Near-Earth flying “double” Chelyabinsk car
text: Alexander Temples / Infox.ru
published Sept. 30 ’13 10:46
Source: (AP Photo / Wakayama University Institute for Education on Space, HO
Russian experts spotted a 15-meter asteroid that nearly collided with the Earth. The trajectory of its flight ran lower than geostationary satellites.
Opening informed experts of the State Sternberg Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University.
object was fixed network MASTER telescope, located on Lake Baikal. He flew over India and Indonesia in the night from 26 to 27 September. Only managed to do eight pictures of the object for which it was possible to calculate the trajectory, speed and size.
diameter of the object is about 15 meters – roughly the same size and have the car in Chelyabinsk, which fell in February 2013. Heavenly body was at the height of 11,300 feet at a speed of 16 kilometers per second.
While scientists can not say for sure if this object is an asteroid. It is possible that it was a piece of space debris or stage booster – but experts have not yet found among well-known man-made objects suitable “candidate” for the role.
Currently, astronomers have sent their data to the International Center for Research of minor planets, where the project was given the official “name» – MASD91. Perhaps, further analysis will shed light on the nature of this object, although at the moment the new observations are impossible – MASD91 too far off from our planet.
Recall the recent Spanish astronomers calculated the potential progenitor of the Chelyabinsk car – it was two hundred meter asteroid 2011 EO40 of Apollo Group.
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