Japan revealed a sample of soil from the asteroid “Ryuku” prepared to study in more detail. Hope for more information on the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. The Prime Minister of Japan is preparing to award a team of scientists for this project.
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“Hayabusa 2” landed on the asteroid “Ryuku”
The Japanese probe approaches the asteroid “Ryuku”
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that scientists opened a capsule container yesterday and found a small amount of black sand dust from the Ryugu asteroid. In which the organization will perform a preliminary analysis Before continuing to study the example above
Capsule from the spacecraft Hayabusa-2 Which collected soil samples from the asteroid Ryugu since last year Returned to Earth in a remote part of Australia last week.
Scientists hope Samples from beneath the asteroid’s surface provide information from billions of years ago that were unaffected by space radiation and other environmental factors. By the way, Jacksa paid special attention to the organic matter in the sample. To study how they are distributed in the solar system and in relation to life on Earth.
After approximately one year of the study in Japan, some samples were sent to NASA and other international organizations. For further research
Mr. Kato Katsunobu, Secretary-General of the Prime Minister Press conference after the Cabinet meeting today that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will present the award to Jacksa’s team of scientists for developing the “Hayabusa-2” spacecraft. The award ceremony will take place at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (17th December). C.)
As for the Ryugu asteroid, it is located more than 300 million kilometers from Earth, while the 6-year exploration and sampling mission is spent on a total budget of 30 billion yen (about 8,300 million baht) by soil samples collected from the planet. Little Ryugu is considered the first example below the surface of Earth’s asteroid.
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