Friday, January 17, 2014

Russian explorers collect motes "comet century» ISON - BFM.Ru

Antarctica is collecting cosmic dust left over from comet ISON. According to the press service of “Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute,” work performed Russian explorers.

In the experiment, from 7 to 11 January was laid 150 square meters of ultra-pure polyethylene, which should serve as the working out of methods and data collection reversing. January 15 scientists spread this material over an area of ??45 square meters, to determine the background of cosmic dust deposition conditions. It is expected that it will collect when the tail of the comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere. Analyze the information entrusted to employees of the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics in Gatchina.

Earlier it was reported that Russian scientists decided to look for signs of cometary dust in extraterrestrial life. Researchers calculated found on microscopic particles of organic molecules.

In the astronomical environment was expressed criticism on the matter. In particular, it was noted that the chances of finding the remains ISON, needed for the experiments, are extremely small.

ISON opened in 2012: it did astronomer from Russia Artem Novichonok. She was named Comet century, as it was extremely bright, and it was assumed that since December 3, 2013 Earthlings could see it with the naked eye. However, on November 28 the comet should pass perihelion – the closest point to the Sun’s orbit – and since then researchers have lost her. It was assumed that ISON could disappear before the perihelion passage, unable to stand closer to the star.

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