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Astronomers have found traces of lightning strikes in the craters of the moon

Астрономы обнаружили следы от ударов молний в кратерах ЛуныThe craters of impact nature of features on the moon more than 3.8 billion years ago.

According to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in some little-known craters of the moon are periodically lightning strikes.

Level of electricity was registered in the recesses formed by asteroids, it was the Russian LEND device, installed on Board the American probe LRO, exploring the Earth’s satellite.

American experts determined that the craters of impact nature of features on the moon more than 3.8 billion years ago. In them were found the ice, which is an indication of interference of large meteorites, says the scientific journal Icarus. Scientists have found that deep impact craters are the lowest temperature (below one Kelvin).

According to Andrew Jordan (Andrew Jordan) research center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, it was installed from the CRaTER, onboard the LRO probe. The device allowed us to determine the unusual light bursts over the recesses of the shock origin that, as suggested by scientists, is the outbreak of the particles of the solar wind occurring during a flight over the craters at speeds over 12 km/s.

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