嫦娥三號在月球發現新型岩石
A new type of basaltic rock has been discovered on the surface of the moon, according to a report in the journal Nature Communications. The rock is rich in a black mineral called ilmenite, which contains a high percentage of iron titanium oxide and has been found in other lunar rocks. The discovery was made by Chinese researchers operating the Chang’e-3 spacecraft, which landed on the moon in 2013 and was the first unmanned mission there since the Apollo and Luna explorations about 40 years ago. The researchers investigated the surface remotely using spectrometers. Chang’e-5, scheduled to land on the moon by 2017, is expected to bring samples of lunar soil and rock back to Earth.
《自然通訊》(Nature Communications)的一篇報道稱，月球表面上發現了一種新型的玄武岩。這種岩石中富含一種稱爲鈦鐵礦的黑色礦物，其中所含的氧化鐵鈦比例很高，月球上的其他岩石中也曾發現過這種礦物質。這一發現是中國研究人員通過“嫦娥三號”得出的，該飛船於2013年登月，是大約40年前美國“阿波羅”(Apollo)和蘇聯“月球”(Luna)進行月球探索活動以後，首次開展的無人月球探測任務。研究人員使用光譜儀對月球表面進行了遠程研究。“嫦娥五號”預定於2017年登月，有望將月球土壤樣本和岩石帶回地球。
