China released the geological map of the Moon obtained from the Chang'e program

On April 21, China announced the world's first highly accurate lunar geological atlas based on data obtained during the Chang'e expedition program.

The geological atlas has a scale of 1:2.5 million , including a geological map of the entire Moon, a map of the distribution of rocks on the Moon, a sketch map of the Moon's tectonics and 30 geological maps. the standard sublunary of the Moon.

According to information on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the atlas was led by Academician Ouyang Ziyuan and researcher Liu Jianzhong of the Institute of Geochemistry of CAS, in collaboration with many scientists. compiled by universities and research institutes since 2012.

China releases the world's first highly accurate lunar geological atlas. (Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Academician Au Duong Tu Vien said that currently, geological research on the Moon still uses maps developed during the US Apollo program, at a scale of about 1:5 million. With research becoming more and more in-depth, especially with China's implementation of the Moon Exploration Program named Chang'e , the old geological map can no longer meet the needs of scientific research and exploration. destroy the Moon in the future. Therefore, the research team led by him released this new atlas.

According to researcher Liu Jianzhong, the atlas was drawn based on a comprehensive and normative understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon, along with scientific exploration data of the Hangzhou program. Russia, and refer to existing data and research results at home and abroad.

Speaking at the press conference announcing the atlas, he also revealed that, along with the continuous promotion of the Chang'e program and the collection of more and more lunar data, the research team has planned to compile Prepared a more accurate geological map of the Moon at a scale of 1:1 million two years ago, and combined it with the needs of the lunar exploration program and scientific research, proposed ideas for Compile maps at scales of 1:10,000 and even 1:5000 for target areas such as the landing areas of the next lunar exploration missions. In addition, the geological map of Mars has also been included in the plan to meet the need for research on the geological evolution of Mars.