Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon for first time

Chandrayaan-2 spectrometer maps abundance of sodium on moon for first time

The X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ on the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) detected sodium from its characteristic line in X-rays which opened up the possibility of mapping the amount of sodium on the […]

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