Hukumar kula da sararin samaniya ta Amurka (NASA) tana nazarin yuwuwar aiwatar da aikin Athena na binciken wani katafaren asteroid mai suna Pallas.
Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers ya gano abu mai suna a cikin 1802. Jikin, na babban bel na asteroid, yana da girman kusan kilomita 512 a fadin (da/rasa kilomita 6). Don haka, wannan asteroid yana ɗan ƙasa kaɗan zuwa Vesta (kilomita 525,4).
Za a yanke shawarar kaddamar da bincike ga Pallas, a cewar majiyoyin yanar gizo, a tsakiyar watan Afrilu. Muna magana ne game da ƙirƙirar ƙaƙƙarfan na'urar bincike, mai kwatankwacin girman da firiji.
Idan an amince da aikin, ana iya ƙaddamar da binciken a watan Agusta 2022. Tashar za ta iya kaiwa ga tauraron dan adam kusan shekara guda bayan kaddamar da shi.
Kayan aikin da ke cikin jirgin Athena za su ba da damar bayyana girman Pallas, da kuma daukar cikakken hoto na saman wannan sararin samaniya. An kiyasta kudin samar da binciken ya kai dalar Amurka miliyan 50.
source: 3dnews.ru