Posted on 08/13/2021 6:47:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A scientific paper published earlier this week stated that the Chandrayaan-2 satellite confirmed the presence of water molecules (H2o) and hydroxyl (OH) on the moon’s surface.
The study’s findings were reported in the Current Science journal. The August 10 research report stated, “The initial data analysis from IIRS clearly confirms the presence of broad lunar hydration and unambiguous detection of OH and H2O signals between 29 degrees north and 62 degrees north latitude.” The imaging infrared spectrometer (IIRS) on the orbiter made the discovery.
According to ISRO, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will continue its seven-year mission to explore the Moon’s surface with its eight scientific equipment.
Chandrayaan-2 was launched with the goal of mapping differences in lunar surface composition as well as locating and researching the Moon’s surface for water.
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Are the Chinese still playing around on the dark side? Or is that rhetorical?
I was reading an article the other day about farming in Mongolian desert regions - planting trees and such. A comment was made that the desert looks dry and parched on the surface, but the caked surface actually held moist sand below and it’s this ‘hidden moisture’ they are using to grow their trees. Not sure how it’s working out for them but I wonder if the Moon has similar regions? Or would solar winds scour off any crust that tried to form?
That is an impossibility. In a no atmosphere situation, with low gravity? Please have some intelligence. East Mojo....roflmao.
How many molecules in a glass of water?
Well our astronauts had to take a leak somewhere while there!! /sarc
The so-called "molecular weight" of H2O is approx. 18 grams. That means that 18 grams of water contains one mole of water. A mole is defined as 6.022 x 1023 particles (molecules) of a substance.
So say that a glass of water typically holds 180 milliliters of water. That would be 6 trillion trillion molecules.
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