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十年星际征程,要闯哪些关?
Ke Ji Ri Bao·2025-05-30 01:20

Group 1 - The Tianwen-2 mission marks China's first interplanetary sample return mission, targeting asteroid 2016HO3 and comet 311P for scientific exploration and sample collection [1][2] - The mission aims to enhance understanding of the origins and evolution of small celestial bodies, with 2016HO3 potentially holding primordial information from the early solar system [2][3] - The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is equipped with 11 scientific payloads to study the morphology, composition, internal structure, and potential ejection materials of the targeted celestial bodies [2][3] Group 2 - The mission involves significant technical challenges, including long distances (2016HO3 is 18 to 46 million kilometers away, and 311P is 150 to 500 million kilometers away), which complicates communication and requires advanced orbital design and energy management [3] - The spacecraft must operate under weak gravitational conditions, making sample collection difficult, as the average diameter of 2016HO3 is approximately 41 meters and it is in a high-speed rotation [3][4] - The launch of the Long March 3B rocket required precise trajectory calculations, with a separation speed exceeding 11.2 kilometers per second and a deviation tolerance of less than 1 meter to ensure accurate orbital insertion [5]