FP trendDecember 16, 2020 12:32:07 PM CEST
Now scientists have discovered a very high network to travel through the solar system much faster than previously thought possible. According to the study’s authors, these routes could drive comets and asteroids near Jupiter to Neptune in less than a decade and up to 100 astronomical units in less than a century. The study’s authors say they could be used to send spacecraft to the far ends of the planetary system relatively quickly and also to control objects close to Earth.
This image is the combination of quasi-ultraviolet data, which is shown in yellow, and extreme ultraviolet data, which is shown in blue. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
According to a statement by the UC San Diego News Center, in a paper, published Nov. 25, researchers observed a dynamic structure of these routes, forming connected series of arcs within multiple spaces ranging from Uranus and beyond.
The newly discovered “celestial highway” or “celestial highway” acts for several decades unlike the millions of years that usually characterize the dynamics of the solar system.
According to researchers, the structures of stellar arcs most closely linked to Jupiter and its gravitational force. The structures were solved by collecting numerical data on millions of orbits in the solar system and calculating how they fit into already known spatial varieties.
Although the results need to be studied further, researchers say both determine how they can be used by spacecraft and how these collectors behave in close proximity to Earth, controlling asteroid encounters and meteorites.