{"id":21328,"date":"2022-01-13T22:48:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T22:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/2029-will-be-the-perfect-year-to-launch-a-mission-to-sedna\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T22:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T22:48:44","slug":"2029-will-be-the-perfect-year-to-launch-a-mission-to-sedna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/2029-will-be-the-perfect-year-to-launch-a-mission-to-sedna\/","title":{"rendered":"2029 Will be the Perfect Year to Launch a Mission to Sedna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: NasaObject 90377 Sedna &#8211; a distant transneptunian object best known\u00a0 for its highly elliptical, 11,390-year-old orbit &#8211; is currently en-route to perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) in 2076. After that, Sedna will return to the &#8216;space. deep\u00a0 and will not return for millennia, making this overview a unique (or, once in ~ 113 lifetimes) opportunity to study an object from the far reaches of our solar system. There are no Sedna missions\u00a0 in the works\u00a0 yet, but astronomers are starting to plan for the possibility and\u00a0 ideal launch date for such a mission is fast approaching, with two of the best launch windows coming\u00a0 in 2029 and 2034. Sedna was discovered in 2003 by Caltech astronomer Mike Brown and his team, and was one of a series of potential dwarf planets (alongside similar-sized bodies like Haumea, Makemake, an&#8230; Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techncruncher.blogspot.com\/2022\/01\/2029-will-be-perfect-year-to-launch.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: NasaObject 90377 Sedna &#8211; a distant transneptunian object best known\u00a0 for its highly elliptical, 11,390-year-old orbit &#8211; is currently en-route to perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) in 2076. After that, Sedna will return to the &#8216;space. deep\u00a0 and will not return for millennia, making this overview a unique (or, once in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2028,"featured_media":21329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2029 Will be the Perfect Year to Launch a Mission to Sedna - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/2029-will-be-the-perfect-year-to-launch-a-mission-to-sedna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2029 Will be the Perfect Year to Launch a Mission to Sedna - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Image Credit: NasaObject 90377 Sedna - a distant transneptunian object best known\u00a0 for its highly elliptical, 11,390-year-old orbit - is currently en-route to perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) in 2076. 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