Astronomers are hidden by a piece of mysterious space junk that orbits the Earth.
Garbage, which is only 600 km (373 miles) above the surface of the Earth, is believed to be what is known as a "garbage empty object."
They are believed to be excess waste of a rocket launch, but scientists are not sure what rocket launch came from.
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Empty objects in the paper bag or ETBO tend to have unpredictable orbit patterns.
They stretch several meters, but they have a mass less than one kilogram.
Scientists say that this artificial satellite is nothing more than a piece of lightweight material, such as the metal lamina, left behind by a rocket launch.
It was first seen by the telescope of the latest asteroid landing alert system (ATLAS) in Haleakala, Hawaii, on Friday.
The astrologers of the Northolt Branch observatories in London analyzed the object to judge that it was probably an ETBO.
The Northolt Branch observatories now refer to the Earth satellite as "A10bMLz".
The object is "extremely light", but also several meters away.
The Earth satellite, called "A10bMLz", was first seen on the ultrasound earthquake warning system (ATLAS) telescope in Hawaii on Friday. Northolt observatories found that the object (in the photo) is "extremely light", but several meters
A10bMLz moved in an unusual retrograde orbit, rather than prograde orbit. It is located in orbit 600 km above the earth's surface, but it moves to 1.4 times from the moon
"This suggests that it is what is known as an" empty trash bag object, "explains Northolt Branch Observatories in a Facebook post.
A piece of lightweight (probably metallic) material, which remains from a rocket launch.
"It is still unclear when you have launched A10bMLz," they added.
A10bMLz disconcerted astronomers once they realized he was traveling in retrograde orbit instead of the progressive orbit.
"It is orbiting the Earth in an unusual and retrograde orbit, at an average distance of 262,000 km," said Northolt Branch Observatories.
"The orbit is highly elliptical, with a perigee just 600 km above the earth's surface and an apogee 1.4 times farther than the Moon."
Empty trash objects have been observed by astronomers many times before, but A10bMLz surprised Northolt Branch observatories because of its very distant and unpredictable orbit
WHAT IS JUNK SPACE?
There are approximately 170 million pieces called "space spammers" that are left behind missions that can be as large as rocket stages used or as small as scales of paint, in orbit next to # 39; about 700 billion dollars of space infrastructure.
But only 22,000 are traced, and with fragments capable of traveling at speeds above 27,000 km / h (16,777 mph), even small pieces could cause serious damage or destroy satellites.
However, traditional fingerprinting methods do not work in space, since the suction cups do not work in vacuum and temperatures are too cold for substances such as tape and glue.
Pinzas based on the magnets are useless, since the majority of the junk in orbit around the Earth is not magnetic.
About 500,000 pieces of human remains (the impression of the artist) orbit our planet, made up of disused satellites, pieces of spacecraft and rockets saved
Most proposed solutions, including waste harpoons, require or provoke a forceful interaction with the waste, which could push these objects into unpredictable and unintended directions.
Scientists point to two events that have worsened the problem of space spammers.
The first was in February 2009, when a telecommunications satellite Iridium and Kosmos-2251, a Russian military satellite, collided accidentally.
The second was in January 2007, when China tested an anti-satellite weapon on an old Fengyun weather satellite.
The experts also point to two sites that have become worryingly messy.
One is a low Earth orbit that is used for satnav satellites, ISS, manned missions in China and the Hubble telescope, among others.
The other one is in geostationary orbit, and is used for communications, meteorology and surveillance satellites that have to maintain a fixed position with respect to the Earth.
Astronomers have seen garbage junk objects many times before, but A10bMLz surprised them because of their very distant orbit, according to Northolt Branch Observatories.
The Pluto project, which makes the planetarium software, compared the object's orbit with a plastic bag.
The unpredictable A10bMLz orbit is probably one of several reasons why astronomers have difficulty finding out the source of the object.
"At present, we have no idea about the origin of this object," said the project Pluto.
"This is mainly due to the fact that its past trajectory is really uncertain. As with an empty garbage bag that goes out onto the street, it can be zigzag in unpredictable ways.
Predicting the trajectory of the artificial satellite is impossible. Astronomers believe that the object can be burned upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere in a few months
"… I do not see any recent lunar flybys, nor speculate about when it could hit the earth or the moon or get out of the Earth-Moon system," they continued.
Since the object is so light, the observatories of Northholt Branch said that the object is easily pushed by the pressure of the sun's radiation.
This changes its "orbit chaoticly on time scales from days to weeks," which makes it impossible to foresee which direction will move in the future.
In addition, Northolt Branch Observatories believes that the object can be burned in the Earth's atmosphere in a few months.
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