Chandrayaan-3: 'Pragyan' rover detects presence of Suphur and other essential elements on moon
In a significant breakthrough, the Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission has "unambiguously" confirmed the presence of sulphur in the Moon's surface near the south pole. Isro said on the social media platform X, that the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) instrument onboard the Rover unambiguously confirms the presence of sulphur (S) on the lunar surface near the south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements." So far, there were no direct evidences about the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface. . The discovery was made using the rover's Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). The confirmation of Sulphur’s presence is significant as it could hint to the presence of water ice on the south pole region of the moon. Water ice is thought to be trapped in the permanently shadowed craters of the south pole region.
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00:00 In a significant breakthrough, the Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission has unambiguously
00:13 confirmed the presence of sulphur in the Moon's surface near the South Pole.
00:18 ISRO said on the social media platform X that the laser-induced breakdown spectroscope instrument
00:23 on board the rover unambiguously confirms the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface
00:28 near the South Pole through first-ever in-situ measurements.
00:32 So far, there were no direct evidences about the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface.
00:37 The discovery was made using the rover's Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer or the APXS.
00:43 The confirmation of sulphur's presence is significant as it could hint to the presence
00:47 of water ice on the South Pole region of the Moon.
00:50 Water ice is thought to be trapped in the permanently shadowed craters of the South
00:54 Pole region.
00:55 Apart from sulphur, the preliminary analysis have also unveiled the presence of aluminium,
01:00 calcium, iron, chromium and titanium on the lunar surface.
01:04 Further measurements have revealed the presence of manganese, silicon and oxygen.
01:09 According to ISRO, thorough investigation regarding the presence of hydrogen is still
01:13 underway.
01:14 Gathering information about the presence and abundance of different elements on the Moon
01:19 is one of the major science objectives of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, with more than
01:22 one instrument working towards this end.
01:25 The LIBS instrument on the rover, developed by ISRO's Laboratory for Electro-Optic Systems,
01:30 uses a high-energy pulsar to generate plasma from rocks or soil.
01:35 The latest revelations come days after Chandrayaan-3 profiled the temperature of soil on the Moon's
01:39 South Pole.
01:40 A graph of the observations shared by ISRO on X illustrated the temperature variations
01:45 of the lunar surface at various depths as recorded during the probe's penetration.
01:50 As per the graph, the temperature of the lunar surface decreases as the depth increases.
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