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The illustration shows NASA’s Osris-Opex spacecraft when it monitors the alternation of asteroid apophis through the Earth in 2029. April | Credit: Robert Lea/NASA
The mission trio goes forward and explored almost Earth’s asteroid Apophis during his close meeting with our planet in 2029.
1100 feet wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis There is a close but harmless brush with the ground on Friday, 2029. April 13, and agencies around the world want to take advantage of all opportunities. a unique option;
Ramses (a brief ‘fast apophis mission for space safety’), a European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Created Based on Hera Mission to follow asteroid directed at NASA Darts Planetary defense The mission progresses well, says Monica Lazzari, a professor at the University of Padua in Italy. Lazzari introduced the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) and the Planetary Science Division (DPS) update in Helsinki on September 8.
Ramses, planned to be launched in 2028. In the spring, seeks to get up close to Apophis and describe asteroid In detail, including its orbit, rotary state, internal structure and surface changes, and to investigate how it affects the force of natural flooding from a close collision with earth, lazzarin said.
However, the mission requires the final financing decision from the essential ESA in the Bremen, Germany, in the end of November, when the agency’s Member States come together to make the most important decisions on future space missions and strategies.
If he flies, ramses also carry two Cubesats that will be released before a closed meeting, one of which Can land on the asteroidCarrying navigation chambers, seismometer and magnetometer. The mission will also include international cooperation with the Japanese Aviation and Space Exploration Agency (Jaxa) Provision of thermal infrared chamber and other instruments.
In addition, Jaxa has its plans to visit Apophis. His Fate+ a mission to investigate the body of parents Geminid meteor showerThe Epsilon solid fuel rocket was hit by the development of the delay in developing the missile initially planned.
But the delay gave a new chance but the mission will now face 3200 Phathon; Lazzarin said Ramses will appear along with Destiny+on Japanese flagship H3 rocket;
NASA is also involved in observing Apophis. Agencies Osiris-Opexan advanced agency project mission to take asteroid To determinePreparing and getting ready for a meeting with Apophis, Michael Nolan, deputy chief investigator of the mission, said at the EPSC-DPS meeting.
Although this mission is already in space and along the way, its status is undecided. A short administration budget request this year would see the canceled Osiris-Opex; Despite the budget challenges, the mission will take place with plans for the Asteroid meeting, assuming that the continuation, hoping that Congress would adopt a draft law that contains a mission to maintain a mission.
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At the same time, three spacecraft, if all right, will connect to better understand the Apophis and its encounter with the earth than otherwise. The operating team discusses coordination activities to optimize observations and data collection.
“The spacecraft has different strengths,” Nolan said. “When scientific teams talk to each other, we can say, ‘If you do this observation, we can do it’ and that is a better thing than any of us could do separately.”
Apophis will safely bring the land closer to the orbit of the orbit of geosynchronous satellites in 2029. April 13, also visiting a spacecraft, 2 billion people will be able to see the event with the naked eye.