Scientists discovered in the atmosphere of the moon helium atoms using a spectroscope LAMP on board the probe-mapper LRO, the press service of NASA. Q 00stoit now follows - this appeared helium from the interior of the moon, particularly the decay of radioactive isotopes or from an external source - for example, the solar wind.
If we can prove that is to blame for the solar wind, it will help us understand how similar processes occur on other celestial bodies with no real atmosphere - said the head of the project LAMP Alan Stern (Alan Stern) from South-East Research Institute, whose words are quoted press service of NASA.
Stern and his colleagues studied the atmosphere of the moon - a very thin layer of gases above the surface of our planet#39;s natural satellite. It is believed that the moon is surrounded by a vacuum as the interlayer in their density is not comparable to the atmospheres of these planets. However, scientists have attempted to study the lunar atmosphere, find out its composition and origin.
The group of astrophysicists led by Stern adapted for this purpose spectroscope LAMP on board the probe LRO, which is used to kartografirovani8ya lunar surface.
Scientists atmosphere of the moon shone through the spectroscope at the 50 turns LRO, trying to separate the data on the chemical composition of the lunar atmosphere from background noise. Observations showed that in the atmosphere of the Earth#39;s satellite is present helium.
Note in the soil on the surface of the moon, researchers found argon atoms Scientists do not exclude that the atmosphere of the moon contains this noble gas.
Earlier, Swiss scientists have put forward the hypothesis of a new moon: they explain the origin of its vast celestial body collision with the Earth, occurring on a tangent.
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