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Chandrayaan-3: Vikram kicked up over 2-tonne lunar soil

by October 27, 2023 0

The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 created a “reflectance anomaly” or “ejecta halo” when it touched down on the Moon’s surface on August 23. Scientists estimate that about 2.06 tonnes of lunar epi-regolith were ejected and displaced over an area of 108.4 m² around the landing site. By studying high-resolution images from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter,...

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