Chandrayaan-3: Vikram kicked up over 2-tonne lunar soil, created ‘ejected halo’

The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 created a "reflectance anomaly" or "ejecta halo" when it touched down on the Moon's surface on August 23. Scientists estimate that about 2.06 tonnes of lunar epi-regolith were ejected and displaced over an area of 108.4 m² around the landing site. By studying high-resolution images from the...