As the widely considered dreadful year of 2020 approaches, NASA has issued a warning about five asteroids due to shoot on Earth on Wednesday and this weekend, two of which will be closer to our planet than the moon.
Some three space stones in diameter ranging from approximately the telephone pole size to the end of London’s two buses orbit the earth on Wednesday.
An 11-meter asteroid named 2020 XF4 will fly by 343,000km (213,130 miles) followed by a 24-meter 2020 VY1 at five million kilometers, 2020 XS5 will bring the rear to an equally safe distance of three million km. For reference, the average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 385,000 kilometers (239,000 miles).
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On Friday, the weekend is starting for many, on Friday, the relatively small 6.6-meter 2020 XX3 will scream at Earth at a distance of 57,100 km, followed immediately by a 30-meter space rock 2020 XF3. w.9 million km
Meanwhile, in more positive news, after seeing an unexpectedly large amount of dust and gas taken from the planet Rayugu, Japanese scientists are excited by the Haibusa 2 probe, after opening the Ciablad capsule.
To potentially unlock some of the mysteries of the universe, including the origin of life on Earth, the Hayabusa craft made a round trip of about 400 million kilometers to collect and retrieve samples derived from distant asteroids.
This mission can also achieve the best in the situation of optimizing the defense of our planets that the underlying asteroids go no closer than this week’s collection of cosmic artillery.
“I was shocked when we actually opened it. It was more than we expected and there was so much that I was really impressed with, ” Said Hirotaka Savada, a scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JXA).
“It wasn’t nice particles like powder, but it had lots of samples that measured several millimeters all over.”
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Preliminary examinations show that samples are included “Plenty of organic matter” Seichiro Watanabe, a Hayabusa project scientist and professor at the University of Nagoya.
As more experiments and studies have been conducted here on Earth, the Haibusa 2 probe is moving to continue its goal and will visit two other asteroids in the hunt for answers about life and the universe.
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