Meteoroids are rocky objects moving freely in space & sometimes crosses the axis of the earth around the sun. They are being pulled by the earth's gravitational force at close range, resulting into a disastrous event on the earth surface.
In 1908, a meteoroid hit Tunguska, flattening 1000 sq.km of forest - an area about the size of Washington D.C. Had it arrived earlier, it would had hit east of the city, an area occupying the inhabitants.
Consider in 1989, an asteroid of 500m in diameter passed a point in space that the earth had occupied only 6 hours earlier. This would have been the greatest disaster the earth would had suffered, had there been a collision.
There have been other narrowly averted catastrophes. Even relatively small impacts can be extremely dangerous.
The probability that a dangerous meteoroid will strike the earth during your lifetime or the lifetime of your grand children is very remote. As Dr. Ocan would say "there's nothing impossible in science", as many believe the dinosaurs were wiped out years ago. Given sufficient time, the unlikely will eventually occur.
From the knowledge of Tsunamis, earthquakes... What would the impact of meteoroids have on these & generally on the planet earth and its inhabitants? The 500m diameter Asteroid will be back sooner or later, as to complete its revolution around the sun. Perhaps, it would be 6 hours faster this time around. What can we do to protect our planet earth?
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| A violent impact of a meteorite on the earth |
In 1908, a meteoroid hit Tunguska, flattening 1000 sq.km of forest - an area about the size of Washington D.C. Had it arrived earlier, it would had hit east of the city, an area occupying the inhabitants.
Consider in 1989, an asteroid of 500m in diameter passed a point in space that the earth had occupied only 6 hours earlier. This would have been the greatest disaster the earth would had suffered, had there been a collision.
There have been other narrowly averted catastrophes. Even relatively small impacts can be extremely dangerous.
The probability that a dangerous meteoroid will strike the earth during your lifetime or the lifetime of your grand children is very remote. As Dr. Ocan would say "there's nothing impossible in science", as many believe the dinosaurs were wiped out years ago. Given sufficient time, the unlikely will eventually occur.
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| Dinosaurs went into extinction about 65 million years ago |
From the knowledge of Tsunamis, earthquakes... What would the impact of meteoroids have on these & generally on the planet earth and its inhabitants? The 500m diameter Asteroid will be back sooner or later, as to complete its revolution around the sun. Perhaps, it would be 6 hours faster this time around. What can we do to protect our planet earth?
