Sangano reUS National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) riri kuongorora mukana wekuita basa reAthena rekuongorora asteroid hombe inonzi Pallas.
Chinhu chine zita chakawanikwa muna 1802 naHeinrich Wilhelm Olbers. Mutumbi webhandi guru reasteroid rine saizi ingangoita 512 km mhiri (pamwe/minus 6 km). Saka, iyi asteroid inongova yakaderera zvishoma kune Vesta (525,4 km).
Sarudzo yekutanga kuferefeta kuPallas, maererano netiweki masosi, ichaitwa pakati paApril. Tiri kutaura nezve kugadzira dhizaini yekutsvagisa inofananidzwa muhukuru nefiriji.
Kana mishoni ikatenderwa, probe inogona kutangwa muna Nyamavhuvhu 2022. Iyo chiteshi ichakwanisa kusvika kune asteroid rinenge gore mushure mekutangwa.
Midziyo iri mubhodhi yeAthena ichatibvumira kuona hukuru hwePallas, pamwe nekuita ongororo yakadzama pamusoro pechinhu ichi chemuchadenga. Mari yekugadzira probe iyi inofungidzirwa kuti inosvika US$50 miriyoni.
Source: 3dnews.ru