Now, with China's Yutu-2 Lunar rover, as part of their
Chang'e 4 mission, another curiosity has been discovered,
this time on the far side of the Moon (above).
Yutu-2 is in the fortunate position of being capable of
getting closer to the feature. Assuming it will be directed
there, it has been stated that it could take 2-3 months, but
that could mean we will have an image showing this thing at
twice the size in a month's time.
I suspect the thing will be explained away; perhaps it's
just a large rock perched on the edge of the crater Yutu-2
is in, perhaps someone in the know will point out it's a
lost probe/lander from a previous mission (such as Soviet or
NASA - although that would be pretty cool to see).
The object has so far been verified by NASA's Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) (below).
![](Change-4-mystery-hut-orbital-view.jpeg)
Orbital view from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
of the Chang’e 4 lander (in square) and the ‘mystery hut’
object (arrow)
on the edge of a crater about 260 feet (80 meters) away.
From
the image above (click to enlarge), it is apparent to me
that the object is smaller than the Yutu-2 rover itself
(right), which is only 1.0 m tall and 1.5 m at its widest
point.
More info and sources [link].
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