Our universe is full of meteorites and bodies that come to orbit around our universe and some of them tend to pass very close to planet earth. For something the NASA scientists they are always aware of the dangers that these objects may represent in case of will hit the planet.
NASA recently published a series of high impact photographs of the now famous death asteroid, known as Determining. The images were captured from the spacecraft Osiris Rex during a rehearsal of what is the next collection of samples of this huge rock.
Another incredible view from last week’s Matchpoint rehearsal!
This image series shows the navigation camera’s perspective during the event, as well as my closest approach of ~131 feet (~40 meters). Near the end, site Nightingale comes into view at the top of the frame. pic.twitter.com/34SRzrP11m— NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) August 18, 2020
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Osiris Rex Maneuvers
The ship performed maneuvers of practice in a final sampling sequence that take place in October, and then carry out a combustion back.
This operation was done on space Nightingale, which is the site of the main collection of samples from Osiris Rex, as it is inside the crater in the northern hemisphere of the same asteroid.
This test lasted approximately four hours, by which it is the spaceship ran samples tracing. In this process, the sequence of images lasts approximately 180 minutes, said sequence was created using more than 290 images, They were captured by a spaceship with powerful cameras. Finally, they made a final turn by pointing the camera toward the surface of the asteroid.
From yesterday’s rehearsal — my best view of Bennu yet!
This series of images was taken over a 13-min span — it begins ~420 ft (128 m) above Bennu and runs through the Matchpoint burn, with the last image taken ~144 ft (44 m) above the surface. pic.twitter.com/NCmw2xC5Ve— NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) August 12, 2020
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The large rock on the edge of the crater measures approximately 13 meters. Likewise, the ship continued autonomously towards the surface of Bennu, it was buying in real time the images with a catalog that they already carry on board.
The asteroid of death
This huge asteroid is known to measures 500 meters in diameter, and is one of the closest to the earth and orbit around the sun, with an extension of 436 thousand 604 days and every six years it gets very close to our planet, which gives you the ability to high impact, but scientists say this could happen by the end of the 22 sigh.
According to more specific data from the NEO Study Center, if there were any collision would occur between the years of 2175 and 2199.
With information from El Clarín
By Digital Editorial El Heraldo de México
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