Tianwen-1It is the first space probe sent to Mars by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). entrance to orbiting in February 2021. And she just produced an amazing photo of PhobosThe Mars’ largest moon.
On the day of the second anniversary of the Tianwen-1 launch, the CNSA released an image of Phobos, one of Mars’ moons, taken by # Tianwen 1HD camera. pic.twitter.com/CrXT8kajYt
China North Asia Space Flight (CNSpaceflight) 23 July 2022
The image was captured just in time, about 5,100 kilometers from the surface of this 27-kilometer natural satellite. in his ‘case full moon It reveals many craters on its surface with a PrecisionAn area of up to 50 square metres pixel. We discover in particular the Öpik crater, which has a diameter of about 2 kilometers. As a bonus, there are some grooves too.
Another success is attributed to an already occupied Chinese mission. Because we remember that the main task of Tianwen-1 was to take full medium resolution photos red planet. This was achieved a few weeks ago. The The rover landed on the surface of MarsAnd the Zurong will resume his surface exploration afterwinterMartian.
