LRO拍摄的旋转月球
(原标题: Rotating Moon from LRO)
2024-06-02
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目前还没有人看到月球这样旋转。这是因为月球被潮汐锁定在地球上，只向我们展示了一面。然而，利用现代数字技术，结合月球勘测轨道器（LRO）传回的许多详细图像，组成了一个高分辨率的虚拟月球旋转电影。这段特色的延时视频从月球的标准地球视角开始。然而，很快，东海（Mare Orientale）——一个巨大的陨石坑，中心是黑色的，从地球上很难看到——就在赤道下方旋转进入人们的视野。从整个农历月浓缩到24秒的视频中，可以清楚地看到，月球的地球一侧包含大量的黑暗月海，而月球的远端则由明亮的月球高地主导。目前，多个国家和公司正在积极开发超过32项新的月球任务，其中包括美国宇航局的阿尔忒弥斯计划，该计划旨在在未来几年内再次将人类送上月球。
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No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That's because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual Moon rotation movie has been composed. The featured time-lapse video starts with the standard Earth view of the Moon. Quickly, though, Mare Orientale, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see from the Earth, rotates into view just below the equator. From an entire lunar month condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly shows that the Earth side of the Moon contains an abundance of dark lunar maria, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright lunar highlands. Currently, over 32 new missions to the Moon are under active development from multiple countries and companies, including NASA's Artemis program which aims to land people on the Moon again within the next few years.