﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Tomorrow's picture: stars are born __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2106/ZhurongRover_CNSA_1920.jpg 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 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210614.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210615 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210616.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/