China Asteroid mission will collide 100 feet asteroid by 2030 Know more

China Asteroid Mission: There are millions of such objects in our space, whose collision with the Earth can affect our planet. The American space agency NASA completed the DART mission last year to solve this problem. Under this, a spacecraft was collided with an asteroid, so that any such problem in future could be eliminated before it hits the earth. Now China is also going to do the same. He has also planned to hit the asteroid. A craft will be collided with an asteroid and the rocks moving in space will be studied. The mission can be completed by 2030.

Space.com and The Planetary Society According to the report, China has also selected its target. China National Space Administration (CNSA) has its eyes on an asteroid named 2015 XF261. Its size is about 100 feet wide.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory database According to , 2015 XF261 last came closest to Earth this week on Tuesday, July 9. It passed at a distance of 50 million kilometers from our planet. Then its speed was 42 thousand kilometers per hour.

What was America’s DART mission?

In the year 2022, the American space agency NASA completed the DART mission. Under this, on September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft deliberately collided with an asteroid named Dimorphos. By collision, NASA wanted to know whether it changes the orbit of the asteroid or not. This mission was successful. That is, NASA came to the conclusion that after such collisions in future, the direction of the asteroid can be changed and the asteroids which pose a threat to the Earth can be ‘removed from the way’. Now China also wants to do the same.