Age of the Earth
Based on extensive and detailed scientific evidence,
geologists have determined the age of the Earth to be around 4.567 billion years . This age represents a compromise between the oldest-known terrestrial
minerals – small crystals of
zircon from the
Jack Hills of
Western Australia – and
astronomers' and planetologists' determinations of the age of the
solar system based in part on radiometric age dating of
meteorite material and lunar sample
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Based on extensive and detailed scientific evidence,
geologists have determined the
age of the Earth to be around 4.567 billion years . This age represents a compromise between the oldest-known terrestrial
minerals – small crystals of
zircon from the
Jack Hills of
Western Australia – and
astronomers' and planetologists' determinations of the age of the
solar system based in part on radiometric age dating of
meteorite material and lunar sample
