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CLASS onboard Chandrayaan-2: Five years around the Moon

Title
CLASS onboard Chandrayaan-2: Five years around the Moon
Creator
Narendranath, S.; Pillai, Netra S.; Tadepalli, Srikar P.; Vadodariya, K.; Mithun, N.P.S.; Devaraj, A.; Vaishali, S.; Radhakrishna, V.; Tyagi, A.; Vadawale, S.
Description
Chandrayaan-2 Large Area soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) is a remote X-ray Fluorescence experiment to map the lunar surface elemental abundances. With its large effective area and low energy threshold, CLASS generates the highest spatial resolution maps of all major rock-forming elements on the Moon, such as Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, and Fe. Five years of operation in lunar orbit has resulted in global coverage. With several lunar missions planned for this decade for in situ exploration and sample returns, the 155 km geochemical maps from CLASS will serve as an important dataset. This article highlights the scientific results of CLASS in the last five years and discusses its potential applications. Indian Academy of Sciences 2025.
Source
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy;Volume;46;Issue;1;Article No.;27;
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
Springer
Subject
Chandrayaan-2; CLASS; X-ray fluorescence
Coverage
Narendranath S., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India; Pillai N.S., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560012, India; Tadepalli S.P., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Hindu University Campus, Varanasi, 221005, India; Vadodariya K., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India; Mithun N.P.S., Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India; Devaraj A., Christ University, Bangalore Central Campus, Hosur Road, Near Dairy Circle, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Vaishali S., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India; Radhakrishna V., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India; Tyagi A., Space Astronomy Group, U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru, 560017, India; Vadawale S., Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 2506335;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Narendranath, S.; Pillai, Netra S.; Tadepalli, Srikar P.; Vadodariya, K.; Mithun, N.P.S.; Devaraj, A.; Vaishali, S.; Radhakrishna, V.; Tyagi, A.; Vadawale, S., “CLASS onboard Chandrayaan-2: Five years around the Moon,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/21988.

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