JAKARTA – A number of astronomer Currently observing the giant debris resulting from the collision of two space objects, it is believed this could provide new insight into the formation of planets.
Reporting from India Today, Friday (25/3/2022), several rocky planets, including Earth and its satellite Moon were formed by a major collision early in the history of the solar system.
Because, in a collision of celestial bodies, certain matter will collect, increase in size, or even break into small pieces.
In a study published in the Astrophysical Journal, astronomers say that they have analyzed evidence of a collision between two space objects.
The two space objects that collided, called the size, may be like large asteroids or small planets in the solar system.
As a result, the collision left space dust that was reported to be the size of a giant star. Now astronomers are observing it.
Led by Kate Su of the University of Arizona, astronomers used the Spitze Space Telescope to report the first observations of debris from one of the most recent collisions.
These observations, allowed the researchers to directly determine the size of the dust immediately after the impact, estimate the size of the colliding object, and see how quickly the dust spread.
“There is no substitute for being an eye witness to an event. All of the previously reported cases by Spitzer have not been resolved, with only theoretical hypotheses about what the actual event and debris might look like,” said George Rieke, study co-author.
Now, astronomers are re-observing the star HD 166191, where more than 100 observations were made in its vicinity between 2015 and 2019. It is predicted that it will have another collision with another celestial body.
Does this collision phenomenon threaten Earth? Of course not, because the star is 388 light years away.
(amj)
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