Here is a picture Earth The Moon. On the far right of the image is our planet. The MoonIt’s a bit harder to spot. Is it easy to spot?
This isn’t a prank. The Moon is there. The Lucy probe of NASA, which is a mission to asteroids near Jupiter and captured this image as it passed Earth on October 13.
This perspective is unique among spacecraft.
Although it varies, the average distance between Earth and the Moon is 238,855 miles. This distance is not that far on a cosmic scale. However, you could fit 30 Earths in that space. It took Apollo astronauts three days to reach the Moon.
NASA’s new lunar rocket is called the Space Launch SystemHe will spend 25 days on the Moon and make a U-turn to return to Earth. It is far away.
Can you see the Moon as shown in the picture below? Here’s a clue: It’s located on the left side.
Marina Koren, a staff reporter covering space at The AtlanticIt was difficult for her to see it.
“Each time I think I see it,” I wipe another dust particle off my screen. It is where? she SubmittedFollow us on Twitter.
It is right there.
Still don’t see it? Let’s increase the brightness.
That’s how far away is the Moon.
To get an additional boost towards Earth, the Lucy probe was flying past Earth. JupiterWith the force of gravity from our planet’s Earth, it flings itself towards the outer solar system.
The spacecraft’s camera captured these images as it zoomed past 380,000 miles to calibrate its instruments.
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