will india's Pragyan rover meet China's Yutu 2

BY - rivanshi rakhRai

India's Pragyan and China's Yutu 2 are the only on rovers on the moon

Chandrayaan 3's Vikram lander, the Pragyan rover has effectively been deployed near the moon's south pole

Currently, the only active rover on the lunar surface besides India's is China's Yutu 2 rover, sent by Chang’e 4

Chandrayaan 3's Pragyan rover (L) Chang'e 4 Yutu 2 rover.(ISRO and CLEP/CNSA

Chang'e-4 landed in the Von Karman crater in the South Pole-Aitkin Basin on 3 January 2019

Landing coordinates were 45.4561 S latitude, 177.5885 E longitude

Chandrayaan 3 planned landing site for the Vikram lander was 69.367621 S, 32.348126 E

Distance between 2 active rovers (#Chandrayaan3 Rover and Chang'e 4 Rover) on Moon is approx 1891 kms (± 5kms)

In the coming year, China will attempt to gather the first-ever samples from the moon's far side through the Chang'e 6 mission