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Chandrayaan-3 rover on the surface of the Moon on August 30, 2023. (Photo: ISRO)
JAKARTA – An Indian robot explorer has succeeded in detecting earthquake activity on the Moon right on Earth. Seismic activity was detected on the surface of the Moon on August 26, 2023.
The earthquake activity was recorded by the ILSA instrument installed on the Vikram lander, as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the south pole of the Moon.
“ILSA has recorded an event, which appears to be a natural event on August 26, 2023. The source of this incident is being investigated,” wrote the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the social media platform X quoted from Live Science, Saturday (9/9/2023 ).
If the findings of earthquakes on the Moon are confirmed, it will give scientists new insights.
The Apollo missions between 1969 and 1977 first detected seismic activity on the Moon. This proves that the Moon has a complex geological structure hidden deep within. Not a uniform rock like the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos.
In recent years, advanced analysis tools and computer models have allowed scientists to sift through data collected by Apollo and other missions and build a clearer picture of the Moon’s interior.
NASA Research in 2011 revealed that the Moon’s core, like the Earth’s, most likely consists of molten iron surrounding a dense, solid ball of iron.
In May 2023, researchers used gravitational field data to confirm this iron core hypothesis. They also concluded that clumps of the Moon’s liquid mantle could have separated from each other, floating to the surface as lumps of iron and causing earthquakes over time.
But this discovery is only the beginning of the Moon’s secrets. Magnetic fields are generated within planetary bodies through the movement of material in the planet’s electrically conductive liquid core.
Today, the non-magnetic interior of the Moon is very different from the magnetized interior of the Earth. The Moon’s interior is solid and mostly frozen, containing only a small liquid outer core region.
Scientists believe that the inside Moon cooled fairly quickly and evenly after forming about 4.5 billion years ago. This means that the Moon does not have a strong magnetic field.
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2023-09-09 11:12:38
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