China's mysterious 'Moon cube' is a mystery no longer. The big reveal: It's a rock that's not even shaped like a cube.
China's mysterious"Moon cube" is a mystery no longer. The big reveal: It's a rock that's not even shaped like a cube.
The nation's Yutu-2 rover discovered the object – which appeared to be a gray cube looming on the lunar horizon – in early December. The China National Space Administration dubbed it 'mysterious hut', playfully speculating that the cube might be an alien house or spacecraft.The CNSA estimated the object was about 80 meters away, according to the'Our Space', which is affiliated with the agency, and prepared to drive the rover toward it.
After several weeks of preparations and driving, the rover is close enough to see that the 'mysterious hut' is just a rock. Its sharp-lined geometric appearance on the horizon was a simple trick of perspective, light, and shadow.Yutu-2 image of the closer rock. One of the rover's ground controllers noted in the blog that the rock is shaped like a rabbit, with smaller rocks in front of it that resemble a carrot. The rover's name, Yutu, means"Jade Rabbit" – which is now the name of the rock, too.in January 2019, when the Chang'e-4 lander touched down on the lunar surface and rolled out a ramp for the rover to descend. It was the first mission to land on the far side of the Moon.
In the three years since, Yutu-2 has driven over 1,000 meters , used ground-penetrating radar to reveal a surprisingly deep layer of lunar soil, and identified rocks from the lunar mantle, below the crust, which were pushed to the surface when anThe rover has survived long past its initial three-month mission, meaning Yutu-2 had plenty free time for a wild cube chase.
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