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Scientists are waiting for a signal from the probe "New Horizons", which is heading for the asteroid Ultima Thule, located 6 km from the Earth.
] January 1st, interplanetary probe NASA's automatic "New Horizons" has reached the orbit of Neptune, the Ultima Thule asteroid, consisting of ice and dust.
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Scientists expect a signal from a probe located 6.5 billion kilometers Earth, near the most distant space object ever studied by man.
] The New Horizons spacecraft has to fill in its database with numerous photos and scientific data. After passing near Ultima Thule, he has to send these data to Earth.
NASA is concerned that New Horizons will be confronted with ice debris or ice debris. rocks near the asteroid. The probe travels at a speed of 14 km / s, so even particles of rice grain can damage it.
The probe will be at a distance of 3500 km from the surface of Ultima Thule
If the flight is in normal mode, "New Horizons" will start transmitting gigabytes of data and the first images which will be published on January 2nd. Thanks to probe data, scientists hope to get information about the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago
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