Good morning friends. There is an asteroid debris that link to birth of the solar system.
Scientist says oceanography institute analyzing debris collected over three years.
The cosmic content collected by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa can throw more light on the birth of solar system, said M Shyamprasad from the institute, speaking at the 6th Chandrayaan-I Science Meeting at Physical Research Laboratory on Tuesday.
The other topics discussed were payloads, data archive and data dissemination, and timeline for public access. The NIO has been analyzing debris from asteroids for the last three and half years and according to Shyamprasad, 30,000-40,000 pieces of asteroids debris rain down on earth annually.
The uses of MIP (Moon Impact Pro) payload, a micro satellite, were also discussed. With help of MIP, scientists have designed the Chace experiment to measure composition of very thin atmosphere. It has earlier in detecting water on the sun-lit portion of the moon.
CIXS (Chandrayan-1 X-ray Spectrometer), the other key payload discussed, tries to identify the chemistry of lunar surface elements like magnesium and aluminum making rocks. The meeting saw the presence of 100 people, including scientists, academicians as well as faculty and students of PRL. - AhmedabadMirror

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