Beijing: China has discovered a new mineral on the Moon. This mineral is phosphate which is found in the form of crystals on the moon. These elements are named Changesite-Y. With this, China has become the third country after America and Russia to have discovered a new element on the moon. Before China, America and Russia are the only two countries that discovered a new mineral on the moon.
According to the report in Daily Mail, phosphate in the form of crystals has been found in the samples brought back from the moon in 2020. China’s Change-5 probe returned to Earth on December 17, 2020, with samples of China’s first moon. According to the researchers, the columnar crystal phosphate mineral called Changesite- (Y), which was identified in rock and soil samples, was brought back from the lunar surface in 2020.
How did this discovery happen?
According to the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, one of the leading institutions of the National Nuclear Corp of China, the mineral was carefully separated by researchers from more than 140,000 small particles and then analyzed through a series of advanced mineralogy methods. was.
Changesite-(Y) belongs to the category of lunar merlite, a mineral found in lunar rocks and meteorites, and the sixth new mineral found by humans since the first samples were collected during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
What is the role of phosphorus in our body?
And exposure to phosphorus at high levels can be harmful to the human body. This is because excess phosphorus causes changes in the body that takes calcium out of your bones, making them weak. On the Moon, however, this element will play a vital role in helping space heroes cultivate the lunar surface. Although phosphate is known to thrive on the Moon, this is the first time humans have seen it in a columnar crystal.
Farming can be done on the moon
Phosphate, which is found on Earth, is an essential element for plant growth – but its properties in crystal form are yet to be identified. The new mineral has properties so it can be used on earth. Phosphate, also found on Earth, is a natural source of phosphorus, an element that provides plants with a quarter of all the nutrients needed for their growth and development.
