I-Space Research Institute ye-Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS) ibika ukuthi ababambiqhaza kuphrojekthi ye-ExoMars-2016 bashicilele imiphumela yokuqala yokuhlaziya idatha evela kumathuluzi e-Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
Ake sikukhumbuze ukuthi i-ExoMars iphrojekthi ehlanganyelwe ye-Roscosmos kanye ne-European Space Agency, esetshenziswe ngezigaba ezimbili. Esigabeni sokuqala - ngo-2016 - imodyuli ye-TGO ye-orbital kanye ne-Lander ye-Schiaparelli yaya ku-Red Planet. Eyokuqala iqoqa ngempumelelo ulwazi lwesayensi, kanti eyesibili, maye, yaphahlazeka.
Ebhodini i-TGO kukhona inkimbinkimbi ye-Russian ACS kanye nedivayisi yase-Belgian NOMAD, esebenza ebangeni le-infrared le-electromagnetic spectrum. Lawa ma-spectrometer aklanyelwe ukuqopha izingxenye ezincane zomkhathi - amagesi ukugxila kwawo akudluli izinhlayiya ezimbalwa ebhiliyoni noma ithriliyoni, kanye nothuli nama-aerosol.
Enye yezinhloso eziyinhloko zemishini ye-TGO ukuthola i-methane, engabonisa ukuphila ku-Mars noma okungenani okuqhubekayo okuqhubekayo kwentaba-mlilo. Emkhathini we-Red Planet, ama-molecule e-methane, uma evela, kufanele abhujiswe imisebe ye-ultraviolet yelanga phakathi namakhulu amabili kuya kwamathathu. Ngakho-ke, ukubhaliswa kwama-molecule e-methane kungabonisa umsebenzi wakamuva (wezinto eziphilayo noma wentaba-mlilo) emhlabeni.
Ngeshwa, akukakakwazi ukuthola i-methane emkhathini weMartian. “Ama-spectrometers e-ACS, kanye nama-spectrometers e-European NOMAD complex, awazange ayithole i-methane ku-Mars phakathi nezilinganiso kusukela ngo-April kuya ku-August 2018. Ukubuka kwakwenziwa ngendlela yokusitheka kwelanga kuzo zonke izindawo,” kusho incwadi ye-IKI RAS.
Nokho, lokhu akusho ukuthi ayikho nhlobo i-methane emkhathini we-Red Planet. Idatha etholiwe yabeka umkhawulo ophezulu wokugxila kwayo: i-methane emkhathini we-Mars ayikwazi ukuba ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezingu-50 isigidintathu. Ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nocwaningo lungatholakala lapha.
Source: 3dnews.ru