China’s first ‘Mars exploration’ has a huge collection of scientific data
BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — China’s National Space Administration on Sunday (Sept. 18). Revealed that China’s first Mars exploration mission Able to collect large amounts of scientific data
The Tianwen-1 mission orbiter has been operating smoothly for more than 780 days.
As of Thursday, Zhurong set off on the surface of Mars for 1,921 meters.
(September 15) Both ships completed their scientific exploration missions as intended. and collecting 1,480 gigabytes of raw scientific data
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft This includes the orbiter, lander and probe, landing on pre-selected landing areas. Utopia Planitia, a gigantic plain on Mars, on May 15, 2021, marks the first time China has landed a spacecraft on the planet.
Chinese researchers have carried out a detailed study of the general topography of the landing site. It includes concave topography, craters and trenches, and reveals important links between ridge formation and water activity.
when observing camera images and spectral data Researchers have found watery minerals in a slab near the landing site. This proves that there has been a lot of liquid water activity at the landing site since 1 billion years ago.
The researchers also found that the soil at the landing site had enormous load bearing and low friction. Combining camera images with traces of the probe’s movement and other information
These new data reveal the impact of wind and water activity on the geological evolution and environmental change on Mars. It supports the hypothesis that there was once an ocean on the Utopia Planitia Plain, and strengthens scientific understanding of the geological evolution and environmental change on Mars.
The researchers also used survey data from Tianwen-1. For scientific results, such as the relationship between the density of rocks on the Martian surface and the degree of surface erosion. Distribution of neutral ions and particles in space environments near Mars. including the gravitational field of Mars