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Dog Bone asteroid has another name named 216 Cleopatra. The shape resembles a dog bone that is the size of New Jersey, but is light.
One of these lengthy studies has attracted the attention of astronomers because of its number and shape. In addition, along with the development of science and technology, knowledge makes its own progress from this study.
In order to study it further for the development of data from the universe. NASA itself has launched that its first discovery was in 1880.
This object has a very large size with the main asteroid belts of Mars and Jupiter. Even so the weight is quite light if we compare with its size.
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Invention Asteroid Dog Bone
Statement from Dr. Steven Ostro, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. One who led the Astronomers Team for this research.
They used the Arecibo Observatory Telescope, with a height of 1000 feet or 305 meters located in Puerto Rico. The use of this tool is to reflect the radar signal from this asteroid.
Due to the improvement of research technology, the sensitivity of shooting objects is getting better and better. Even using analysis techniques from the computer, the echo code is solved.
The result is a drawing and assembling a computer model to see the shape of the asteroid. This is certainly a new breath for the field of this universe.
Size of Asteroid Dog Bone
So, how big is this space object? For the length reaches 135 miles or 217 meters, then for the width reaches 58 miles or 94 meters.
As for the new radar image within 106 million miles or 171 million kilometers from our planet’s location. then according to the speed of light, the transmission signal takes up to 19 minutes to return to this asteroid Cleopatra.
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Dog Bone Asteroid Condition
Research also states that because of the color of this asteroid, it may have metal content. Seen from one of several dozen objects of this kind.
The radar signal also picks up with strong reflection that it is mostly metallic, mixed with nickel and iron.
Even when trying to heat this thing. To distinguish the structure of the core, mantle and crust. However, it turns out that asteroids tend to cool and solidify.
When there was a massive collision that ended up exposing the metal core. From the case of this object being hit, it was the launch of shards that eventually hit Earth. So the result is like an iron meteorite that became the Meteor Crater located in Arizona.
Dog Bone Asteroid Reconstruction
Because it is one of the asteroids that is quite unusual in this Solar System, especially its shape that resembles a dog’s bone. Research on this study continues to the reconstruction stage to understand how much impact it would have if it collided with our Earth.
So from the radar shows two lobes of objects that are interconnected. The shaping handle is similar to a distorted dumbbell or dog bone.
It can form from a collision of two objects that initially crack and disintegrate into loosely consolidated debris. So we can imagine that the two separate lobes orbit each other in the empty space between them.
The impact occurred in the area between the lobe and the debris. Radar shows that this asteroid has a surface like the Moon. Although still derived from a different composition.
Dog Bone Asteroid Unique Facts
In terms of its unusual shape like this dog bone. This asteroid got another name from Johann Palisa, its first discoverer, as Cleopatra the name of an Egyptian queen.
In addition, because of the quite amazing research of this extraterrestrial metal object. No one has yet found the point of existence, from this mysterious to interesting.
We still need to wait for the asteroid impact event to take shape. Well, related to taking the name of the Queen of Egypt, namely Cleopatra.
This asteroid has two moons orbiting it named Alex Helios and Cleo Selene. This take comes from the two children of the Queen of Egypt.
The condition has a dual system that still baffles scientists. So this study is still something that steals the attention of solving its history in the future.
This Dog Bone asteroid is very unique for us to discuss. Despite its large size but its mass is very light and has an attractive shape. (R10/HR Online)
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