Iqembu lezazi zezinkanyezi ezingebona abenzi bezinkanyezi ezisekelwa yi-NASA lithole ama-asteroid angu-15 asebenzayo angavamile.

Ekuthuthukisweni okujabulisayo kwesayensi yasemkhathini, iqembu lezazi zezinkanyezi ezingewona ama-amateur ezixhumene ne-NASA lithole ama-asteroid asebenzayo ayi-15 angavamile, okukhanyisa okusha ngokwakhiwa kanye nokuvela kwesimiso sethu sonozungezilanga. Lokhu okutholakele okumangalisayo kugcizelela iminikelo ebalulekile abathandi bezinkanyezi abangayenza ocwaningweni lwesayensi futhi kujulisa ukuqonda kwethu ngalezi zidalwa zasezulwini eziyimfihlakalo.

Ama-asteroid asebenzayo ayisigaba esiyingqayizivele sezinto ezibonisa umsebenzi ofana ne-comet, njengokukhulula uthuli noma igesi, ngenkathi zizungeza ngaphakathi kwebhande le-asteroid phakathi kweMars neJupiter. Ngokungafani nama-asteroids avamile, ayimizimba yamatshe engaphili, ama-asteroid asebenzayo abonisa izenzakalo zesikhashana eziphakamisa izinqubo eziqhubekayo zomzimba noma zamakhemikhali. Ukutholakala kwezinto ezinjalo ezingu-15 yizazi zezinkanyezi ezingewona ama-amateur kubalulekile ngoba ama-asteroid asebenzayo awavamile futhi anganikeza izinkomba ezibalulekile mayelana nezimo zesistimu yelanga yokuqala.

Ithimba lezazi zezinkanyezi ezingewona ama-amateur ezixhumene ne-NASA lisebenzise ama-telescope athuthukile kanye namasu okuthwebula izithombe ukuze libone la ma-asteroid asebenzayo. Ukuqaphela kwabo kwembule ukuthi lezi zidumbu ngezinye izikhathi zikhipha uthuli noma imisila yokubonisa, ukuziphatha okuvame ukuhlotshaniswa nama-comet. Ukufunda lezi zici kuvumela ososayensi ukuthi bahlole izindlela eziqhuba umsebenzi kuma-asteroid, njengokufakwa kwezinto eziguquguqukayo noma ukushayisana nezinye izinsalela zasemkhathini.

Ukuqonda ama-asteroid asebenzayo kubalulekile ekuhlanganiseni umlando wesimiso selanga. Lezi zinto zingase zimelele izinhlobo zokuguquka phakathi kwama-asteroid nama-comet, zinikeze ukuqonda ukuthi amabhlogo okwakha amaplanethi aguquke kanjani eminyakeni eyizigidigidi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlaziya ukwakheka kwawo kanye namaphethini omsebenzi kungasiza abacwaningi ukuthi bafunde ngokusatshalaliswa kwamanzi nezinto eziphilayo ohlelweni lwelanga lokuqala, okuyizithako ezibalulekile zokuphila.

Lokhu kutholakala kugcizelela indima ekhulayo yososayensi bezakhamuzi kanye nezazi zezinkanyezi ezingewona ama-astronomer ekuthuthukiseni ukuhlola isikhala. Ngokubambisana nabacwaningi abangochwepheshe kanye nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje, abathanda izinto bangenza iminikelo ebalulekile ekufundweni kwezinkanyezi. Ukusekela kwe-NASA imizamo enjalo akugcini nje ngokwandisa ububanzi bokutholwa kwesayensi kodwa futhi kuphefumulela isithakazelo somphakathi kwisayensi yasemkhathini.

Njengoba uphenyo luqhubeka, ama-asteroid asebenzayo asanda kutholakala athembisa ukuba yizinhloso ezibalulekile zokutadisha esikhathini esizayo, okungenzeka avule izimfihlo ezengeziwe mayelana nomakhelwane wethu wendawo yonke kanye nezinqubo eziwubumbile.