Japan discovered new meteors

The Hayabusa spacecraft (Japan) has provided a signal about a meteorite flying near the Earth's vicinity.

Itokawa orbit is 250 million kilometers from Earth

This information was published by scientists at a scientific workshop taking place in Texas (USA). At the same time, they also showed how to prevent meteorite attack on Earth.

Professor Don Yeomans, a scientist in charge of the Near-Earth Observatory (NEOs), the US Space Research Institute (NASA), said: ' If you want to avoid an object that threatens to plunge into the fund. To direct the Earth, first of all, we must understand its nature and structure. We have enough technology to cope with them but we have to understand them . '

The good name named Itokawa, can be formed from the impact of two larger objects. Itokawa's structure is similar to most meteorite pieces found on Earth. Itokawa is covered with a layer of porous material, some areas are 2m thick. Itokawa is a meteorite with up to 40% of a pore, which will contain elements that form itself.

' Itokawa was formed for several million years, so it can be said that it is relatively young, ' said Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi, project director Hayabusa.

Jet engine scientists say that Itokawa meteorite is a very good research target. Because Earth-threatening meteorites are smaller than Itokawa, the number of meteorites larger than Itokawa is not much.

Scientists have come up with a plan to launch a nuclear missile into a meteorite and detonate a nuclear bomb enough to deflect meteorite orbits.

Tran Nam