Astronomy: students from Cagliari in Chine to map the Moon

Cagliari - Three students from the University of Cagliari, accompanied by researcher Maria Teresa Melis, have been invited, and are taking part in these days, to China-Italy Science, Technology & Innovation Week 2017, which takes place in three Chinese cities, until Friday 17 November.
    Claudia Collu, Valentino Demurtas, Sabrina Podda and Melis are part of the Italian delegation that is participating in the event included in the Chinese-Italian Moon Mapping project, whose objective is to create a proper 3D atlas of the Moon, characterized by the utmost homogeneity and precision. The final result will be an unprecedented high-definition map of the moon, a precious tool for any future mission.On 14 November, the project received a special recognition from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Valeria Fedeli, and the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology, Wan Gang, to which students handed the first maps of the moon surface.
    The one held by the students of the University of Cagliari represents the geology of the "Sinus Iridum" and the distribution of the elements most commonly found on the surface of the moon. The "Moon Mapping" project, coordinate by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and by the Center of Space Exploration (COSE) of the Chinese Ministry of Education, involves also the following universities: Politecnico of Milan, the Universities of Padova, Pavia and Pescara, IRPI CNR, the University of Geosciences and the Tsinghua University of Beijing and the Nanjing University of Nanchino.