C1XS success will provide new understanding of lunar surface
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:35
in Astronomy & Space
Over its ten months of operation, the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) gathered data for a total of 30 solar flares, giving the most accurate measurements to date of magnesium, aluminium, silicon, calcium and iron in the lunar surface. Results will be presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, Germany, by the instrument`s Principal Investigator, Professor Manuel Grande on Friday 18 September.