File:Moon Chandra Optical.jpg
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English: The Chandra observations (right) of the bright portion of the Moon detected X-rays from oxygen, magnesium, aluminum and silicon atoms. The X-rays are produced by fluorescence when solar X-rays bombard the Moon's surface. Chandra's observations have also solved a decade-long mystery about X-rays detected by ROSAT that were thought to be coming from the dark portion of the Moon. It turns out that these X-rays only appear to come from the Moon. Chandra shows that the X-rays from the dark moon can be explained by radiation from Earth's geocorona (extended outer atmosphere) through which orbiting spacecraft move. |
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Source | CHANDRA X-ray Observatory CXC Operated for NASA by SAO, url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/moon/index.html |
Author | Optical: Robert Gendler; X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Drake et al. |
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The geocoronal X-rays are caused by collisions of heavy ions of carbon, oxygen and neon in the solar wind with hydrogen atoms located tens of thousands of miles above the surface of Earth. During the collisions, the solar ions capture electrons from hydrogen atoms. The solar ions then kick out X-rays as the captured electrons drop to lower energy states. Chandra image radius is about 17 arcmin. Observation date: July 26, 2001. Instrument: ACIS.
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
Date and time of data generation | 00:00, 16 September 2003 |
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Keywords | The Moon |