One of the international efforts to find asteroids that might hit Earth was in 2016 the discovery of the asteroid Kamoa’aleva. (Kamo’oalewa) is estimated to be 40–100 meters in diameter. And it spins very fast for asteroid status. Then, in 2021, another team of scientists found evidence that the composition of Kamoe Leva is similar to rocks found on Earth’s moon.
Recently, a small team of international planetary scientists A report in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals evidence supporting the theory that the asteroid Kamoa’aleva ejected from the moon. The latter conducted a wide-ranging study of asteroids and possible locations on the moon. Where the Asteroid Kamoa’Aleva May Come From The team created a computer model to simulate the crash. That could result in a piece of the moon’s surface the size of the asteroid Kamoa Aleva being ejected into space. Until the team was able to estimate the possible size of another asteroid that would hit the moon. After that, the size of the craters left behind will occur.
Scientists also noted that The crash must have happened recently. The team also compared samples of lunar material brought back to Earth. Spectral similarities were found between samples from the Giordano Bruno crater and the asteroid Camooaleva, both of which also contain the mineral pyroxen.
(Credit : Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02258-z)
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