China announced the loss of the loot rover Yuta, who unexpectedly woke up



    Many managed to prematurely say goodbye to the lunar rover , which has been on the surface of the moon since December 14, 2013.

    On January 25, a crash occurred, due to which Uyut could not be put to sleep before dark. Officials later explained that the failure occurred "due to high radiation, relatively weak gravity and extreme temperature differences." A night on the moon lasts about 14 Earth days, so the robot simply could not hold out all this time in normal mode, with the solar panels deployed, the battery turned on without heating at -180 ° C.

    Unfortunately, immediately after the appearance of the Sun, the device did not answer the callsign. There was confidence that he did not survive the moonlit night. Chang'e 3 landing modulesuccessfully woke up on February 10th.

    If so, then "Yuytu" will forever remain here of N 19.51 ° 44.12 ° the W . At least, these are its last coordinates.



    This is truly the tragic end of the lunar rover, which, according to the results of the popular vote, was named after the Lunar Hare , a mythological character present in the folklore of many countries.

    More than 300 thousand Chinese people subscribed to the Yuta weibo-account and followed the news. They all read his last tweet: “Goodbye, Earth. Goodbye, humanity. " UPD

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    13.02. Today, nevertheless, a signal has been fixed that may belong to the lunar rover. A new post has been posted in his weibo account: “My“ red flag ”is still not in my hand. The issue is still unresolved. Masters are pleased to announce that they are still working. ”

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