Based on radiometric dating, rocks from the lunar highlands on the Moon have age

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Based on radiometric dating, rocks from the lunar highlands on the Moon have ages of ~4.5 billion years. The oldest rocks on Earth rarely have ages older than 3.5 billion years. Given that the Earth and the Moon formed at roughly the same time, what accounts for the difference in measured rock ages?

Based on radiometric dating, rocks from the lunar highlands on the Moon have ages of-4.5 billion years The oldest rocks on Earth rarely have ages older than 3.5 billion years. Given that the Earth and the Moon formed at roughly the same time, what accounts for the difference in measured rock ages? Radiometric dating measures time from the instance the rock was last molten and the Moon ceased being molten long before the Earth. Solar neutrino bombardment in space makes radiometric dating unreliable. Since the Moon neutrinos is higher. O has no atmosphere, the decay rates there are increased because the concentration of O Radiometric dating is not reliable because it is based on probabilities. O The rate of radioactive decay depends on distance from the Sun. O Smaller Solar System bodies do not have enough of the parent element to measure the radioactive decay

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Phrased simply, radiometric dating is the method that uses measurements relating to the radioactivity of the atoms in a fossil or an artifact. What "decay" means is that the atoms in the object or body become unstable, and, over time, begin to "decompose" by giving off radiation in the forms of subatomic particles

There are some cons of radiometric dating as it does not take into account environmental factors that may have affected decay

I think second option is the correct reason

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