The fall of the asteroid, scheduled for 12 October will not be!

2017-10-10 10:34

The fall of the asteroid, scheduled for 12 October will not be!
A celestial body with a diameter of 13 meters will fly at a distance of about 50 thousand kilometers from the planet

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The fall to Earth asteroid 2012 TC 4, which was held on 12 October will not be, said the Director of the astronomical Observatory of ISU Sergei Yazev.

On the day of the flight distance between celestial summer, a diameter of 13 meters, and the planet will be 50 thousand km. the Asteroid was discovered five years ago, and even then, scientists have known that he would not collide with the Earth.

Note that the Asteroid 2012 TS 4 was opened in October 2012. It was soon calculated his trajectory around the Sun, after which it became known that a celestial body will pass near the Earth, but, fortunately, the collision will not.

For professionals it’s a well known fact, and there is no sensation. For the asteroid watched all five years. Not so long ago it was said that its about 40 meters in diameter, but now, given that he was much closer to the Earth, its size is overvalued at the present time is 13 meters. The fact that many media reports about the fall of the asteroid on 12 October, is the absolute truth. This is empty talk not too skilled media who, without understanding or even understanding, but in pursuit of sensation, repeating nonsense. Also, I totally understand why many publications that write about the fall of a celestial body, refer to NASA. After reading several sources, I found out that some woman astronomer by the name of Reese from the University of Texas says about this collision. But it’s not NASA. And who is this lady that her expertise where she got such information is unknown, – said Sergey Yazev.

Now during the passage of the asteroid on 12 October, NASA plans to test its own methods of determining the coordinates of the tracking celestial bodies, said the Director of the astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk state University.

– With regard to potentially hazardous close approach of asteroid with the planet, at the present time, astronomers every day four or five asteroids that pass near Earth. This distance varies from million to hundreds of thousands of km. of celestial Bodies that are at a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers from the planet, recorded once or twice a year. Typically, these asteroids are small in size (about one to three meters) and can not carry any threat to Earth, as even in contact with it they will burn up in the atmosphere, – said Sergey Yazev.

Asteroid to Earth will not fall, but the Soviet satellite Molniya 1-44, launched in 1979, will come down from orbit until October 20.