Hey, remember when the world didn’t end on December 21, 2012? Here’s some good news from NASA scientists: The world is also will not end in 2029 either 2036 So now we can all rest a little easier at night, knowing that the inevitable doom of our time on this planet will likely come when we least expect it and from a much less cosmic source.
In case you didn’t know before this expert’s claim that perhaps death from above was hurtling toward us with almost unimaginable speed, then you probably haven’t heard of Apophis. It’s an asteroid the size of three and a half football fields that was thought to be heading straight for Earth, sparking another round of the now-traditional doomsday anticipation we’ve apparently been experiencing since humans first coined the term. “Millennium Bug”.
Apophis was discovered in June 2004, and initial calculations by scientists predicted that it actually had a 2.7 percent chance of hitting our planet during its first pass through Earth in 2029, while other scientists rejected the idea and they predicted that we were much more likely to do so. being hit when the asteroid returned seven years later. Unfortunately for those hoping for Apophis-related merchandise and/or anxious about the end of life on this planet, reality has turned out to be a bit rosier than those initial guesses might suggest.
Although further analysis of those early reports revealed that the possibility of a 2029 collision was unlikely at best, no one dared to rule out the possibility of a later impact from the asteroid as it returned on its return trip, until now. . Last week, NASA announced that new information about the asteroid taken earlier (Wednesday, January 9 to be exact) showed that while Apophis will come relatively close to Earth in the cosmic scheme of things, it’s almost impossible for it to actually clash with him. our planet. Instead, they suggest, the asteroid will pass within 15 million kilometers or 9.3 million miles of the planet, far enough to ensure our continued survival.
In NASA’s official announcement of our near miss, Don Yeomans, head of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office, reassured everyone by saying that NASA scientists had “effectively ruled out the possibility of a Apophis collision with Earth in 2036,” adding that they are “the odds of a collision as they stand now are less than one in a million, so we can safely say that we can effectively rule out an impact on Earth in 2036. Our interest in the Apophis asteroid will essentially focus on its scientific interest for the foreseeable future.” So, for now, put away those doomsday bags and packets of dehydrated food.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn
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