London: Food for thought: What would music made on the moon sound like? Stop scratching your head, for JAXA, Japan`s space exploration agency, has come up with the answer.
JAXA has created a strange little applet on its Web site called "Moonbell", which is free to use.
It takes topographic data gathered by the agency`s Kaguya orbiter, and translates them into patterns of ascending and descending musical notes, reports a newspaper.
Users can either play a full orbit or select the "free scratch" mode, which allows them to map their own routes across the Moon`s surface.
Like a record player, Moonbell translates the bumps and ridges it detects into musical notes.
The resulting compositions can be interpreted by any combination of more than 138 instruments.
ANI