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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>After 1,000 days of operation, the Chinese rover traversed a distance of 839 metres on the lunar surface. As China\u2019s Yutu-2 lunar rover set off to investigate a peculiar shape dubbed the \u201cmoon cube,\u201d which the craft spotted earlier this month, the rover will take its time travelling to it.<\/p>\n

According to VICE, however, there’s a good reason why it may take about two to three lunar days, \u201cor two to three months on Earth,\u201d for the rover to reach the object supposedly located about 80 metres away.<\/p>\n

As the media outlet explains, while Yutu-2 has a designed maximum speed of 200 metres per hour, in reality, the rover does not plough ahead at full speed. The craft also makes stops to conduct research, and it has to halt its operations when it becomes too cold during the lunar night.<\/p>\n

The complicated nature of the rover\u2019s navigation process thus results in the rover moving \u201cvery slowly but surely,\u201d the media outlet notes, pointing out that by the end of September, after 1,000 days of operation, Yutu-2 covered a distance of 839 metres.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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