The Chinese rover Yutu-2, who is currently exploring the far side of the moon, while crossing the Von Kármánha crater, spotted a strange cube-shaped object on the lunar surface on the horizon.
The Chinese rover Yutu-2 has located the object on the horizon to the north and about 80 meters away last November, during the 36th lunar day of the mission, second a diary of Yutu 2 published by Our Space, a scientific dissemination channel in Chinese language affiliated with the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The “find” was part of a “Yutu-2 driving diary” describing what the Chinese rover Yutu-2 has done since it resumed operations on October 29, 2021; the Our Space site also he referred to the object as a “mysterious hut” (神秘 小屋 / shenmi xiaowu), but this is a placeholder name rather than an accurate description.
The shape of the cube is interesting, but the reporter Andrew Jones who first drew attention to the photo doesn’t think it’s a sign of extraterrestrial life.
“It’s not an obelisk or aliens, but definitely something to check out, and it’s hard to distinguish much from the image”
he tweeted, later suggesting it could be a large boulder that was lifted by an impact.
What scientists think of the object found by the Chinese rover Yutu-2
Team scientists have expressed strong interest in the object and the Chinese rover Yutu-2 is now expected will spend the next 2-3 lunar days (2-3 terrestrial months) crossing the lunar regolith and avoiding the craters to take a closer look, so updates can be expected.
One of the reasons it takes so long to travel across the moon is due to the day and night cycle there. Because of the way it spins, the moon completes one rotation every 27 days, which is roughly the same amount of time it takes to orbit our planet.
That is why one side of the moon faces us and the other opposite side, where the Chinese rover Yutu-2 is located, cannot be seen directly from Earth.
The other effect of this rotation is that a full lunar day lasts 29 Earth days, which means there is a period of just over two Earth weeks when the moon is in daylight and just over two weeks when it is night.
Since rovers such as Yutu-2 rely on solar energy, they must hibernate for these nocturnal periods and can only explore during the daytime period. This is why lunar explorers take so long to traverse the lunar surface, not to mention the need to proceed slowly to prevent large rocks or components from being consumed by the sharp moon dust.
China’s solar-powered Yutu-2 rover and Chang’e 4 lander first landed on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019, and since then, the rover has traversed 115-mile (186-kilometer) wide Von Kármán crater. ).
Chang’e 4, as its name suggests, is China’s fourth lunar mission and the second to deliver a rover to the moon. Missions Chang’e 1 and 2 were orbiting, with Chang’e 3 landing on the near side of the moon with the first Yutu rover. China also launched the Chang’e 5 T1 test mission around the moon and the return mission of the lunar champion Chang’e 5.
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