The first in the new 2020 asteroid flew past Earth January 2

The first in the new 2020 asteroid flew past the Earth on January 2A photo from open sources

And although the minimum distance over which this asteroid coming closer to Earth on January 2, 2020, there will be almost two million kilometers, NASA astronomers are closely watching this space New Year guest, conditionally named AE3 2019.

The asteroid is small, only 13 meters in diameter, but very nimble: it will pass Earth at a speed of 30 thousand kilometers per hour. For As an example, let’s say that a plane at such a speed would fly New York to London in just 6 minutes.

Chances to face our planet at this asteroid minimal, however, as NASA employees say, one hundred percent there is no guarantee of security and cannot be, because the behavior cosmic bodies sometimes become unpredictable.

Every year, hundreds of asteroids fly past Earth, more than half of them pose a potential danger to our planet – until the global catastrophe in the event of a fall. For their flights tracking the WISE space infrared telescope, but its duration functioning comes to an end. And therefore, starting this year, group led by Amy Mainzer University of Arizona will begin create a new space observer – NEO Surveyor. His launch scheduled for 2025, NASA will spend only in 2020 on its creation about 36 million dollars.

A photo from open sources

The inquiring mind of a person immediately asks the question: why do you need invest such huge amounts of money in equipment that anyway won’t save us from a space catastrophe? Just scare humans what happens today when almost every week NASA reports a “potentially dangerous asteroid.” Here is the new 2020 started with this …

Moreover, modern terrestrial tracking equipment cosmic bodies remain imperfect, otherwise, for example, The Chelyabinsk meteorite of 2013, would not be a surprise for everyone, unknown from where arrived (not a single astronomical service of the Earth not recorded at that moment approaching our planet asteroid).

As it is not known by whom that unfortunate meteorite was shot down. Ufologists claim that aliens did this (below video, how everything occurred). But there is another opinion, namely about the existing Earth technology for the destruction of dangerous meteorites. Where is she from nobody knows who controls it, but the conspiracy theorists assure us that behind all these fantastic technologies is the world alien government. If so, then At least NASA’s efforts to create a telescope become clear. tracking NEO. And then right there are some expensive space toys …

NASA Telescope

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