Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer Success To Provide New Understanding Of Lunar Surface
Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 22:21
in Astronomy & Space
Over its ten months of operation, the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) has 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.