NASA, ESA on Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment Mission
Researchers from the US, Europe and around the world come together to discuss a mission to destroy an asteroid in space and to prove the technique to be an effective way of defense against an emerging asteroid collision. Have been. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers, as well as other researchers from around the world, will meet in Rome from 11 September to 13 September to investigate progress in the mission, as Is known in Asteroid impact deflection estimation (AIDA).
The purpose of this mission is to dub Didymos a small part of a double asteroid. For this purpose, a spacecraft will be built to crash into the asteroid and later, another spacecraft will reach the asteroid to study the crash site and collect the necessary data on collision impacts according to the ESA.
During the three-day International AIDA Workshop in Rome, participants will share two spacecraft, double asteroid impact tests (DART) by NASA and Hera by ESA. DART will hit the asteroid in September 2022 at a speed of 6.6 km per second. An Italian satellite called Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) will travel with DART to monitor the effect. Subsequently, Hera will "closely survey the asteroid of the latter impact, obtaining measurements such as the asteroid's mass and detailed crater size." The results provided by Hera will help to ascertain the effectiveness of the collision and verify whether this experiment can actually be used as a reliable method to spread a real threat. Hera will be launched in October 2024 and will reach the asteroid approximately two years later.
Ian Carnelli, who is managing the Hera mission, said, "The dera can perform its mission without Hera - its impact on the asteroid's orbit will be due to the use of Earth-based observatories alone."
“But flying the two missions together will greatly increase the return of their overall knowledge. In fact Hera will collect the data needed to convert this unilateral experiment to the asteroid deflection technique applied to other asteroids. Hera will also be the first mission of a rendezvous with a binary asteroid system, a mysterious class of object believed to make up about 15 percent of all known asteroids.
"And our mission will test various important new technologies, including deep-space CubeSat, inter-satellite links and autonomous image-based navigation technology, while also providing us with valuable experience of low-gravity operations," Carnelli said.
The main body of the Didymos asteroid is about 780 meters wide, with a moon about 160 meters in diameter, roughly the size of the Great Pyramid of Egypt.
In its release, the ESA stated that Didymos was carefully selected. "Due to the relatively small mass and gravity of these bodies, small asteroids orbit at a lower velocity of a few centimeters per second than their parents, making it possible to move its orbit in a measurable way - something like this Which would not be achievable. ESA explained, "with a lone asteroid in a much more fast-moving solar orbit."
notes
For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Researchers from the US, Europe and around the world come together to discuss a mission to destroy an asteroid in space and to prove the technique to be an effective way of defense against an emerging asteroid collision. Have been. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers, as well as other researchers from around the world, will meet in Rome from 11 September to 13 September to investigate progress in the mission, as Is known in Asteroid impact deflection estimation (AIDA).
The purpose of this mission is to dub Didymos a small part of a double asteroid. For this purpose, a spacecraft will be built to crash into the asteroid and later, another spacecraft will reach the asteroid to study the crash site and collect the necessary data on collision impacts according to the ESA.
During the three-day International AIDA Workshop in Rome, participants will share two spacecraft, double asteroid impact tests (DART) by NASA and Hera by ESA. DART will hit the asteroid in September 2022 at a speed of 6.6 km per second. An Italian satellite called Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) will travel with DART to monitor the effect. Subsequently, Hera will "closely survey the asteroid of the latter impact, obtaining measurements such as the asteroid's mass and detailed crater size." The results provided by Hera will help to ascertain the effectiveness of the collision and verify whether this experiment can actually be used as a reliable method to spread a real threat. Hera will be launched in October 2024 and will reach the asteroid approximately two years later.
Ian Carnelli, who is managing the Hera mission, said, "The dera can perform its mission without Hera - its impact on the asteroid's orbit will be due to the use of Earth-based observatories alone."
“But flying the two missions together will greatly increase the return of their overall knowledge. In fact Hera will collect the data needed to convert this unilateral experiment to the asteroid deflection technique applied to other asteroids. Hera will also be the first mission of a rendezvous with a binary asteroid system, a mysterious class of object believed to make up about 15 percent of all known asteroids.
"And our mission will test various important new technologies, including deep-space CubeSat, inter-satellite links and autonomous image-based navigation technology, while also providing us with valuable experience of low-gravity operations," Carnelli said.
The main body of the Didymos asteroid is about 780 meters wide, with a moon about 160 meters in diameter, roughly the size of the Great Pyramid of Egypt.
In its release, the ESA stated that Didymos was carefully selected. "Due to the relatively small mass and gravity of these bodies, small asteroids orbit at a lower velocity of a few centimeters per second than their parents, making it possible to move its orbit in a measurable way - something like this Which would not be achievable. ESA explained, "with a lone asteroid in a much more fast-moving solar orbit."
notes
For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
No comments:
Post a Comment