An asteroid named Ryugu was visited by a Japanese ship called Hayabusa2, and the researchers who sent it announced an incredible discovery they made there. The Japanese ship even managed to take some samples from the surface of this asteroid, which will be brought to Earth, but in the meantime the ship managed to send some extremely interesting data regarding the walks made by the rock through the solar system.
This asteroid would have managed to get unexpectedly close to the sun, according to JAXA, managing to get very close to the star in our solar system, and of course not to be completely destroyed. According to those from JAXA, the encounter between the asteroid and the sun would have taken place approximately 300.000 years ago, and the approach was so great that the surface of the rock was heated and irradiated until it changed its color to red.
Asteroid: The INCREDIBLE Discovery Made by the Japanese
Until now, another asteroid with similar properties has not been discovered by researchers, and this may be because not too many have been explored until now. JAXA sent a spacecraft to this asteroid in 2014, and only last year it started to receive the first data, so until problems arrive on our planet, it will most likely take a lot more time, so we still have to wait until to find out his other secrets.
"Latitudinal color variations suggest reddening of surface material exposed by solar heating and/or space weathering. Immediately after the touch, the Hayabusa2's reflections disturbed the fine, dark grains that come from the red materials. The stratigraphic relationship between the identified craters and the red material indicates that surface reddening occurred over a short period of time. We suggest that Ryugu has previously experienced an orbital excursion near the Sun.”
missions by asteroids of this kind have intensified after NASA decided to closely analyze the rocks that come at high speed towards the Earth constantly, and which can be a danger. NASA also sent ships to two asteroids during the last year, and also wants to bring samples to Earth, but everything will take time, and everything is part of an experiment designed to show us if it is possible to deviate their trajectory before hitting the earth.
Asteroids remain to a certain extent a source of mystery for researchers on Earth, and this is because there is still much to be discovered about them.
