Mysterious tremors on Moon
September 17 , 2024
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- Chandrayaan-3 became the first lunar mission to have detected more than 250 seismic signatures from the south pole of the Moon.
- These 250 seismic signals included 50 unique signals that are likely to have links with moonquakes.
- Moonquakes refer to the earthquake on the lunar soil.
- Out of the 250 seismic events, about 200 correlates with Pragyan’s movements or other instrument operations.
- This is the first time seismic data has been collected from the South Pole of the lunar surface.
- It is also the first time such an activity has been recorded since the Apollo missions.
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