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Raumfahrt - ISRO Releases New Images Captured By Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter

26.10.2019

According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids and comets since its formation.

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ISRO said the Synthetic Aperture Radar fitted on the Chandrayaan-2 is a powerful remote-sensing tool

 

CHENNAI: 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a new set of images of the surface of the Moon. The images, showing impact craters on the Moon surface, were captured by the Dual Frequency-Synthetic Aperture Radar (DF-SAR) on its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, the space agency said in a post on Twitter. 

According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids and comets since its formation. This has resulted in the formation of innumerable impact craters that form the most distinct geographic features on its surface.

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