El Ulwandle Lokuthula Yindawo enkulu yenyanga. Nakuba laziwa ngegama lolwandle, akuyona indawo egcwele amanzi. Yindawo lapho imojuli yenyanga yomkhumbi we-Apollo 11 yahlala khona. Indawo ethile lapho ifike khona yaziwa ngokuthi i-Tranquility Base.
Kulesi sihloko sizokutshela konke okudingeka ukwazi mayelana noLwandle Lokuthula, izici zalo, umsuka wegama nokunye okuningi.
Luyini uLwandle Lokuthula?
Empeleni, uLwandle Lokuzola alulona ulwandle lwamanzi olufana nalolu esinalo lapha eMhlabeni. Kunalokho iyithafa elikhulu kakhulu elitholakala phezu kweNyanga, isathelayithi yethu yemvelo. Leli thafa litholakala phezulu eNyangeni futhi libonakala eMhlabeni ngosizo lwezibonakude. Igama ngenxa yokubukeka kwalo, kusukela ibukeka njengendawo eyisicaba futhi ebushelelezi uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izindawo ezinezintaba nezimangelengele eNyangeni.
Le ndawo ibalulekile ngoba yiyona ndawo lapho umuntu anyathela khona iNyanga okokuqala. Ngo-1969, i-NASA's Apollo 11 mission yafika kuleli thafa lenyanga osomkhathi u-Neil Armstrong no-Edwin Buzz Aldrin bahamba phezu kwayo. Kwakuyisikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando esaphawula ingqopha-mlando ekuhloleni indawo.
Ngaphezu kokuba isizinda sokuhlala kwenyanga yomuntu okokuqala, uLwandle Lokuzola lube yisihloko sezifundo zesayensi ezimbalwa kanye nokuhlolwa komkhathi. Ososayensi bahlaziye amadwala nenhlabathi yaleli thafa lenyanga ukuze bafunde kabanzi ngomlando weNyanga kanye nokwakheka kwayo.
Imishini eminingi yamarobhothi nayo yenziwe esifundeni soLwandle Lokuthula. Ngo-2013, isibonelo, Umkhumbi-mkhathi waseChina i-Chang'e 3 wehlela kuleli thafa lenyanga futhi wafaka i-rover ukuze uhlole indawo. Amanye amazwe nawo athumele izimishini ukuyofunda le ndawo, okuhlanganisa i-United States, iRussia, neJapan.
Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kwayo kwesayensi, futhi iyindawo enentshisekelo yomlando namasiko. Imikhondo eshiywe osomkhathi endaweni yayo ibhekwa njengesikhumbuzo sokuhlola indawo futhi ivikelwe njengefa lomlando.
Kungani i-Apollo 11 ifike lapha?
I-Apollo 11 yahlala oLwandle Lokuthula ngezizathu eziningana. Okokuqala, ososayensi babefuna ukukhetha indawo yokuhlala enendawo eyisicaba futhi ebushelelezi ngokwanele ukuze umkhumbi-mkhathi uhlale ngokuphepha. Ithafa loLwandle Lokuthula kwakungenye yezindawo eziyisicaba futhi ezibushelelezi eNyangeni, okwenze kwaba ukukhetha okuhle kokufika.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ososayensi bafuna ukukhetha indawo enendawo ethokozisayo nengase ibaluleke kakhulu ocwaningweni lwesayensi. Le ndawo ngaphambilini yayike yathwetshulwa umkhumbi-mkhathi ongenamuntu futhi bekwaziwa ukuthi inokwakheka okufanayo kwezinye izindawo eNyangeni. Ngakho-ke, ososayensi bacabanga ukuthi kungaba indawo enhle yokuqoqa amasampula futhi batadishe ukwakheka komhlabathi wenyanga.
Ekugcineni, kwaba nombuzo wokuvikeleka. Uma kukhona okungahambanga kahle ngesikhathi sokufika, osomkhathi bangazama ukuhlala endaweni eseduze nethafa nayo yayinendawo eyisicaba ngokwanele futhi ebushelelezi.
I-Moon Morphology
INyanga ine-morphology ehluke kakhulu eMhlabeni. Esikhundleni sokuba nezilwandle, izintaba, namazwekazi njengoMhlaba, iNyanga ngokuvamile iyidwala elilodwa elikhulu, elingaphili. Ubuso beNyanga bumbozwe yimigodi, izintaba, amathafa nezigodi. Ama-crater ayizindilinga ezakhiwe lapho ama-asteroids nezinye izinto zithinta indawo yenyanga. Izintaba nezintaba kuwukwakheka kwamadwala aphakama ngaphezu komhlaba. Amathafa ayizindawo eziyisicaba, ezibushelelezi, njengoLwandle Lokuthula. Izigodi ziyizindawo ezicindezelekile endaweni yenyanga.
INyanga iphinde ibe nezici ezihlukile eziyenza yehluke eMhlabeni. Isibonelo, inendawo enothuli futhi emile, okusho ukuthi izinto azinyakazi kalula njengaseMhlabeni. Ibuye iswele umoya ominyene, okusho ukuthi asikho isimo sezulu, akukho moya, akukho mvula eNyangeni.
Umsuka wegama elithi Sea of Tranquility
Igama elithi Sea of Tranquility lanikezwa leli thafa izazi zezinkanyezi zokuqala ukulibuka ngezibonakude eziseMhlabeni. Isifunda sibonakala siyisicaba futhi sibushelelezi, futhi izazi zezinkanyezi zakuqala zazicabanga ukuthi ifana nendawo yamanzi ezolile.
Leli gama lihlehlela emuva ekhulwini le-11, lapho isazi sezinkanyezi sase-Italy u-Giovanni Riccioli siqamba lesi sifunda ngokuthi "Mare Tranquillitatis" ebalazweni laso lenyanga. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, igama elithi Sea of Tranquility liye lasetshenziswa ukubhekisela kuleli thafa lenyanga, futhi kwakuyigama elisemthethweni elanikezwa lona lapho umkhankaso we-Apollo 1969 ufika lapho ngo-XNUMX.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi nakuba igama liphakamisa ukuthi amanzi amaningi, empeleni awekho amanzi eNyangeni.
Inyanga ifika oLwandle Lokuthula
Ukufika kokuqala eNyangeni kwenziwa i-Apollo 11 mission ngo-1969. Kwakuyingqophamlando esintwini, kusukela lapho. kwakungokokuqala ukuthi umuntu anyathele komunye umhlaba. Ukuhlalisa kwenziwa osomkhathi u-Neil Armstrong no-Edwin Buzz Aldrin. Ngemuva kwemodyuli yenyanga, ebizwa ngokuthi "Ukhozi", ikhishwe kumojula yomyalo emzileni wenyanga, u-Armstrong wathatha izintambo futhi waqala ukuqondisa umkhumbi obheke oLwandle Lokuthula, lapho indawo yokufika yayikhethiwe.
Inqubo yokufika yayiyinkimbinkimbi futhi idinga ukunemba okukhulu. U-Armstrong kwadingeka aqondise umkhumbi kancane kancane ukuya phezulu, egcina isivinini esingaguquki futhi eqinisekisa ukuthi umkhumbi uhlala endaweni ephephile futhi ezinzile. Konke lokhu kwakufanele kwenziwe ngesikhathi esilinganiselwe sikaphethiloli futhi ngenkathi kugcinwa ukuxhumana njalo nabasebenzi baseMhlabeni.
Ekugcineni, ngemva kwesikhashana esishubile, u-Armstrong wamemezela: "Ukhozi lufikile". Kwakuyisikhathi esijabulisayo emhlabeni wonke, njengoba isintu sase sifinyelele ingqopha-mlando. U-Armstrong no-Aldrin bashiye imojuli yenyanga ukuze bahlole indawo yenyanga futhi baqoqe amasampula edwala. Bachithe amahora ambalwa eNyangeni ngaphambi kokubuyela kumojula yenyanga futhi baphinde bajoyina uMichael Collins, owayezungeza iNyanga kumojula yomyalo.
Ngithemba ukuthi ngalolu lwazi ungafunda kabanzi mayelana noLwandle Lokuthula kanye nezici zalo.