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Chandrayaan-1 Confirms Lunar Magma Ocean Hypo
Panaji, India (PTI) Sep 03, 2009 India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, in one of its vital findings, has endorsed the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, helping the scientists better understand the history of the satellite, a NASA scientist said here today. Speaking at an international conference here, Carle Pieters, a professor at the US-based Brown University, who was associated with the Chandrayaan as a moon mineral mapper, said, visual confirmation of anorthite - a rich calcium plagioclase - on the upper lunar surface had virtually endorsed the magma ocean hypothesis. According to the giant impact hypothesis, a large amount of energy was liberated in the formation of moon due to which a huge portion of the body was once completely molten, forming a lunar magma ocean. "Plagioclase rose to the surface of the moon because of its lighter density and lack of iron. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientistPanaji, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday. "The images captured by a hyper-spectral camera fitted as a part of Chandrayaan-I... has reconfirmed the veracity of the Apollo 15 mission," said Prakash Chauhan, from the Indian Space Research Orga ... read more |
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