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Asteroid: warnings from Czech researchers
Scientists recommend conducting research to avoid "a local or even
continental disaster". They fear a collision with the Earth.
Published on 06/06/2017 with 19:39 | The Point.fr
Astronomers from the Czech Academy of Sciences are worried. On Tuesday,
June 6, they spoke of the higher risk for the Earth to be affected by an
asteroid. They therefore strongly recommend research to avoid "a local
or even continental disaster". The asteroids in question come from a
recently discovered branch of the Taurids, shooting stars of a meteoric
swarm regularly appearing in the sky.
The study strongly recommends that further research be carried out to
"better describe this real source of potentially dangerous objects
important enough to cause a local or even continental disaster". The new
branch includes objects moving together around the Sun. The Earth meets
them once every few years, for a period of about three weeks. "During
this period, the likelihood of a collision with a size object (about a
dozen meters in diameter) is obviously higher," the Czech Academy said
in a press release.
The scientists drew their conclusions after analyzing 144 large luminous
meteors in the Taurids and detecting this new branch comprising at least
two asteroids 200 to 300 meters in diameter. "Most probably, the branch
also includes many undetected asteroids, about ten meters in diameter or
larger," the academy said in a press release. "Hence the risk of a
collision with an asteroid that obviously increases when the Earth meets
this swarm of interplanetary matter, every few years", according to this
text. Asteroids are very fragile, but when they are as big, they can
penetrate deep into the atmosphere and create a real threat of collision
with the Earth, scientists explain.
Read more here:
http://www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/asteroide-la-mise-en-garde-de-chercheurs-tcheques-06-06-2017-2133278_1925.php
Thank you,
Amine Moulay Ramdane.
Asteroid: warnings from Czech researchers
Scientists recommend conducting research to avoid "a local or even
continental disaster". They fear a collision with the Earth.
Published on 06/06/2017 with 19:39 | The Point.fr
Astronomers from the Czech Academy of Sciences are worried. On Tuesday,
June 6, they spoke of the higher risk for the Earth to be affected by an
asteroid. They therefore strongly recommend research to avoid "a local
or even continental disaster". The asteroids in question come from a
recently discovered branch of the Taurids, shooting stars of a meteoric
swarm regularly appearing in the sky.
The study strongly recommends that further research be carried out to
"better describe this real source of potentially dangerous objects
important enough to cause a local or even continental disaster". The new
branch includes objects moving together around the Sun. The Earth meets
them once every few years, for a period of about three weeks. "During
this period, the likelihood of a collision with a size object (about a
dozen meters in diameter) is obviously higher," the Czech Academy said
in a press release.
The scientists drew their conclusions after analyzing 144 large luminous
meteors in the Taurids and detecting this new branch comprising at least
two asteroids 200 to 300 meters in diameter. "Most probably, the branch
also includes many undetected asteroids, about ten meters in diameter or
larger," the academy said in a press release. "Hence the risk of a
collision with an asteroid that obviously increases when the Earth meets
this swarm of interplanetary matter, every few years", according to this
text. Asteroids are very fragile, but when they are as big, they can
penetrate deep into the atmosphere and create a real threat of collision
with the Earth, scientists explain.
Read more here:
http://www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/asteroide-la-mise-en-garde-de-chercheurs-tcheques-06-06-2017-2133278_1925.php
Thank you,
Amine Moulay Ramdane.
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