I-NASA yethule ngempumelelo umkhankaso we-Clipper oya e-Europa emkhathini ngoMsombuluko zingama-14 kuMfumfu wezi-2024. Ukuxhumana okubili sekusungulwe nomkhumbi-mkhathi kusukela kwethulwa futhi imibiko yamanje iphakamisa ukuthi i-Europa Clipper isebenza njengoba bekulindelekile futhi inempilo enhle.
I-Europa icishe ilingane neNyanga. Enye yeziphuphutheki ezinkulu zeJupiter, inoqweqwe oluwugqinsi lwamanzi kanye nolwandle olukhulu olungaphansi kwamanzi anosawoti ngaphansi kweqhwa. Kusikiselwa ukuba ibe enye yezindawo ezithembisa kakhulu esimisoni sonozungezilanga ukuze kube nohlobo oluthile lokuphila. Inhloso eyinhloko ye-mission ye-Clipper ukuthola ukuthi i-Europa inezimo ezingase zisekele ukuphila. Umgomo uzosikhanyisela kabanzi mayelana nokwenzeka kokuthola uhlobo oluthile lwempilo e-Europa's Ocean.
Lo mkhumbi-mkhathi uzohamba cishe u-2.9 billion km. Izoqala ukuzungeza i-Jupiter ngo-Ephreli 2030 futhi izondiza idlule izikhathi ezingama-49 e-Europa. Ngo-2031, i-Europa Clipper izoqala ukusebenza futhi izoqala ukundiza okunikezelwe isayensi ye-Europa kuzofika eduze kuka-25 km ukusuka endaweni yayo. Ama-close flybys azonikeza amathuba okutadisha umkhathi wase-Europa, indawo engaphezulu nengaphakathi ejulile kusetshenziswa uchungechunge oluyinkimbinkimbi lwezinsimbi zesayensi emkhathini.
Ukuphila akunakwenzeka endaweni yase-Europa ngenxa yokuchayeka njalo emisebeni enzima evela ku-Jupiter nangaphandle. Nokho, ulwandle lwayo lungase lube nezinto ezidingekayo zokwakha ukuphila. I-Photosynthesis ayinakwenzeka njengoba imbozwe ungqimba lweqhwa eliwugqinsi. Ukusabela kwamakhemikhali kwaziwa ngamandla ezinhlobo zempilo yakudala. Ngenxa yokuthi i-Europa nayo isineminyaka ecishe ibe nguMhlaba, kungenzeka ukuthi okunye ukuphila kwakudala kungenzeka ukuthi kwavela olwandle lwayo ukuphefumula kwayo kungase kusekelwe ukukhiqizwa komoya-mpilo phezu komhlaba (ngokusebenzisa imisebe ye-cosmic eyengelwe ukuwohloka kwe-H.2O molecules) kanye nokusabalaliswa kwawo okulandelanayo olwandle olungaphansi komhlaba.
Noma yikuphi okungase kutholwe esikhathini esizayo sempilo yakudala e-microbial olwandle lwase-Europa, okokuqala ngqa, kuzobonisa ukuvela okuzimele kokuphila ezindaweni ezimbili ezihlukene endaweni yonke.
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Imithombo:
- Sukumisa! I-Europa Clipper yeNASA Ihamba Ngomkhumbi Ibheke e-Ocean Moon of Jupiter. 14 Okthoba 2024. Itholakala ku- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/liftoff-nasas-europa-clipper-sails-toward-ocean-moon-of-jupiter/
- I-Europa Clipper Press Kit. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/press-kits/europa-clipper/
- I-Prasad U., 2024. Ithemba Lokuphila E-Europa's Ocean: I-Juno Mission ithola ukukhiqizwa kwe-Oxygen okuphansi. Isayensi yaseYurophu. Kushicilelwe 9 March 2024. Itholakala e- https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/space/prospect-of-life-in-europas-ocean-juno-mission-finds-low-oxygen-production/
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Isihloko esihlobene
Ithemba Lokuphila E-Europa's Ocean: I-Juno Mission ithola ukukhiqizwa kwe-Oxygen okuphansi (9 Mashi 2024).
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