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CaptainTrips222
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20 Feb 2010, 5:35 pm

I'm going to research it, but so I don't miss anything, can you guys list off the reasoning behind the age of the planet, please. Conventional science says it's 4.6 billion years, but I'd like to learn all the reasons for myself. I'd put this in the math/science forum, but it gets brought up so much here, I'm bound to get many answers.

Oh and I also picked up some feed for Sand's mouse. I'll leave it on the counter.



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20 Feb 2010, 7:45 pm

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
I'm going to research it, but so I don't miss anything, can you guys list off the reasoning behind the age of the planet, please. Conventional science says it's 4.6 billion years, but I'd like to learn all the reasons for myself. I'd put this in the math/science forum, but it gets brought up so much here, I'm bound to get many answers.

Oh and I also picked up some feed for Sand's mouse. I'll leave it on the counter.


Mostly through radiometric dating of the oldest rocks on the planet.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth

Google and Wikipedia are your friends. Get acquainted with them.

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