{"id":134715,"date":"2020-12-15T20:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/samples-from-asteroid-more-than-hoped-for-japan-researchers-say\/"},"modified":"2020-12-15T20:08:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:08:04","slug":"samples-from-asteroid-more-than-hoped-for-japan-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/samples-from-asteroid-more-than-hoped-for-japan-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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TOKYO \u2013 Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 186 million miles from Earth were better than hoped for, with one researcher saying he was lost for words when they opened the capsule for the first time.<\/p>\n

The samples, the climax of a six-year space odyssey to the Ryugu asteroid by the space probe Hayabusa2, arrived in Japan last week but researchers did not know for sure until this week if they had actually gotten anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were aiming for 100 mg or more and we definitely got that,\u201d said Hirotaka Sawada at Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA), who said he was speechless when he first glimpsed the sample.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that next I probably screamed, I don\u2019t really remember,\u201d he told a news<\/a> conference. \u201cIt was really different from what I expected, there was a fair amount.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asteroids are believed to have formed at the dawn of the solar system and scientists have said the sample may contain organic matter that could have contributed to life on earth.<\/p>\n

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This photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows soil samples, seen inside a container of the re-entry capsule brought back by Hayabusa2.<\/figcaption>
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The Hayabusa2 \u2013 named for the peregrine falcon \u2013 orbited above Ryugu for a few months before landing, then used small explosives to blast a crater and collected the resulting debris. After dropping off the capsule, it changed course and headed back into space.<\/p>\n

That capsule plunged to earth in Australia\u2019s outback on Dec 6 and was flown to Japan. The final stage of its journey was by truck to a JAXA research centre just outside Tokyo, where it was greeted by a crowd of excited researchers.<\/p>\n

Next up is removing and preparing the samples, including weighing them to determine just how much has been obtained, a process that will take some time, before research can begin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely thrilled,\u201d said Sei-ichiro Watanabe, a Nagoya University professor who heads the research team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many things we should be able to learn from this.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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