Lunar dust soil is the fine fraction of the regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
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10 Facts About Lunar dust
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Lunar dust generally connotes even finer materials than lunar soil.
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Lunar dust soil is composed of various types of particles including rock fragments, mono-mineralic fragments, and various kinds of glasses including agglutinate particles, volcanic and impact spherules.
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The Lunar dust is electrically charged and sticks to any surface with which it comes in contact.
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Positive charges build up until the tiniest particles of lunar dust are repelled from the surface and lofted anywhere from metres to kilometres high, with the smallest particles reaching the highest altitudes.
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The dust found on the lunar surface could cause harmful effects on any human outpost technology and crew members:.
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The Lunar dust will be released into the atmosphere when the suits are removed.
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The Lunar dust has acquired a patina of rust, and, as a result of bonding with terrestrial water and oxygen molecules, its chemical reactivity is gone.
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Moon Lunar dust-contaminated items finally became available to the public in 2014, when the US government approved the sale of private material owned, and collected, by astronauts.
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