NASA’s Discovery of Dinky Asteroid and its Moon near Jupiter: A Fascinating Binary Asteroid Pair

NASA’s Discovery of Dinky Asteroid and its Moon near Jupiter: A Fascinating Binary Asteroid Pair

SUKABUMIUPDATE.com – An asteroid is a celestial body in the form of small fragments that move around the sun. Meanwhile, Jupiter is the largest planet among the four gas giants and the largest in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km (88,846 mi) at the equator. Most recently, the National Aeronautics and Space … Read more

Jupiter’s Protection: How Jupiter Safeguards Earth from Asteroids

Jupiter’s Protection: How Jupiter Safeguards Earth from Asteroids

Jakarta – A study of uncovered great merit Jupiter for Earth from various dangers. Danny Price, an astronomer from Curtin University Australia, said that Jupiter protects the Earth from various asteroids. With its large gravitational field, Jupiter works by deflecting comets and asteroids that threaten Earth. “Here on Earth we are protected from asteroids by … Read more

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Discovers Binary Asteroid Pair Near Jupiter

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Lucy’s spaceship belongs to NASAwhich first launched in 2021 to explore asteroid Trojans that are trapped near Jupiterhas made an interesting discovery. The spacecraft discovered an asteroid, nicknamed Dinky, that actually has a smaller asteroid orbiting it, as reported by Scientific American. It’s basically a moon with its own moon. The technical … Read more

NASA’s Surprising Discovery: Twin Asteroids Revealed by Lucy Probe

NASA’s Surprising Discovery: Twin Asteroids Revealed by Lucy Probe

US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA releases discovery data “Twin asteroids” which are considered an unexpected discovery. It emphasizes the wonder of space that still has many hidden secrets. The image was taken on November 1, 2023, from NASA’s Lucy probe, which was in orbit. Asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh and encountered something unexpected before. That’s … Read more

6 Indonesian Astronomers Immortalized as Asteroid Names: Bosscha Observatory’s Contribution to Astronomy

6 Indonesian Astronomers Immortalized as Asteroid Names: Bosscha Observatory’s Contribution to Astronomy

Jakarta – There are six Indonesian astronomers whose names are immortalized on asteroids. Can anyone guess? Previously, the naming of asteroids began when the asteroid was first observed on two consecutive nights by one observer. The results are then sent to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which assigns a provisional … Read more

Six Indonesian Astronomers Whose Names are Immortalized on Asteroids

Six Indonesian Astronomers Whose Names are Immortalized on Asteroids

Jakarta – There are six Indonesian astronomers whose names are immortalized on asteroids. Can anyone guess? Previously, the naming of asteroids began when the asteroid was first observed on two consecutive nights by one observer. The results are then sent to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which assigns a provisional … Read more

NASA Successfully Returns 4.5 Billion Year Old Asteroid Samples to Earth

NASA Successfully Returns 4.5 Billion Year Old Asteroid Samples to Earth

Monday, 30 October 2023 – 14:01 WIB LIVE Techno – NASA scientists successfully brought asteroid samples back to Earth in September, making them the first US space agency to do so. The task they have to do now is to figure out how to open the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or TAGSAM, to retrieve the … Read more

Moon Fragment Asteroid Kamo’oalewa: Evidence of Ancient Impacts and Origins

Moon Fragment Asteroid Kamo’oalewa: Evidence of Ancient Impacts and Origins

Jakarta – Astronomers are finding more evidence that asteroid near Earth is a chunk of the Moon that was ejected. Asteroid Kamo’oalewaderived from Hawaiian for oscillating fragment, is a chunk of rock that orbits within 14.4 million kilometers of Earth every April. Since the discovery of the object in 2016, scientists have remained confused about … Read more

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares for close encounter with Dinkenish asteroid

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares for close encounter with Dinkenish asteroid

Written by Amira Shehata Sunday, October 22, 2023 08:00 AM NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is preparing to deliver the first… A close look at an asteroidOn November 1, it will fly near the Dinkenish asteroid and test its devices in preparation for visits in the next decade to many asteroids that orbit the Sun in the … Read more

Exploring the Psyche Asteroid: Uncovering the Origins of the Solar System

Exploring the Psyche Asteroid: Uncovering the Origins of the Solar System

Money Today Reporter Hong Hyo-jin | 2023.10.19 13:52 16Appearance of the Psyche asteroid / Photo = NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU ‘Psyche’ is an asteroid located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is about 2.2 billion miles (3.6 billion km) from Earth. Asteroid Psyche was named by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, who discovered it in … Read more