Scientists in Alaska bounced radio signals off a small asteroid Tuesday from the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona. The experiment was preparation for a more spectacular near-Earth asteroid fly-by in six years.
Diagram of the relative position of Asteroid 2010 XC15 in relation to Earth on Dec. 27, 2022. Tuesday from the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona.Early Tuesday, the HAARP research site in Gakona transmitted radio signals to the little rock named. It is not as close as some asteroids get, according to Mark Haynes, the lead investigator on the project and a radar systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
That’s where HAARP comes in. Despite its “High-frequency” in its name, this experiment used low frequencies. Haynes said it is the lowest-frequency, highest-power transmitter available for JPL and NASA to use., sending radio waves up to the asteroid to bounce back to Earth. The High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program conducts a preflight checklist before the Asteroid Bounce campaign Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Gakona as temperatures hit -40F. The mission is slated for Dec. 27.
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