Chennai, March 15 -- In a major finding, scientists from Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, analysing radio signals from India's Chandrayaan-2 (CH-2) Orbiter - which is in good health and providing data - have revealed that the Moon's ionosphere exhibits unexpectedly high electron densities when it enters the Earth's geomagnetic tail.
This finding sheds new light on how plasma behaves in the lunar environment and suggests a stronger influence of the Moon's remnant magnetic fields than previously thought.
ISRO in an update said the new study reveals surprisingly high electron densities in the Lunar environment, hinting at the potential role of lunar crustal magnetic fields in shaping plasma dynamics.
The scientists have used an innovative m...