Discovery Shows There Is Water The Size Of Salt Lake On The Moon

A massive granite formation has been detected on the dark surface of the Moon. Matthew Siegler, research scientist at the Planetary Science InstituteThe study used microwave frequency data to measure the heat beneath the Moon’s dark surface, which cannot be observed from Earth.

This granite formation, which is common in the world, Its detection on the Moon excited the scientific world. Pieces of granite on Earth may have fed large volcanic groups, such as the large systems that feed Cascade volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest, Siegler says.

The team conducting the study found that the heat produced below the surface is a form that can only exist on the Moon as granite. from the radioactive element concentration used the data to determine where it came from.

Granite is extremely rare in the Solar system as opposed to being abundant on Earth.

Granite, It is an igneous rock type. It is very common in the world. Therefore, the discovery of the dark surface of the Moon excited scientists. It was surprising that such a discovery was made on the Moon, as the lack of water and plate tectonics on other planets in the solar system also prevented granite formation.

formed during the cooling of molten rock granite, For formation, it requires the remelting of basaltic rocks or the breaking of crystals in liquid basalt. There is neither water nor plate tectonics on the Moon. At least as far as we know…

As a result of this study, researchers detected something strange on the dark side of the Moon.

a volcanic region near the moon’s north pole Compton Berkovich underground, almost 20 times more heat than the average temperature of the Moon has been detected by microwave devices. Researchers, China National Space Administration When they analyzed their public data, they couldn’t hide their surprise at the results.

Siegler: “We discovered that Compton Berkovich volcano does indeed glow”

This means that below the surface, as seen in the infrared, is actually hot. The result of the analysis is that the radioactive elements in the granite matrix are located at the bottom. heat source shows that.

The diameter of the granite piece found was 50 km.

Microwave frequency data.

This is much larger than expected. granite, It is thought to be evidence of a mantle supplying magma on the Moon. It is mentioned that three things are necessary for the formation of this granite: A massive mantle eruption that supplies magma from the Moon’s interior, Fragments of elements that provide a wet surface inside the Moon and radioactive material that generates heat to form granite.

Moreover, “There is no granite without water” Siegler said at the end of the study, ‘Is there enough water on the Moon to form granite, or is it too hot?’ He states that he is in a dilemma. If the source of the granite in question is the water on the Moon, let’s just say that enough water to fill the Salt Lake is needed to create the recently discovered granite structure…