The mystery of the "mysterious hut" on the far side of the moon is revealed
Miscellaneous / / January 10, 2022
Chinese rover "Yuytu-2" approached a strange object, which was noticed a month ago.
Photos from the lunar rover made it clear that this is not a "mysterious hut" at all, but a rather large stone of an unusual shape, informs Chinese government-approved Our Space WeChat account.
For the first time a strange stone noticed pictured in December. In an uneven cube, journalists and Internet users examined a kind of hut. The engineers who worked with "Yuytu-2" also joked that the pioneers of the alien lunar program live inside the mysterious object.
The team "Yuytu-2" called the stone "jade hare" - the name of the lunokhod itself is also translated. The object really looks like a crouching hare, around which carrots are scattered - they resemble smaller stones.
The far side of the Moon has a more pronounced relief, dotted with craters. Since it is not visible from the Earth, it is much less studied, and only photos from lunar rovers and satellites help to map and study it in detail.
The Chang'e-4 spacecraft delivered Yuytu-2 to the lunar surface in January 2019. Rover examines the soil and surface topography of the satellite in the 186 km wide Von Karman crater. Since the discovery of the mysterious object, the rover has been moving towards it for almost a month. In addition to the "jade hare", he discoveredthere is a strange gelatinous substance on the moon. Later scientists have establishedthat it is molten rock that appeared due to the fall of a meteorite.
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