Astronomers observed smallest asteroid, which is still managed carefully investigated using ground-based telescopes. Asteroid 2015 TC25 has a diameter of just 2 metres. At the same time, interestingly, is one of the brightest asteroids close to Earth. Using four different telescopes were able to establish that the asteroid reflects up to 60% padającegonanią sunlight.
Object 2015 TC25 was discovered in the framework of the Catalina Sky Survey, conducted at the University of Arizona. He studied intensively during his flight in a small (128 000 km) distance from our planet. the first we got the data in visible light, the image in infrared and radar data on a small asteroid. This meteor shower. This is actually a meteorite that has not yet escaped into the atmosphere and fell – said the head of the research group Vishnu Reddy.
Asteroids, such as the 2015 TC25 often fall to the Ground, but relatively little is known about them, as they are difficult to spot. the If we are able to examine and characterize small asteroids and meteorites, we better understood the objects, from which come the large asteroids are hitting the Earth is much less likely, says Reddy.
scientists believe that the asteroid coming from a much larger object 44 Nysa. This is a large and bright asteroid from the main asteroid belt.
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