NASA Discovers A Trojan!Sunday 31st of July 2011 07:16:09 PM
Orbits of Trojan asteroid in the same orbit of the Earth.
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NASA scientists found what had been predicted for a long time, to make observations through the WISE telescope. Is trafficking of a Trojan asteroid that shares the orbit with a planet, but despite that they do not collapse between if.
They were very difficult to discover them because they are so small and confused by the Sun, from the point of view that has.
This type of rock they are easier to see during the day, as noted from the Athabasca University in Canada. The discoverer was Martin Connors, observing an object that had one orbits unusual to go farther from the Sun, typical situation of the Trojans.
Only in our Solar System: Neptune, Mars and Jupiter, share their orbits with asteroids such.
The telescope that takes the credit of the discovery is the WISE, which played a very important role, thanks to its infrared rays could see the asteroid during the day.
The space rock is 300 meters in diameter and its orbit is well defined, and at least for the next 100 years, it did not approach land and will remain a safe 24 million kilometers.
They were very difficult to discover them because they are so small and confused by the Sun, from the point of view that has.
This type of rock they are easier to see during the day, as noted from the Athabasca University in Canada. The discoverer was Martin Connors, observing an object that had one orbits unusual to go farther from the Sun, typical situation of the Trojans.
Only in our Solar System: Neptune, Mars and Jupiter, share their orbits with asteroids such.
The telescope that takes the credit of the discovery is the WISE, which played a very important role, thanks to its infrared rays could see the asteroid during the day.
The space rock is 300 meters in diameter and its orbit is well defined, and at least for the next 100 years, it did not approach land and will remain a safe 24 million kilometers.
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