The temperature of the moon had fallen due to the lockdown imposed on Earth during the Corona period! The study revealed

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Indian researchers have found that the global Covid lockdown of 2020 had an impact on the Moon. A study was published in the peer-reviewed Monthly Notices: Letters of the Royal Astronomical Society. Our colleague Times of India has learned that an unusual drop in the moon's surface temperature was observed during the strict lockdown of April-May 2020. K Durga Prasad and G Ambili of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have analyzed the night surface temperatures. At six different locations near the Moon – Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Serenitatis, Mare Imbrium, Mare Tranquillitatis and two locations on Mare Crisium. PRL Director Anil Bhardwaj said that this is an important work of our group. This is quite unique.

How to study?
Using data from NASA's Chandrayaan (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), researchers found that the Moon's temperature during the lockdown months was consistently 8-10 degrees lower (8-10 Kelvin) than in other years. Prasad told Times of India that we actually analyzed 12 years of data, but to maintain uniformity in the study, we used data of seven years (2017 to 2023), three years before the lockdown year 2020 and The three years that followed.

Researchers believe that the Moon's temperature has decreased due to the reduction in radiation emitted from the Earth during the lockdown. As human activities were significantly reduced, emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles (aerosols) also decreased, resulting in less heat being trapped and released back into the Earth's atmosphere.