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Water And Organic Compounds Found On A Second AsteriodWritten by Micho KakuSix months ago, in late April, Research teams at the NASA Infrared Telescope facility in Hawaii made an astonishing discovery. They found that both water ice and organic compounds exist on an asteroid named 24 Themis which circles the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The discovery stole the headlines, and it was thought to support the notions that asteroids may have long ago been the delivery system for a lot of the materials that are essential for life here on Earth. Well, on Friday the headlines were swamped again, as scientists confirmed the discovery of water ice and organic molecules on a second asteroid (65 Cybele) in the same region of the asteroid belt. Although the asteroids only contain very thin layers of ice, they suggest that water may be quite common on asteroids after all.The entire research study will be published in the European Journal Of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Water And Organic Compounds Found On A Second Asteriod
Written by Micho Kaku

Six months ago, in late April, Research teams at the NASA Infrared Telescope facility in Hawaii made an astonishing discovery. They found that both water ice and organic compounds exist on an asteroid named 24 Themis which circles the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The discovery stole the headlines, and it was thought to support the notions that asteroids may have long ago been the delivery system for a lot of the materials that are essential for life here on Earth.

Well, on Friday the headlines were swamped again, as scientists confirmed the discovery of water ice and organic molecules on a second asteroid (65 Cybele) in the same region of the asteroid belt. Although the asteroids only contain very thin layers of ice, they suggest that water may be quite common on asteroids after all.

The entire research study will be published in the European Journal Of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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Solar System Visualiser

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You can watch the planets, moons and asteroids of our solar system move in proportional time with this awesome visualiser. Set the date and speed, as well as the model (Copernican or the pre-Renaissance Tychonian/geocentric model) and watch the physics happen. Unfortunately, it doesn’t depict the degradation of orbits over time, nor does the sun explode when set a few billion years in the future. Still cool, though!

the-star-stuff: NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids Findings indicate there are roughly 4,700 near-Earth asteroids with orbits close to Earth’s and diameters larger than 330 feet (100 meters). By Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. — Published: May 21, 2012 New results from NASA’s NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested. PHAs are the subset of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) with the closest orbits to Earth’s orbit, coming within 5 million miles (8 million kilometers). They are also defined as being large enough to survive passage through Earth’s atmosphere and cause damage on a regional, or greater, scale. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA survey counts potentially hazardous asteroids

Findings indicate there are roughly 4,700 near-Earth asteroids with orbits close to Earth’s and diameters larger than 330 feet (100 meters). By Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. — Published: May 21, 2012

New results from NASA’s NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested. PHAs are the subset of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) with the closest orbits to Earth’s orbit, coming within 5 million miles (8 million kilometers). They are also defined as being large enough to survive passage through Earth’s atmosphere and cause damage on a regional, or greater, scale.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech