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                                2021 June 15
     [2]The picture shows Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a close pass of
    NASA's Juno spacecraft. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                         Zhurong: New Rover on Mars
            Image Credit: [3]China National Space Administration

   Explanation: There's a new rover on Mars. In mid-May, [4]China's
   [5]Tianwen-1 mission delivered the [6]Zhurong rover onto the [7]red
   planet. As Mars means Planet of Fire in Chinese, the [8]Zhurong rover's
   name means, roughly, God of Fire in [9]Chinese mythology. Zhurong
   landed in northern [10]Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin
   in the Solar System, and [11]an area reported to have [12]much
   underground ice. Among many other [13]scientific instruments, Zhurong
   carries [14]ground-penetrating radar that can detect ice buried even
   100-meters deep. Car-sized Zhurong is pictured here next to its landing
   base. [15]The image was snapped by a remote camera deployed by the
   rolling rover. [16]Zhurong's planned 90-day mission includes studying
   the geology, soil, and atmosphere of Mars in [17]Utopia Planitia.

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    Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell
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   3. http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong_(rover)
   7. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_Planitia
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210521.html
  12. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/mars-ice-deposit-holds-as-much-water-as-lake-superior
  13. https://www.universetoday.com/151321/zhurong-is-rolling-on-mars/
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-penetrating_radar
  15. http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6759533/c6812126/content.html
  16. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news/2021/06/01/chinas-zhurong-rover-lands-on-mars/
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong_(rover)#Gallery
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