Chandrayaan-2 scans Mitra crater

Why is it in news?
  • Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter or mother spacecraft has zeroed in on a crater on the moon.
More in news
  • The Mitra crater:
    (1) It is named after 20th century’s acclaimed radio physicist Sisir Kumar Mitra.
    (2) The Mitra crater is on the edge of another crater. The pictures were taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2.
    (3) The orbiter was then around 4,300 km from the moon.
    (4) Prof. Mitra (1890-1963) also lends his name to the S. K. Mitra Centre for Research in Space Environment of the University of Calcutta.
  • Northern polar region of the Moon: At 25 degrees Kelvin (minus 248 degrees Celsius), the northern polar region is believed to be one of the coldest spots in the solar system.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 27th Aug 2019
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