Washington – Agencies
In a close study of the mysterious features known as “lunar vortices” that appear on the surface of the Moon, scientists have confirmed that at least two of them are related to its terrain.
A scientific journal reported that this evidence; It could help scientists figure out what causes these bright wrinkles appearing on the moon, the origin of which remains far from explained.
Planetary scientist John Weyrich, of the Planetary Science Institute, said: “The legal explanation for lunar vortices is that the terrain has no effect on the location or shape of the vortex.”
A team led by planetary scientist Deborah Domingo of the Planetary Science Institute found that “in the vortex in a region known as the Mare Ingenie, the bright lines are 2 to 3 meters lower than the dark lanes between them.”
Finding this “vortex” once is interesting, but not enough to determine the connection. So, Weirich and his colleagues investigated another vortex, known as Reiner gamma. They took data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s camera and processed it using a suite that included machine learning to extract the surface topography at high resolution. Their results were similar to those seen in the vortex, which was spotted in the “Mare Ingenie” area.
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