The “glass beads” collected by the Chinese mission Chang'e-5 could provide new information about the hidden interior of the Moon
The green “glass beads” collected during the Chinese selenium chang'e-5 mission offers unprecedented information about the hidden interior of the Moon, Chinese and Australian researchers announced on Monday.
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Unlike the ordinary glass on the moon, formed by the surface impact events, these “beads” contain unusually high levels of magnesium, a proof of a possible deeper origin, a statement from the Curtin University of Australia, according to Agerpres, shows.
“It is possible that these high magnesium glass beads have been formed when an asteroid crashed from rocks from the mantle in the depths of the Moon.
This is interesting, because we have never taken samples directly from the coat – the little glass beads give us a look at the hidden interior of the moon. “said Alexander Nemchin from the School of Sciences of the Earth and the planets of the Curtin University.
Regarding the composition of “Măgelelor”, Tim Johnson, co -author of the study and colleague of Nenchin, said that it differs significantly from the selenious materials studied above, suggesting that he could reach the surface of the month during the formation of the Imprium basin, a massive impact crater with over 3 billion years.
“Teledetection has shown that the area around the edge of the basin contains the type of minerals that match that of glass bead chemistry“Said Johnson, adding that, if these tests come from the mantle, it is confirmed that the big impact events can bring to the surface materials that are otherwise inaccessible – a major progress in understanding the geological evolution of the Moon.
The main author of the study, Wang Xiaolei, from Nanjing University of China, said this discovery could influence future missions per month. The discovery of the interior structure of the Moon “helps us to compare it with the earth and other planets and to better plan robotic or human crew,” said the Chinese researcher.
In June 2024, the Chang'e 6 probe, the first spatial mission of samples on the unseen face of the night star and picked approximately 2 kilograms of rocks and selenium dust.
The Aselenization module (Lander) of the Chang'e 6 probe has submitted a mini-rover on the moonso far secret ”. The rover has the mission to support the analysis of the composition of the monthly surface, investigating the presence of water in the selenic soil with the help of an infrared spectrometer. The robot has carried out other experiments in its aselenization area, but especially collected monthly material, using the drilling device to take samples below the surface, as well as the robotic arm to catch the material and deposit it in a special container.
