2007-10-14 00:22:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No the moon doesn't have much uranium. It was formed from a collision with the earth by a Mars size planetoid launched from the asteroid zone. As such it only ripped off the outer layer with mostly light elements. Most of the heavy metals and the radioactive ones like uranium is at the core of the earth. If there is any uranium on the moon it will be deep inside of its core.
Currently the Earth--Moon LaGrange points only contain a lot of dust.
The asteroid belt is the remains of a failed planet that was torn apart by the gravity tugs of Jupiter, so there are pieces of a fully formed planet there. That means there is a lot of valuable material in easy to access chunks.
The Kuiper Belt and the Ort Cloud could contain anything; these are fragments that are left over from the formation of the solar system and the source of most of our Near Earth Orbiting (NEO) crossing asteroids and comets. They are the most likely new sources for metals and valuable ores. We are running out of the ones we can access inside the planet and recycling can only go so far.
I have no idea what you mean by liberation point; I don’t think there is such a thing in astronomy.
2007-10-14 04:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is composed of a variety of primary elements, including uranium, thorium, potassium, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, titanium, calcium, aluminum and hydrogen.
2007-10-14 02:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by SIMONE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much of anything at the LaGrange points, except dust and debris.
2007-10-14 02:45:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On average probably about as much as on earth. It's not worth thinking about mining it.
2007-10-14 00:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋