The Yutu-2 Chinese lunar rover of the Chinese mission Change 4, which carries out a study of the hidden face of the Moon, found a substance “that looks like gel” and is distinguished from other materials observed on the surface of the natural satellite of the earth.
Crater where the strange substance was found.
According to the “navigation diary” of Yutu-2, on August 17 a project specialist examined images taken by the camera of the rover’s and observed a strange substance in a crater. Then, the scientists decided to postpone the operations that the device had to carry out before entering hibernation during the eighth lunar day of the mission and ordered him to analyze not only the discovery itself, but the territory near the crater in question.
The rover examined the area with its near and visible infrared spectrometer (VNIS), which detects the light scattered or reflected by the materials to reveal its nature.
The rover going to investigate the crater with the substance.(Chinese lunar rover)
So far, mission scientists have not given an explanation about the mysterious substance, just saying that its constitution resembles that of a “gel” and has an “unusual color” that highlights it from its surroundings. Some researchers have suggested that it could be melted glass created from the impact of one or more meteorites on the lunar surface.
However, and looking for precedents of something similar, it can be concluded that the recent discovery of Yutu-2 is not the first surprise of this kind. Harrison Schmitt, astronaut and geologist of the Apollo 17 mission, found an orange substance on the surface near the landing site in 1972 (Taurus-Littrow). The lunar geologists eventually concluded that it was a soil created during a volcanic explosion in the satellite about 3.6 billion years ago.(Chinese lunar rover)
Orange soil discovered by the Apollo 17 mission.
Will it be the same in the main case of this news or will it be something else?
Source: Space.com
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