This Word Means: Geotail | Explained News, The Indian Express

This Word Means: Geotail | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |Published: October 7, 2019 2:25:44 am

This Word Means: Geotail

A region formed by interaction between Earth and Sun. How is it helping Chandrayaan-2 learn about Moon?

The geotail is a region in space that allows the best observations. The region exists as a result of the interactions between the Sun and Earth. (Source: ISRO)

LAST WEEK, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted that an instrument on Chandrayaan-2, CLASS, designed to detect signatures of elements in the Moon’s soil, had detected charged particles during the mission. This happened in September, during the orbiter’s passage through the “geotail”.