The "moon cube" is no longer a mystery. The rock is not shaped like a cube.
The Yutu-2 rover discovered a gray cube on the lunar horizon in December. The China National Space Administration dubbed it a "mysterious hut" because they thought it might be an alien house.
News reports called it a cube.
The Yutu-2 image of the "mysterious hut" was published by China.
Our space is CNSA/CLEP.
According to the website "Our space," the agency prepared to drive a rover toward the object, which was estimated to be about 80 meters away. It would take two or three months to reach the cube.
The rover is close enough to see that the hut is a rock. It was a simple trick of perspective, light, and shadow.
The latest photo of the target was published by "Our space" on Friday.
The Yutu-2 image of the "mysterious hut" was published by China.
Our space is CNSA/CLEP.
The rock is shaped like a rabbit, with smaller rocks in front of it that look like a carrot, according to a ground controller. The rock's name is now "Jade Rabbit" because of the rover's name.
The Chang'e-4 lander touched down on the lunar surface in January of 2019. 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.
The Yutu-2 rover is on the far side of the moon.
China's National Space Administration.
The Yutu-2 had plenty of time to chase the cube after the rover had survived for three months.
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