Is Earth the second mini-moon discovery in 2020? Impossible.
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We’ve had a big moon overhead loom and you’d think “there’s a full moon.” But sometimes, the Earth becomes greedy and begins to pull into smaller asteroids for extended investments in orbit. A brief visit by this “mini-moon” is quite rare, with only two confirmed so far. The most recent came on February 15, while the smaller rock was the 2020 CD3 Discovered by astronomers In the Catalina Sky Survey funded by NASA. Gorgeous mini-moon It was captured by the Earth’s gravity in early 2015 and stayed with us until May 2020 before making a splash in the universe again.
But in the unprecedented year of 2020, astronomers have announced the discovery of another possible mini-moon: 2020 S.O.
Except this doesn’t behave like a small asteroid. Our mini-moon is no moon. It is moving very slowly to get out of the cosmic body. Therefore, astronomers say that from the early days of the space race, space is probably the only space junk left.
According to current theory, the 2020 SO is the body of the Atlas Centurion-D rocket, which was originally launched in 1966. The rocket was present on Sept. 20. The parameters published by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the orbit of the 2020 SO seem to be nicely aligned with the centrifugal body.
The object object will be captured by the Earth’s gravity bridge in October and will have a close approach on December 1, reaching a distance of about 31,000 miles. Astronomers should be able to get a closer look at an object object by assessing its shape and its luminosity.
If it’s the Centaur stage – if it’s junk – it’s still interesting junk. It has gone out, wandering the solar system for more than five decades. We will learn a little bit about the effect of space on our rocket bodies. And while that means lings won’t cause any trouble for the sexes, we can say that it works on time. Reminder of space junk issue.
Since we first started launching rockets and satellites into orbit, we are polluting the space around our planet. Everything that comes down from above does not come down immediately. Thousands of space junk, shattered satellites and small pieces of debris are moving very fast at the speed of the earth. Collisions with pieces of debris can be devastating, blowing a hole directly through a rocket or satellite. More launches mean more junk and more junk poses a huge risk to our desire to occupy spaceflight, satellites and space.
You don’t have to look back more than 24 hours to see how potential issues pose space debris. On tuesday The International Space Station had to “burn the maneuver” To avoid the unfamiliar part of the harmful cosmic trash towards him.
