Bangalore: India's Prof J N Goswami and Dr M
Chakrabarty are among the scientists from 13 agencies from the
USA and India who authored and published the Mini-SAR's
findings in the journal, "Geophysical Research Letters".
Prof Goswami (shown in image) is Principal Scientist, Chandrayaan-1 from
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and Dr Chakrabarty
is from Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad.
Analysis of data obtained by the Miniature Synthetic
Aperture Radar (Mini-SAR) onboard Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has
provided evidence of presence of ice deposits near the
moon's North pole.
The new findings add to the growing scientific
understanding of the multiple forms of water on the moon,
according to an ISRO statement.
-PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 02, 2010, 22:17