Hablov NASA space telescope is 9 October made a whole series of observations before and after the structural parts Mesečevog observation satellites crashed into a crater, LCROSS crater Cabeus, moonlight on the south pole.
LCROSS just before the attack
Habla new high angle kamera1 (WFC3) and his telescopic spectrograph (STIs) were turned towards the southern edge of the moon, and 7:31 and 7:35 EDT filmed evaporated material lifted into space when a rocket buster "Centaur" and hit the aircraft itself the surface. Unfortunately, the images sent by WFC3 no traces of temporary egzosfere2 as a result of stroke.
Sensitivity Hablovih ultraviolet instrument allows astronomers to detect hydroxyl group (OH) that would be a sign of volatile material generated during the attack. STIs and WFC3 are looking for traces of OH emission arising when a molecule of water had been thrown in the direction of sunlight and with the help of ultraviolet radiation possibly broken down into hydrogen and hydroxyl group.
"Preliminary analysis of the spectrum of STIs show no certain traces of hydroxyl groups, but we need further research," said Alex Storrs, a scientist who works on Hablovom project. So, for a deeper analysis of the data we will have to wait for few more week ...
Drasko Dragovic
