[GraceG]

Would I be correct in stating that the the aluminum ratio only dates the supernova remnant that helped form the dust cloud that eventually formed the solar system?

Or am I off base here?

[JRandomFreeper]

I was going to ask if aluminum could help me get a date, so your question is much more cogent than mine.

It is Friday night, after all.

/johnny

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Would I be correct in stating that the the aluminum ratio only dates the supernova remnant that helped form the dust cloud that eventually formed the solar system?

It does not date the supernova or solar system at all. What it purports to date is the relative formation of minerals, particles and aggregates as the solar system condensed. Al-26 has a too short half-life to measure the billions of years since.