In about three weeks, on March 4, a large rocket left in space for a long time will crash on the moon as it is trapped between the gravity of the earth and that of the moon.
However, if until now it was thought that it was a Falcon type missile launched by SpaceX on February 11, 2015, it is now estimated that it was the remains of a large Chinese rocket launched into space about a year earlier, in October 2014.
The rocket, called "Changa", was first spotted by Bill Gray, an astronomical software developer named "Plato Project".
However, if Gray initially thought it was a SpaceX rocket, NASA scientists who examined the data questioned it, and now it seems that the re-calculations of bone movement point to the Chinese source of the rocket.
He must be happy.
Elon Musk, one of the owners of "Space X", in 2020, Photo: AP
In any case, the object, which weighs four tons, is moving at a record speed of about 9,173 km / h, and from the force of the impact, an impact pit about 20 meters in diameter is expected to form. Using NASA's satellite, which orbits the moon, or by a research satellite of the Indian Space Agency, which is also in the area where the impact is now estimated to occur.
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