來自 LRO 的旋轉月球
Rotating Moon from LRO
發表日期：2024-06-02
目前，沒有人看到月球像這樣旋轉。這是因為地球的月球被潮汐鎖定在地球上，只能向我們展示一面。 然而，利用現代數字技術，結合月球勘測軌道器（LRO）傳回的許多詳細影像，我們製作了一部高解析度的虛擬月球自轉影片。這段延時影片以月球的標準地球視角開始。但很快，東方母星（Mare Orientale）就旋轉到了赤道下方的視野中，這是一個從地球上很難看到的大隕石坑，中心很暗。 影片將整個月球月濃縮為 24 秒，清晰地顯示出月球地球一側有大量暗色的月沼，而月球遠側則以明亮的月球高地為主。目前，多個國家和公司正在積極開發超過 32 項新的登月任務，其中包括美國國家航空航天局的阿耳特彌斯計劃，該計劃的目標是在未來幾年內讓人類再次登陸月球。
原文：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.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖（Astronomy Picture of the Day，APOD），原文為英文，正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理，內容僅供參考，若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒！
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