Station Hayabusa-2 asteroid shoots Ryugu

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Станция Хаябуса-2 выстрелит в астероид РюгуThe station will attempt to collect samples of asteroid soil.

Japanese space station “Hayabusa-2” on February 22, fired at the asteroid Ryugu pathammavong bullet. The next flyby of the asteroid, which will take place in a few minutes, she will try to gather particles of soil, which will rise from the surface of the Ryuga.

Trying to collect samples of asteroid soil was to take place last year but was postponed. When designing the station, the researchers proceeded from the fact that the surface of an asteroid covered with regolith (rock dust). However, when the “Hayabusa-2” flew to the Ryuga, he turned out to be dotted with small and large stones, and “field” with the regolith on it.

Attempt shelling was moved to 2019, and the researchers recreated the consequences of fire, rocky ground. The tests included a firing of the pelvis with stones that mimic the surface of the Ryuga. It turned out that the installed on the probe the instrument is likely to cope with unexpected difficulties.

Station “Hayabusa-2” was launched on 3rd December 2014. Its objective is the delivery of soil samples from the asteroid Ryugu. According to the researchers, the study of the chemical properties of matter will allow scientists to judge the composition protocolecho nebula.

“Hayabusa-2” will explore the asteroid in about 1.5 years, and then descend to the surface of module the MASCOT where you installed the spectrometer, a magnetometer, a radiometer and a camera. After taking soil samples from the surface of the Ryugu station will go back to Earth and drop a capsule with the substance of the asteroid in December 2020.

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