'Silver Surfer' On Moon? NASA Pics Go Viral
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10 April 2024
NASA has captured a mysterious, surfboard-shaped object near the surface of the moon
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The photo was taken by the space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and posted on NASA's website
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It shows a thin horizontal line of an object resembling the board of the Marvel's 'Silver Surfer' character
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As the image started gaining traction, it created a buzz on social media with users wanting to know what it is
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Turns out it is a lunar orbiter called Danuri that was sent to the Moon by South Korea
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The photo was captured when the LRO and Danuri zipped passed each other between March 5 and 6
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The surfboard-type appearance is due to the fact that both were moving at extremely fast velocities
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The Danuri has been orbiting the moon since December 2022
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While it is South Korea's first spacecraft at the moon, the LRO has been circling it for 15 years
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