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		Daniel_Newby on April 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good bye, Helium... The moon has large amounts of He-3 compared to Earth, acquired as atoms of it were jammed into the rocks by the solar wind.

lutorm on April 2, 2010 [–]

Good point. I can't believe there's that much mass arriving in the solar wind, though.

afterburner on April 2, 2010 | [–]

Give it several billion years and it adds up.

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