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China is continuously advancing its lunar mission. China's Chang'e-6 mission has brought back samples from the interior of the moon. There is a special novelty in this. This information has been given in a research report published by scientists. Chinese scientists have analyzed the moon sample and the density of this sample is less than the samples found from other parts.
It contains elements like thorium, uranium and potassium
According to information received from China, geochemical analysis of 'Chang'e-6' lunar samples showed that the presence of trace elements such as thorium, uranium and potassium is significantly different from the samples received.
' Chang'e-6' What is surprising in this sample?
The samples from China's ambitious mission 'Chang E-6' have a higher amount of plagioclase than the 'Chang E-5' samples, while they have a much lower amount of olivine. Plagioclase is the most common and abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. 'Olivine' is a green rock-forming mineral that is mainly found in dark igneous rocks. The study also revealed that the 'Chang E-6' samples are mainly composed of basalt, breccia, agglutinate, glass and leucocret.
China conducted a 53 day campaign
In May this year, China launched its first 53-day lunar mission to collect soil samples from the interior of the moon and return them to Earth for scientific study, according to the China National Space Administration. The mission itself was China's first successful expedition. Chang'e-6 consists of four components: an orbiter, a lander, an ascender and a module. The Chang'e-6 spacecraft collected 1,935.3 grams of soil-rock sample from the far side of the moon in June.
What did China get?
The lunar samples have been studied by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The samples were analyzed by engineers from the China Astronomical Observatory, Lunar Analysis and Space Engineering and Beijing Spacecraft System. In July this year, Chinese scientists studied lunar soil samples brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission in 2020. Water molecules were then found in the moon soil.