Chinese scientists discovered a new mineral on the moon
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:29 am
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A remarkable new feat recently achieved by Chinese scientists- they discovered the sixth new lunar mineral. They found the mineral that they named Change site-(Y) from surface samples returned by the country’s Change 5 robotic mission. It has been certified by the International Mineralogical Association and its Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature, and Classification.
China has become the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to have discovered and identified the first lunar mineral, Change site-(Y), which belongs to the category of lunar merrillite, according to officials from China National Space Administration and the China Atomic Energy Authority- during a news conference in Beijing.
According to the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, one of the key institutions under China National Nuclear Corp., the mineral, which has a single crystalline particle with a diameter of 10 microns, was painstakingly isolated by researchers from more than 140,000-minute particles.
Scientists retrieved samples from the Moon weighing about 1,731 grams, the first lunar samples in over 40 years. The China National Space Administration distributed the first batch of Change 5 lunar samples in July 2021.
Li Ziying, chief scientist of lunar sample research at the institute, explained that the discovery of the new mineral would help researchers in their studies on the history and physical traits of the moon.
A remarkable new feat recently achieved by Chinese scientists- they discovered the sixth new lunar mineral. They found the mineral that they named Change site-(Y) from surface samples returned by the country’s Change 5 robotic mission. It has been certified by the International Mineralogical Association and its Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature, and Classification.
China has become the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to have discovered and identified the first lunar mineral, Change site-(Y), which belongs to the category of lunar merrillite, according to officials from China National Space Administration and the China Atomic Energy Authority- during a news conference in Beijing.
According to the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, one of the key institutions under China National Nuclear Corp., the mineral, which has a single crystalline particle with a diameter of 10 microns, was painstakingly isolated by researchers from more than 140,000-minute particles.
Scientists retrieved samples from the Moon weighing about 1,731 grams, the first lunar samples in over 40 years. The China National Space Administration distributed the first batch of Change 5 lunar samples in July 2021.
Li Ziying, chief scientist of lunar sample research at the institute, explained that the discovery of the new mineral would help researchers in their studies on the history and physical traits of the moon.