猎户座和风暴的海洋
(原标题: Orion and the Ocean of Storms)
2022-12-08
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12月5日，无人驾驶的“猎户座”飞船在返回月球时，用相机拍下了这张照片。在猎户座的一个扩展的太阳能阵列的下面，是沿着Procellarum洋神的西部边缘的黑暗，光滑的地形。在月球近侧突出的是风暴海，它是月球熔岩泛滥的海中最大的一个。月相明暗线，月夜和月日之间的阴影线，沿着画面的左侧。直径41公里的马里乌斯陨石坑位于顶部中心，开普勒射线陨石坑位于太阳阵列翼的右侧边缘。开普勒的明亮光线向北和向西延伸，到达地面黑暗的马略。当然，猎户座飞船现在正朝着12月11日溅落在地球上被水淹没的太平洋。
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A camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view on December 5 as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Below one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Prominent on the lunar nearside Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms, is the largest of the Moon's lava-flooded maria. The lunar terminator, shadow line between lunar night and day, runs along the left of the frame. The 41 kilometer diameter crater Marius is top center, with ray crater Kepler peeking in at the edge, just right of the solar array wing. Kepler's bright rays extend to the north and west, reaching the dark-floored Marius. Of course the Orion spacecraft is now headed toward a December 11 splashdown in planet Earth's water-flooded Pacific Ocean.