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On Thursday, May 14, an asteroid will approach the earth a mile wide. A giant space object will fit our The planet is closer than previous asteroids of similar dimensions.
This fact is of great concern not only to public, but also among astronomers. The latter warn that the celestial body measures one eighth of Everest and may easily destroy half the planet.
If a collision does occur, which is unlikely, but in theory it is possible, then we can expect the mass destruction of life on the planet. First, a significant part of people and animals will be killed by shock the wave from the collision of an asteroid with the Earth will then begin earthquakes that continue to destroy life.
An asteroid is ten times larger than the others space objects approaching our planet and spotted NASA radars. According to representatives of the American space agencies, a collision of a similar celestial object with the Earth may cause an explosion comparable to several million megatons of TNT. If a catastrophe really takes place, no less one and a half billion inhabitants of the planet.
An event can be much more destructive than a fall Tunguska meteorite in 1908. Then the block had the width of everything fifty meters, with eighty million trees laid and caused a shock wave that swept across Russia. Here we are talking about 1.6-kilometer dimensions.
Now the speed of the asteroid exceeds forty eight thousand kilometers per hour. Kennedy Space Center employees continuously monitor the celestial body, informing the world the public about rising risks.
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