Japanese scientists are excited! Noble gas found in asteroid Ryuku sample
Japanese scientists are excited! – Xinhua A report by Japanese scientists in the journal Science Advance reveals the discovery of the gas in samples collected from the surface. “Asteroid Ryugu” (Ryugu) by Spacecraft Hayabusa 2 Japan is the first to successfully bring several gases from a near-Earth asteroid back to Earth.
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The gas in the asteroid sample consists of helium and neon. as well as some contaminated gases from the Earth’s atmosphere. indicates that this sample consists of a mixture of gases from the Sun and Earth’s atmosphere.
File Photo: The asteroid Ryugu after Hayabusa2 departed its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth. Japan’s Hayabusa-2 probe left its orbit on November 13, 2019 after an unprecedented mission, carrying samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System. Handout / JIJI PRESS / JAXA / AFP
Joint statement from several institutions, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kyushu University and the University of Tokyo on Oct. 21, said several research teams measuring the isotope composition of “Noble gas” and nitrogen gas in the surface and subsurface material of asteroid Ryuku. which was brought back to Earth by Hayabusa 2 on Dec. 6, 2020.
The findings examined noble gases and nitrogen gases in Ryuku samples to determine the origin and evolution of the asteroid. From the inception to the current geological processes of the surface
The researchers found that the samples contained more primitive noble gases from the early solar system than those found in other meteorites. that have been reported to date And it is believed that several nitrogen-containing materials preserved within the samples could provide clues for early studies of the solar system.
The 600 kg Hayabusa 2 spacecraft was launched into space from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. In December 2014 and travel long distances of more than 3.2 billion kilometers
The 600-kg Hayabusa2 was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan in December 2014 and traveled over 3.2 billion km on its journey. It was the first successful return of gas species from a near-Earth asteroid, according to a research article published by Japanese scientists in the U.S. journal Science Advances. (Xinhua)
File Photo: This handout photograph released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows samples of soil from the asteroid Ryugu, inside A compartment of the capsule collected by the Hayabusa-2 space probe, at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture. Handout / AFP / JAXA
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