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The asteroid Ryugu visited by the Hayabusa 2 space probe is in fact an extinct comet
It’s been about two centuries since we discovered the existence of asteroids but millennia with regard to that of comets. However, it was not until the second half of the…
This asteroid visited by a space probe is actually a comet
It’s been about two centuries since we discovered the existence of asteroids but millennia for that of comets. However, it was not until the second half of the twentiethand century…
Asteroid Ryugu could be an extinct comet
It’s been about two centuries since we discovered the existence of asteroids but millennia for that of comets. However, it was not until the second half of the twentiethand century…
Asteroid: we know more about Apophis which will graze the Earth in 2029
Apophis. It was discovered in June 2004. A asteroid some 350 meters and about 27 million tons. And for a few weeks, the scientific community had been worried about a…
The threat of this asteroid crashing into Earth in 2023 has been ruled out
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Asteroid: Ryugu samples confronted with data from Hayabusa 2
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The Itokawa asteroid in pictures This animation shows Itokawa, the first asteroid from which a sample, taken by the Japanese probe Hayabusa, returned…
The Webb Space Telescope will be on the lookout for interstellar objects passing through the Solar System
From the first discs of planetary debris discovered in 1983 by theInfrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) around the four stars Vega, Beta PictorisFomalhaut and Epsilon Eridani to the protoplanetary discs studied…
The James-Webb will study the next interstellar ‘Oumuamua crossing the Solar System
From the first discs of planetary debris discovered in 1983 by theInfrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) around the four stars Vega, Beta PictorisFomalhaut and Epsilon Eridani to the protoplanetary discs studied…
Elektra, the first quadruple asteroid ever discovered
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A second Trojan asteroid from Earth has been discovered
Each planet in the Solar System orbiting the Sun has Lagrange points, the most famous of which in the case of Earth is L2, where the James-Webb telescope is in…