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Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) Payload

Source:  TH Context: ISRO announced that the CHACE-2 payload aboard Chandrayaan-2’s lunar orbiter has made the first-ever direct observation of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) impact on the Moon. About Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) Payload: What it is? CHACE-2 is a neutral gas mass spectrometer payload onboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, developed by ISRO …

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Chandrayaan-2

Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Chandrayaan-2: Context: Chandrayaan-2, hovering over the Moon, has found new developments on the hot outermost layer of the bright star known as Corona. These include: Abundances of magnesium, aluminium and silicon in the solar corona. Around 100 microflares were observed, providing new insights about coronal mass heating. Reasons behind coronal heating …

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