Chennai, July 4 -- In a significant finding, the measurements of Chandrayaan-3's Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) onboard Pragyan rover has revealed that composition at Shiv Shakti Statio to the first Lunar Meteorite ALHA 81005, the first meteorite proven to originate from the Moon.
After successful soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 Lander on August 23, 2023, the APXS measured the elemental composition at the Shiv Shakti Statio located at 69.37 Deg S, 32.32 Deg E in the southern high-latitudes on the nearside of the Moon.
In a new study, scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, carried out a comprehensive geochemical analysis of the APXS measurements which revealed that the geochemical composition of the Shiv...