An lakafta shi da Infrared Exoplanet-Exing-Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Babban-binciken, ko Ariel.
Bayan tallafin gwamnati, cibiyoyin bincike na Burtaniya - gami da UCL, Kwalejin Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Facility Council (STFC) RAL Space, Sashen Fasaha da Cibiyar Fasahar Astronomy ta Burtaniya, Jami'ar Cardiff da Jami'ar Oxford - za su taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin aikin.
Burin Ariel shine fahimtar alakar da ke tsakanin ilmin kimiyar duniya da yanayinta ta hanyar shata taurari 1,000 da aka sani a wajen namu Hasken Rana. Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Birtaniya (UKSA) tana sa ran wannan zai ba masana kimiyya cikakken haske game da abin da aka yi amfani da shi, yadda aka samar da su da kuma yadda za su canza.
Misali, Ariel zai iya gano alamun sanannun abubuwan da ke sanannun yanayin sararin samaniya kamar tururin ruwa, carbon dioxide da methane. Hakanan zai gano mahaɗan ƙarfe don gano yanayin yanayin sinadarai na tsarin hasken rana mai nisa.
Don zaɓaɓɓun taurari, in ji UKSA, Ariel kuma zai yi zurfin bincike game da girgijen su da kuma nazarin yanayi da yanayin sauyin yanayi na yau da kullun.
"Mu ne ƙarni na farko da ke iya nazarin taurari a kusa da sauran taurari," in ji Farfesa Giovanna Tinetti, Babban Jami'in Bincike na Ariel daga Kwalejin Jami'ar London. “Ariel zai yi amfani da wannan dama ta musamman kuma ya bayyana yanayi da tarihin ɗaruruwan duniyoyi daban-daban a cikin duniyanmu. Yanzu za mu iya hawa mataki na gaba na aikinmu don ganin wannan manufa ta tabbata. ”
Da zarar an zaga, Ariel zai raba bayanansa tare da sauran jama'a.
Hoton da ke sama misali Ariel zai iya aunawa daga hasken da ke wucewa ta cikin yanayin exoplanet.
Ariel yana cikin aikin sake dubawa cikin duk 2020 kuma yanzu an shirya farawa a 2029.
"Godiya ga tallafin gwamnati, wannan babban burin da Burtaniya ke jagoranta zai nuna babban binciken farko na duniyoyi a waje da Tsarin Rana, kuma zai baiwa manyan masana kimiyyar sararin samaniyarmu damar amsa muhimman tambayoyi game da samuwar su da kuma canjinsu," in ji Ministan Kimiyya Amanda Solloway.
"Wannan shaida ce ga kyakkyawan aikin masana'antar sararin samaniya ta Burtaniya, masananmu masu ban mamaki da masu bincike waɗanda Kwalejin Jami'ar London da RAL Space da abokan huldarmu na duniya ke jagoranta cewa wannan aikin yana 'dagawa'. Ina fatan kallon shi ci gaba zuwa kaddamar a 2029. ”
An tabbatar da wasu duniyoyi 4,374 a cikin tsarin 3,234 tun bayan binciken farko da aka gano a farkon shekarun 1990, in ji UKSA.
Hotuna: ESA / STFC RAL Space / UCL / UK Space Agency / ATG Medialab
