size of a mountain asteroid that flies near the Earth every three years, was discovered by Russian scientists.
Vladimir Lipunov, a professor at Moscow State University, argues that named” 2014 UR116 “asteroid does not pose an immediate threat – although warned that it could “theoretically” hit Earth ..
Professor Lipunov said that it is difficult to calculate the trajectory of the asteroid “2014 UR116″, because its orbit flight is constantly changing due to the gravitational influence of other planets
“We need to constantly monitor it, as even a slight miscalculation in the calculations can lead to serious consequences,” he said.
However, NASA said they discovered asteroid poses no danger .
“Some recent press reports suggest that the asteroid designated 2014 UR116, discovered Oct. 27, 2014, the observatory MASTER-II in Kislovodsk, is a possible threat to the Earth”.
Although its size of about 400 meters, the asteroid has a period of three years around the sun, and returned to the vicinity of Earth periodically, and is not a threat because of its orbit that does not intersect close enough to the Earth’s orbit.
There have been carried out calculations for the motion of an asteroid in future, using automatic calculations made with the help of Sentry Program Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
These calculations exclude the danger to the Earth (or any other planet) over the next 150 years.
Today day it is believed that in a million asteroids that could lead to serious consequences in the world, we know only about 10,000 – or only one percent.
This means that at any time an asteroid could hit the Earth and cause mass destruction and disasters.
example of this, in February 2013 more than 1,600 people were injured when a meteor exploded near the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia, it is the largest meteorite strike for more than a hundred years.
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