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Title: Extralunar Materials in Lunar Regolith
Primary Author: Marc Fries
Secondary Author(s): John Armstrong, James Ashley, Luther Beegle, Timothy Jull, Glenn Sellar
Institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Summary: This paper describes the scientific rationale for locating and studying extralunar material found in lunar regolith. The extreme age and lack of weathering of lunar regolith make it a natural repository for samples from a wide range of parent bodies and across a vast span of solar system history.
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