Yutu rover reveals subsurface structure of the Moon

• 来源期刊: 中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（8）
• 页码范围: 108
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11433-015-5681-8

摘要

Chinese lunar mission Chang'E-3 is the latest in-situ exploration to the Moon after the Apollo and Luna missions finished 40 years ago.It is composed of a lander and a rover (Yutu:named after the jade rabbit on the Moon in a Chinese fairy tale).Yutu rover is equipped with several scientific instruments including a lunar penetrating radar (LPR),whose measurement has never been carried out on a rover.After integrating the LPR data with other in-situ and geological informations,Xiao et al.[1] discovered several subsurface layers in northern Mare Imbrium,which reveals a much more complex geological history than previous thought.