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To fully understand the importance of whats really on the dark side of the moon we need
to discuss why China sent a lander there in the first place.
Our Earth is made up of tectonic plates, then below that is the crust of the Earth and then
before you would reach the core you would have to go through whats called the mantle.
The mantle of the Earth is made up of mostly magma and rock, for which many believe the
moon has as well.
Although until recently all space missions to the moon have returned unsuccessful to
prove what exactly the moons mantle is made of.
Both the US Apollo program and the Soviet Luna missions in the 60s and 70s managed to
bring back rock samples from the surface, but none of them actually contained mantle
material.
However when China sent their Chang E-4 Lunar Lander to the far side of the moon we finally
got a sneak peek at this mystifying mantle.
The first measurements that were sent back by the lander is suggesting that the large
South Pole on the moon known as the Aitken Crater actually contains fragments of the
moons upper mantle.
The crater that they were exploring is a extremely large, approximately one thousand five hundred
and fifty three miles to be exact or 2500 kilometers for my Canadian friends.
To understand the large craters you also have to know about the theory of the moons creation.
Its believed that when a giant mars-sized object struck the Earth nearly 4.6 billion
years ago it kicked back a cloud of vaporized rock that began to orbit around the Earth.
Eventually the cloud began to cool and condensed into a ring of smaller sized rocks that over
time gathered together and formed the moon.
So naturally its not going to be an entirely flat surface.
The soil samples that were tested by the visible and near-infrared spectrometer aboard the
Yutu-2 rover showed a pattern of light reflecting which indicated it has high levels of calcium
pyroxene and olivine.
These two minerals that are found in metamorphic rocks were long believed to be what also made
up the moons mantle.
Olivine is actually a common element found in the Earths surface and until now was very
difficult to find on the moon.
The researchers at the National Astronomical Observatories for the Chinese Academy of Sciences
wrote the following in the journal Nature - Li and colleagues results are thrilling
and could have considerable implications for characterizing the composition of the Moons
upper mantle- Planetary scientists actually believe that while the moon was forming its
entire surface would have been a molten magma ocean.
In that fiery ocean the minerals would have separated by density with the lighter ones
rising to the top and the minerals like iron and magnesium sinking into its mantle.
This new information that confirms the moons layers are just like Earth is a very important
find because it helps us better understand the evolution of planetary interiors overall.
In the Von Karman crater the rover also discovered tons of iron and magnesium rich rock that
had been shot out of the crater upon something hitting the moon.
They also discovered more of those mantle particles pyroxene and olivine which was usually
never seen on the surface.
This means an impact to the moon was so large that it cracked the crust right down to the
mantle and launched pieces amongst the other moon rocks.
Of course they will need to do much more research and exploring the surface to truly validate
these findings, but nonetheless this new discovery on the dark side of the moon is quite groundbreaking,
pun intended.
We want to hear your thoughts on this story though so comment down below with how many
licks you think it would get to reach the moons mantle.
Now lets check out some of your comments from the video titled - Prankinvasion does it again,
but worse
marko BFF says - Arent pranks supposed to be funny cuz his are just weird﻿
-Ohhh youre not wrong, theyre supposed to be funny but the only people laughing are
laughing at the person -pranking-
Space Prince says - Alabama has entered the chat﻿
-Sometimes I feel bad for Alabama being thrown into every incest story in the world.
Must get old sometimes, although if it does, quit finding the love of your life at family
reunions.
Hey Itz Becca says - Next will be his.......
FATHER -Ohhh plot twist!
Guarantee thats what he will do next, either that or his grandma.
Maybe hell take care of all the women in his family first and then move on to the men.
Although I bet his uncle wont mind.
Fluffy Pink Chaos says - This guy should change his channel name from PrankInvasion to Ultimate
Cringe Fest.﻿ -Nailed it with that name, its much more accurate
for what hes doing.
Candace C says - Yes its disgusting that he kisses his relatives but my question is WHY
ARE HIS RELATIVES OKAY WITH THIS???
-Thats what Im wondering too, but then again you forget that adults who dont feel fulfilled
will live vicariously through their children and if theyre famous for something will do
almost anything to keep it.
So essentially theyre kissing themselves.
I wonder if shes going to show up at work and have her boss say - So Susan we saw your
sons last video, yeaa pretty weird.
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