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   Alain Fournier to All   
   Hut on the Moon   
   11 Dec 21 20:10:13   
   
   From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   You probably heard about the "Hut on the Moon" that China's Yutu 2 rover   
   has spotted. I don't think the hut itself is interesting but what I   
   don't understand is why the image provided by China is so blurry.   
   earthsky.org/space/mystery-hut-yutu-2-rover-far-side-of-moon-china/   
   The hut is supposed to be about 80 m away. At that distance a hut should   
   be easy to see. Maybe the thing is very small and the image in the press   
   releases is a blow up of a small portion of the actual image. But then   
   calling it a hut would be a strange name for it. If it is really very   
   small, calling it a die would make more sense.   
      
   Then there is also the fact that they say that it will take 2-3 lunar   
   days (months) for the rover to get there. That would be an average speed   
   of about 5 cm per hour. I know rovers can be slow, but that is a little   
   ridiculous.   
      
   So does anyone know at which speed Yutu 2 can roll and what resolution   
   its cameras have? Does anyone know that there has been some kind of   
   error in those news releases?   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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