Next up, it will check out the area around the jade rabbit rock and it should be able to get some even better images. It's the first to explore the moon's far side and it's still rolling along three years after landing. Not to be lost in all this is the fact that the rover has been having quite a mission. That it turned out to resemble a bunny is sweet as can be. I was 99.9% sure it was a boulder and that the only real mystery was its size and shape. I got a lot of joy out of the speculation surrounding the original image. The ultimate outcome of this adventure may seem like a disappointment, especially if you were hoping for something truly wild, like an alien outpost or an ancient monolith, but I'm actually happy. The " spoon" and " faces" on Mars have sparked curiosity too. This is hardly the first time that unusual-looking objects have been discovered in space. That's why it took some time to move closer to the "mystery hut" for a better look. Yutu-2 works on solar power, so it periodically hibernates until the sun comes back out. Yutu-2 is part of the China National Space Administration's Chang'e-4 mission that landed in 2019 to undertake an ambitious exploration of the moon's far side (which isn't always dark). The Yutu-2 rover's name translates to Jade Rabbit, so it's like the rover found its own mascot on the moon. There are some dainty round pieces behind the rock's "rump" that look like bunny poop, which just adds to the fun. The rock's huddled shape has now earned it the nickname "jade rabbit" because it looks a bit like a bunny crouching down with a couple of carrots in front of it. Nonetheless, CNSA experts are optimistic that the brief but leisurely journey will be worthwhile since a deeper examination of the rock might give significant information on the composition of Moon rock from below the lunar surface."Jade rabbit" looks kind of like a bunny crouching with carrots to the right and pellets to the left.īut that's not all. Despite being just 80 meters (260 feet) away, the rover’s approach will take two to three lunar days (two to three Earth months) due to the rough terrain and numerous barriers.įurthermore, because Yutu-2 is solar-powered, it must shut down completely during the long lunar nights, significantly lengthening its voyage duration. Yutu-2 will now make a beeline for the unusual object, which is positioned near numerous similar craters, in order to establish it has, identify. Because the Moon, unlike Earth, has an atmosphere to shield it from space rocks, it is continually bombarded by flying debris, resulting in an abundance of impact craters on its surface. While it is hard to rule out the idea of lunar real estate, the majority of evidence points to the strange cube being nothing more than a big rock blown into its current position by a meteorite impact. The rover has been sending data from the Von Kármán crater, where it first noticed the unusual object on the northern horizon last month, for the last 36 lunar days – or just over 3 Earth years.Ĭhina’s Lunar Rover Spies “Mystery House” On Far Side of the Moon Yutu-2 was the first probe to land on the far side of the Moon in January 2019, and it has been exploring and sending back beautiful images ever since. For the time being, the CNSA appears to be having fun with its joke, speculating that the find may be “a residence erected by aliens after a crash landing.” In actuality, the weird blob is most likely just a fragment of Moon rock, but everything will be revealed in the near future when Yutu-2 arrives at the item for a closer inspection. What they didn’t expect was a visit from China’s Yutu-2 rover, which has discovered an unusual cube-shaped item on the lunar surface, which the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) outreach channel Our Space has dubbed a “mystery home.” Thats shorter than the US average of 26. The average one-way commute in Fawn Creek takes 21.0 minutes. Clearly, the aliens erected their homes on the far side of the Moon, away from the prying eyes of our telescopes. The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010.
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