billion-years-old/ http://www.myhouserabbit.com/blog/2007/12/07/rabbit-on-the-moon-435-billion-years-old/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:27:22 +0000 My House Rabbit http://myhouserabbit.com/blog/?p=41 Near side of the moonA team from Hiroshima University has concluded that the lunar maria (the dark balsaltic parts of the moon) that Asians say resemble a rabbit pounding rice cakes is actually 350 million years older than originally thought. Using an an upgraded instrument, the team was able to analyze particles five-thousandths of a millimeter from stones collected by the US Apollo program.

Lunar maria in the shape of a rabbit

For more information: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20071207TDY03101.htm

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