Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Amurka (NASA) ta bayar da rahoton cewa, Robot OSIRIS-REx ya yi kusantarsa da tauraron dan adam Bennu zuwa yau.
Bari mu tuna cewa aikin OSIRIS-REx, ko Asalin, Fassarar Spectral, Identification Resource, Security, Regolith Explorer, yana nufin tattara samfuran dutse daga jikin mai suna cosmic da isar da su zuwa Duniya.
An shirya babban aikin a watan Agusta na wannan shekara. Ana sa ran na'urar za ta iya ɗaukar samfuran ƙasa da 2 cm a diamita.
An zaɓi wani yanki da ake kira Nightingale don yin samfur: yana cikin wani rami da ke kwance a sama a arewacin Bennu. Yayin da ake tunkarar asteroid, kyamarorin OSIRIS-REx suna taswirar yankin Nightingale don tantance mafi kyawun wurin tattara duwatsu.
A lokacin tashi sama a ranar 3 ga Maris, tashar atomatik ta sami kanta a nisan mita 250 kacal daga asteroid. A sakamakon haka, an sami damar samun cikakkun hotuna na saman wannan abu har zuwa yau.
An tsara hanya ta gaba a watan Afrilu na wannan shekara: na'urar za ta wuce Bennu a nisan mita 125.
source: 3dnews.ru