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Recently, the media has been constantly shaking its readers, warning of the approach of “potentially dangerous” to the Earth space objects.
In the Russian segment of the Internet, this was reported before everyone else Moscow planetarium, on the site of which on August 20 was corresponding note published. It talked about the approximation of the asteroid 2019 OU1, whose dimensions are 100-150 meters. Given that the consequences of a collision with the Earth given the asteroid is very disastrous, experts said the dangers this space object does not carry. An asteroid is expected to pass past our planet at a distance of 1 million kilometers. Maximum rapprochement, according to experts, should happen at night from 28 to August 29th.
At the same time, on August 25, two asteroids already slipped past our Planets: 2015 HM10 and 2019 OD. Their diameter is about 120 meters. Moreover The 2019 OD went three times closer than expected. According to NASA, the distance to the Earth was only 353 thousand kilometers. That is not 1 million, as expected.
In addition, NASA reports that September 14 will come closer to us another asteroid 2000 QW7, which is also marked as “potentially dangerous”. This is really a large cosmic body – 828 by 650 meters. If nothing influences him, then he will fly at a distance of more than 5 million kilometers from us.
Modern search methods do not allow to notice absolutely everything cosmic bodies. It immediately becomes clear that the European Space the agency just overlooked the approach of 2019 OK, what a month later admitted. This object on July 25 approached the Earth for only 71 thousand kilometers, and it turned out only in August, when experts browsed archives of data represented by orbital companions.
In addition to the above, the main “headache” of scientists now is an asteroid dubbed the “God of Chaos.” This object the size of the Eiffel Tower should approach our planet on the distance is only 30 thousand kilometers. The most insignificant deviation in trajectories can lead to disastrous consequences. According to scientists, the chance of developing this scenario is small – 1 to 250,000.
“Potentially hazardous” objects NASA refers to asteroids, the sizes of which are more than 100 meters, and passing closer than 7.5 million kilometers from our planet. Now under a “keen” look NASA employees more than 2000 similar objects. Let’s hope that there are not many more, and nothing threatens our planet.
ESOREITER previously reported that an asteroid the size of a Cheops pyramid approaching the earth.
Andrey Vetrov
NASA
