On Monday (Apr. 24), the China National Space Administration and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly publish a complete set of images of Mars obtained from China's first Mars exploration mission.
The above series of color images of Mars were released at the opening ceremony of Space Day of China in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.
These images consist of a projection of the eastern and western hemispheres of Mars. Robinson Map Projection of Mars Including the Mercator projection and Mars fixed map projection. which was processed according to the mapping standard with a spatial resolution of 76 m.
The images are based on 14,757 images obtained from remote sensing cameras on the Tianwen-1 orbiter over an eight-month period from November 2021 to July 2022, according to the WHO.
Incidentally, the Tianwen-1 mission It includes an orbiter, a lander, and a surface probe. It was launched into deep space on July 23, 2020, and entered Mars orbit after a journey of 202 days.
The lander carrying the Jurong surface probe landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, in the southern part of Utopia Panitia, a massive plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars. By Zhu Rong running down from the landing platform to touch the surface of Mars on May 22, 2021 to start exploring this red planet.
Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission It said the complete set of Mars images would be a better quality basemap for Mars exploration and scientific research.
“Tianwen-1 Tianwen-1 has made important contributions to human deep space exploration," said Zhang, adding that the scientific data of Tianwen-1 will be published. To the world from May 1
The researchers also identified numerous geographical indications of the landing site from high-resolution images of Mars. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named 22 indications after the historical and cultural villages and towns of less than 100,000 people in China.
“Scientific exploration data obtained from the Tianwen-1 mission. will contribute to human in-depth knowledge of Mars,” the organization said.
According to the WHO, Tianwen-1 orbiter Mars was examined from a distance on June 29, 2022 by the Tianwen-1 orbiter. It has been operating in good condition for more than 1000 days and is still accumulating raw data from remote sensing. The Jurong surface probe has traveled 1,921 meters on Mars
Source: Thai News Agency