Since ancient times, Chang'e running to the moon is an ancient myth passed down from generation to generation. It is also because of this myth that we Chinese have a special complex for the moon. So in modern society, when Chang'e began to send It to the Moon, everyone was wondering where "Chang'e" on the Moon was? A few days ago, a square white object was found on the moon, and the regular shape was very surprising. Therefore, it has also aroused widespread concern from everyone.
For the first time in human history
The mystery of the universe is something that human beings have spent their entire lives exploring. As the earth's good friend moon, it is the focus of people's attention, so this discovery will talk about the great hero Chang'e 4. Chang'e-4 landed on the moon in 2018, and the probe Yutu-2 that has been with it has been working for nearly three years now. This discovery was filmed by Yutu No. 2.
This time, Chang'e-4 and Yutu-2 landed directly on the far side of the moon. Why land on the far side of the moon? This brings us to modern technology. By the time China launched Chang'e-3 to the moon, there were already 20 landers on the entire moon. But notice, all on the front of the moon. At this point the number of landers on the far side of the Moon is 0.
Therefore, human beings know a lot about the front of the moon, but the back side is still unknown. There have also been countries that have tried to explore the far side of the moon before, but the result given is because of the huge cost of manpower and material resources, so they have stopped exploring the far side of the moon. But for our country, don't we just do it? Of course not, it is precisely because it is difficult, so we have to overcome it.
And before you land, you know. The surface of the Moon is full of craters large and small. In particular, the upcoming landing site, the Antarctic-Aitken Basin. Everything about it is much more complicated than other terrain. The overall requirements for Chang'e-4 and Yutu-2 are much higher. This landing surpassed any other time, with the largest drop of 16.1 km. For Jade Rabbit and Chang'e 4, landing here is absolutely true love.
The difficulty of landing here, in addition to the height difference, is like a small boat sailing in the center of the storm at sea. This difficulty can be imagined.
But even with such difficulty, the state did not back down. Still chose to land on the far side of the moon. Because this landing is of great significance to the entire history of mankind. It will become a milestone in the history of spaceflight.
Mysterious Moon
This landing will allow humans to formally establish monitoring points on the far side of the moon. It has important implications for observing the original signals of the solar system. In this way, it is equivalent to crossing the entire moon, so there is a big barrier, which is of great significance for exploring the mysterious universe. Therefore, overcoming difficulties and landing successfully has become a must-do thing.
Then Yutu-2 continued its lunar exploration journey. And the whole process is also very slow. Doesn't the old saying that time passes in heaven passes much more slowly than on earth, and it actually is. The reason for this time difference is mainly because the moon rotates much more slowly than the Earth, and then because of the tidal effect. So time pulls back, and one day and night on the Moon is equivalent to 27 days and nights on Earth. Therefore, living in heaven can really "stay young forever"!
On the other hand, the moon's day-night cycle is very long, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large. Therefore, Yutu-2 can only turn on the working mode during the day. As the saying goes, Guanghan Palace cold is not unreasonable! At night, the "little bunny" went to sleep. In the next time, the "Little Rabbit" and Chang'e 4 will be directly awakened when illuminated. After waking up they continue to enter working mode.
As we all know, the moon is facing the earth on one side and facing the earth on the other. So when people land on the moon, they land on this side of the earth. So the side with its back to the earth is mysterious to humanity. Therefore, there are many theories circulating, and this discovery is not directly on this side of the earth, so it makes people have many associations.
There is a saying that the reason why the moon is facing the earth is because someone has been monitoring the earth. The side with its back to earth happens to be the base for monitoring humans. So that's why there will always be people with their backs to Earth. And this claim comes from the United States moon landing.
50 years ago, The United States manned spacecraft first landed on the moon. During that moon landing, American astronauts also ingested a large number of photos. The first is before landing, in orbit on the Moon. As you can see, there are many seemingly abandoned bases on the surface of the moon. There are also some, such as architectural land. And from a distance, many ring bases look like the imprints left by alien spaceships, and even more likely UFOs have crashed and speculation ensued.
But in fact, as we get closer and closer to the moon, people can clearly see that the previous foundations and ring bases are all the shadows of a kind of rock on the lunar surface. This is formed by the rock tongue topography.
Nevertheless, the subsequent act of the United States made some people convinced that there was an alien base on the moon. After the United States first landed on the moon, the United States has not had a lunar exploration operation. For nearly half a century, the United States has never explored the moon again. There are some rumors that the United States was warned by aliens and therefore no longer landed on the moon, which also deepened the mystery of the moon.
But in fact, the moon is different from the earth, and the surface of the moon does not have an atmosphere, so it is very clear. As a result, many satellites have also mapped the Moon. Previous Apollo landing sites can be mapped, including China's Chang'e landing site.
But even so, such a discovery cannot be said to be of great significance. But its mystery is also unknown. So Jade Rabbit II began to march continuously towards this mysterious regular object. In the process of traveling, Jade Rabbit No. 2 was not idle. As we walked, we took new pictures and sent them to Earth. The surrounding environment had been being probed long before this discovery.
Will the discovery of Yutu No. 2 still bring us surprises?
This time the discovery is this regular object 80 meters away, and the carbonaceous chondrite meteorite was found in Yutu-2 before. The discovery of meteorite particles became the first time in human history. Then some people will say, wasn't this meteorite discovered by the American Apollo 50 years ago? At that time, after the Apollo manned landing on the moon, meteorites were found on the moon, which was the first time in human history?
To explain to you, the difference is that the carbonaceous chondrite meteorite discovered by our Yutu II was found on the far side of the moon. As mentioned earlier, for the earth, the moon is only facing the earth on one side, and on the other side, the earth cannot see. So for the other side of the exploration, it has always been challenging. The second point is that this discovery was made through its own technology, that is, remote sensing, without contact with lunar samples. At the time of its discovery, Yutu-2 was still hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from this meteorite.
It doesn't stop there. There is water on the surface of the moon, which has been one of the focuses of people's research for a long time. The discovery of Jade Rabbit II can also be explained in part. Carbonaceous chondrites are a relatively rare class of meteorites, which are less than 5% of the meteorites currently known to humans.
According to the study of the meteorite, it was found that the meteorite came to the moon for less than 1 million years. And the meteorite is rich in water and minerals, which explains the source of some of the water resources in the moon. And it comes from the distant solar system, so it can bring people the secrets of the solar system. After all, the mysterious primitive form of the solar system is of great significance to human research.
In fact, there are more discoveries before Yutu II, but many of them are natural phenomena and have not found the trajectory of biological activities. Take aliens, for example. As early as 2019, Shortly after Yutu-2 landed on the moon, some gel-like substances were discovered. Isn't this kind of substance at first glance the gel of human society? Is there really Chang'e living on the moon?
In fact, after the research of Chinese researchers on it, the final conclusion was given that it is not the gel of human society. It is just a glass-like crystal produced by meteorites at a specific temperature and environment when they hit the moon. This crystal itself is not very rare.
For this discovery, researchers in China believe that the high probability should be a kind of rock. Even if it is a kind of rock, such a regular rock, not artificial, can grow like this, it is really rare. Because there has always been no shortage of rocks on the moon, but in general, in the natural state, it is difficult to achieve such a regular shape.
epilogue:
It is understood that so far, Yutu-2 is still nearly 80 meters away from this regular object. This distance will take about two or three months to reach. That means we'll have to see it in February or March next year.
Whatever the true face of this mysterious object, they are amazed by the development of national science and technology. The original Yutu-2, before landing on the moon, researchers expected it to be able to work for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of one year. But now that 3 years have passed, Jade Rabbit Ii is still working hard. The "little bunny" who works so hard is really something that people have to love. Let's look forward to the mysterious gift that this "little bunny" brings us!