Last year , Japanese troupe Astro Live Experience ( ALE ) announced they wanted to create thefirst stilted meteoroid exhibitor . Now , it is being reported that they plan to do it in 2019 . This has been described by the troupe as the “ Shooting Star Challenge ” , and their hope is to have fake shooting star cross the sky over the Setouchi ( Seto Inland Sea ) realm of the Hiroshima Prefecture .
ALE plan to put a trial microsatellite in orbit next year that ’s about 60 cm ( 2 feet ) in size and capable of storing and delivering between 300 and 400 pellets . The artificial satellite will be in a special icy orbit , call a Lord’s Day - synchronic orbit , which leave the satellite to decease over a specific emplacement at the same time every day .
The artificial satellite will be in low-toned - Earth orbit ( 500 kilometers/310 naut mi of altitude ) and will shoot the pellets as it passes over Australia . The bastard meteoroid will take about 15 minutes to fall to a pinnacle of 60 kilometers ( 37 miles ) and begin to glow .
Each pellet will burn for about five to ten seconds and will be visible for up to 200 kilometers ( 125 miles ) . Each shooting principal will be almost as bright as Sirius , with the team exploring the possibility of having multiple colors . The location has been pick for its gamy rate of clean skies , however the popularity and stunning placement also help to make this the succeed choice for the first examination .
“ These days multitude are ordinarily looking down at their smartphones . I want to make people take care upwards again , ” tell Lena Okajima , astronomer and CEO of ALE , as report byJapan Today .
The company is being supported by research worker at Tohoku University and Tokyo Metropolitan University , which are responsible for the planet pattern and manufacture and the orbital pretense . Researchers from the Kanagawa Institute and the Nihon University will also look into real analysis for the mission .
The ship’s company haspartnered upwith supermarket giant Family Mart and Japan Airlines . rumor suggest that an artificial meteor exhibitioner could be part of the hatchway observance of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic biz .
[ H / T : Japan Today ]
