Evidance Of Water Discovered In 17 asteroids.

“Data from the Japanese infrared Satellite AKARI was used for the study”

Japanese Scientists have expose  evidence of water in 17 asteroids for the first time using data from the infrared satellite AKARI. The researcher says this discovery will contribute to our understanding of the distribution of water in our solar system, the evolution of asteroids and the origin of water on Earth. Our earth is the only planet in our solar system where the presence of water on the planet surface has been confirmed. Scientists are not yet sure how our earth acquired its water. Asteroids are designed to be one of the candidates that import water to Earth. Researcher from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and university of Tokyo found that water is confined  in asteroids as hydrated minerals, which were produced by chemical reactions of water and anhydrous rocks that occurred inside the asteroids. Hydrated minerals are stable even above the reticence  temperature of water ice, according to the study which appears in the publications of the Astronomical society of Japan. By looking for hydrated minerals, Scientists can explore  whether asteroids have water.

P.P.Neelayathakshi.