Science & planet, The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 successfully a ‘bomb’ asteroid Ryugu thrown. After the sloughing of the so-called ‘impactor’, a two kilogram weighing projectile of copper that a crater in the surface of the ruimterots had to blow, made the spacecraft quickly from the feet. This to any little shards to dodge. With success.
The purpose of Hayabusa is to find out the composition of Ryugu and hence clues about the formation of our solar system. The ejection of the projectile was the most risky task for the probe till now. The copper explosive the size of a basketball to the throne with a speed of two kilometers per second in the asteroid. From data of the probe could be inferred that the Hayabusa is in security could bring. Everything is doing it yet.
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After launch of the projectile flew Hayabusa quickly to the other side of Ryugu. While the probe of the legs took, he left a camera behind the images of the weft. The first photos showed how the ‘bomb’ to be successful in the direction of the asteroid’s movement. “Until now, Hayabusa2 everything goes according to plan”, says missieleider Makoto Yoshikawa. “We are in the seventh heaven, but it is still too early for a party.” the
