Continuam seria noastra de articole despre asteroizi, cu partea a doua, dedicata misiunii Osiris-Apex. Spuneam in prima parte ca, la doar o cateva zile distanta de trecerea asteroidului Apophis pe langa Pamant, misiunea Osiris-Apex, o extensie de cel putin 18 luni a vechii misiuni NASA, Osiris-REx, va incerca o interceptie, initial de la o distanta de 4000 km, urmand sa se apropie progresiv de suprafata asteroidului.
OSIRIS_REx, de tipul ’sample return mission’, fusese lansata pe 8 septembrie 2016 de o racheta Atlas V de la Cape Canaveral si isi interceptase tinta, asteroidul Bennu (numar de catalog 101955) pe 3 decembrie 2018. Timp de 2 ani, misiunea ’Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security’ a navigat in tandem cu acesta, observandu-l indeaproape, inainte d...
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