Change candidates for hunting asteroids

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has discovered a new asteroid with the size, mass and rotation speed in accordance with its plan to "hunt" the ambitious asteroid to serve the item. purpose of studying the universe.

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In a June 19 statement, NASA said that after measuring with a Spitzer space telescope with advanced infrared technology, scientists determined that the 2011 MD asteroid is about 6 meters long, weighs nearly 100 tons with The inner layer is porous (consisting of 2 hollow parts and 1 part of stone). These are "necessary and sufficient" conditions to fulfill the mission to capture asteroids (ARM) .

NASA discovers new asteroids.(Photo: NASA)

The 2011 MD asteroid is the third brightest candidate in NASA's "hunting" plan for an estimated $ 1.2 billion.

Previously, NASA had identified two asteroids with "suitable qualities ", namely 2009 BD and 2013 EC20 . NASA experts are continuing to look for potential candidates.

ARM is NASA's cult space project, using a robot spacecraft to "capture" asteroids wandering near the Earth and bring them into orbit around the Moon.

According to the plan, by 2020 astronauts will approach these asteroids to take samples to bring back to Earth with Orion spacecraft. The purpose of the project is to test new tools to serve the ambition to bring people to Mars in the future.