TNPSC Thervupettagam

Moon’s Water Formation

September 28 , 2023 296 days 512 0
  • Chandrayaan-1 data revealed that the High-Energy electrons from planet Earth might be forming water on its satellite Moon.
  • Chandrayaan-1 played a crucial role in the discovery of water molecules on the Moon.
  • Solar wind is composed of high energy particles such as protons, bombards the lunar surface.
  • It is thought to be one of the primary ways in which water has been formed on the Moon.
  • Water formation in Earth’s magnetotail is similar to when the Moon is outside it.
  • This suggesting additional water formation processes beyond solar wind protons, possibly involving high-energy electrons.

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