NASA Location available Where it collided The mysterious “uncontrolled” rocket that hits the dark side By the moon In early March this year.
Photos taken by LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) American Space Agency On May 25, they uncovered the double abyss formed by the impact of the rocket.
The identity of the rocket body is “not clear,” NASA revealed last week that the crater was actually “two craters”: one, the eastern crater, 60 feet (18 m) in diameter, is 52 feet (16) west of each crater. other. meters) in diameter.
The new findings may indicate that the rocket body that collides with the moon’s surface may have large masses at each end, according to Mark Robinson, lead researcher on the LRO camera team.
«Usually the mass accumulates at the end of the rocket engine; The rest of the rocket phase consists primarily of an empty fuel tank. Since the appearance of the rocket body is uncertain, the duality of the abyss will help to mark its identity, says Dr. Robinson.
“No other rocket impact on the moon has created double craters,” NASA said in a blog post.
Some Astronomers say If it was struck at a shallow angle, it may have formed a double abyss.
The object, which traveled in space at a speed of 60,000 miles (96,500 kilometers) per hour, was originally suspected of being a rocket booster. SpaceX Hawk 9.
But the researchers led by Vishnu Reddy at the university Arizona Inside United States., A close observer of the rotation and reflection of light from a used rocket suggested that it may have been Chinese descent.
They have claimed that space debris may have been part of the rocket that launched China’s Chang 5-D1 spacecraft to the moon in 2014, which China has denied.
There have been several cases in the past where debris hit the surface of the moon, including Luna 2. Soviet Union In 1959, experts reported that the rocket’s runway collision was the first due to space debris traveling in space.
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