2024-07-05 22:43:18
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Institute (ISRO) has given great news about the rover of Chandrayaan-3. ISRO has said that Pragyan Rover has sent very important information. According to the findings obtained from this, Pragyan Rover, which reached the moon through Vikram Lander, has made many important discoveries near the Shivshakti point of the moon. These discoveries are related to the pieces of moon rocks present in that area and their origin. ISRO has said that Pragyan Rover saw small rock fragments spread around the rims, wall slopes and floor of small craters at the landing site. The rover covered a distance of about 103 meters on the lunar surface in one lunar day.
Why is this discovery special?
These results could prove to be a significant step in lunar exploration as they support previous studies that suggest a gradual coarsening of rock fragments in the interior of the lunar regolith. The 27-kg Pragyan rover was sent to the Moon inside the Vikram lander. The rover was equipped with cameras and instruments to analyse the lunar soil. It also carried the ISRO logo and the Indian tricolour to the lunar surface.
There are many big and small craters near the landing site
According to the findings, when the Pragyan rover reached about 39 meters towards the west of the landing site, Shiv Shakti Point, the number and size of the rock fragments increased. It said that a possible source of the rock fragments could be a crater of about 10 meters in diameter. The research was proposed in a paper presented at the International Conference on Planets, Exoplanets and Habitability in Ahmedabad earlier this year. It said that when the Pragyan rover moved 39 meters ahead of Shiv Shakti Point, it found rocks that were quite large in size.
How did Pragyan get the stones
The pieces of rock found by Pragyan on the moon ranged in length from 1 centimeter to around 11.5 centimeters. These pieces of rock were scattered on the sides of small craters, slopes and on the surface. However, the length of none of these rocks was more than 2 meters. Recently, ISRO chief S Somanath had said that their next moon mission is Chandrayaan-4, which will also bring back lunar samples to Earth from the ‘Shiva Shakti’ point.