{"id":29144,"date":"2023-01-24T10:02:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29144"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:02:56","slug":"asteroid-discovery-could-assist-planetary-defence-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/asteroid-discovery-could-assist-planetary-defence-strategies\/29144\/","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid discovery could assist with planetary defence strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"
The team of researchers studied three tiny dust particles, collected by the Japanese Space Agency\u2019s Hayabusa 1 probe, from the surface of the asteroid Itokawa \u2013 an ancient 500-metre-long rubble pile asteroid. The results revealed that Itokawa, which is two million kilometres from Earth, was hard to destroy and resistant to collision. It was found that the asteroid is also almost as old as the solar system itself.<\/p>\n