Lunar Sample 15415
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Lunar Sample 15415 is a famous Apollo 15 Moon rock, nicknamed the "Genesis Rock," believed to be an ancient piece of the Moon’s primordial crust.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo lunar sample
ⓘ
anorthosite ⓘ lunar rock sample ⓘ |
| analysisMethods |
geochemical analysis
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petrographic microscopy ⓘ radiometric age dating ⓘ |
| associatedProgram | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedByAstronaut |
David Scott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James B. Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedDuringMission | Apollo 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedFromFeature | Apennine Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedFromLocation |
Hadley-Apennine region of the Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
spur of Hadley Delta ⓘ |
| collectedOnExtravehicularActivity | Apollo 15 EVA 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionDate | 1971-08-01 ⓘ |
| color | light-colored ⓘ |
| countryOfCustody | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curatedAtFacility | Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curatedBy | NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantMineral | plagioclase feldspar ⓘ |
| estimatedAge |
about 4.0 billion years
ⓘ
on the order of early lunar crust formation ⓘ |
| foundInGeologicUnit | lunar highlands crust ⓘ |
| mass |
about 270 grams
ⓘ
approximately 0.27 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionLandingSite | Hadley Rille / Apennine Mountains landing site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionRole | key sample for understanding lunar highlands crust ⓘ |
| NASACollectionCategory | Apollo 15 lunar sample collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Genesis Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the most famous Moon rocks returned to Earth ⓘ |
| plagioclaseComposition | near end-member anorthite ⓘ |
| publicDisplay | sometimes displayed in museums and exhibitions ⓘ |
| relatedToConcept | lunar magma ocean hypothesis ⓘ |
| returnedToEarthBy | Apollo 15 Command Module Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockType | ferroan anorthosite ⓘ |
| sampleNumber | 15415 ⓘ |
| scientificSignificance |
considered a sample of the Moon’s primordial crust
ⓘ
used to study early lunar differentiation ⓘ |
| texture | coarse-grained ⓘ |
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