Leonid Yelinin, a Russian astronomer and researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, stated that the effectiveness of impact methods asteroids It is an estimated distance of months or years from our planet before it reaches Earth that can be limited.
According to the site,RTIt is reported that the US agency “NASA” announced that it has launched an investigation To share As part of the experiment to modify the orbit of the asteroid “Diform”. The purpose of the probe launch is to test the Earth’s protection system from dangerous space objects.
The probe will encounter the asteroid at 7:14 pm on September 26 EST (2:14 am on September 27, Moscow time)..
The scientist said: “We have to understand that the strike will be quite weak, a kind of so-called ‘soft power’ when we have a slow and gradual change in the orbit of the dangerous asteroid. But if there is a chance of a meeting after months or even years, this method probably won’t work and won’t help“.
The Russian scientist indicated that such an experiment had previously been conducted as part of an expedition profound effect When Comet 9 was bombedP / Lazy 1 With a probe weighing 370 kilograms, it explodes on its surface and helps study the composition of this space object..
It is worth noting that the probe’s collision with the asteroid “warp”, which orbits another larger asteroid and around the sun, is expected to deflect the “warp” from its orbit by less than one degree..
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