Scientists have warned that an ‘unknown number’ of space rocks could be heading for Earth, but they may be invisible to us as they are hidden in the glare of the sun
Thanks to our atmosphere these rocks are usually eliminated before they can cause much damage to the planet.
But this is not always the case…For example, the Chelyabinsk meteor that struck Russia 2013.
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No one saw the Chelyabinsk meteor coming, despie it being the biggest asteroid to strike Earth in more than a century.
The space rock smashed into western Russia generating a shockwave as strong as 35 Hiroshima atomic bombs and ;eaving more than 1,600 people injured.
So how come no one detected the 60ft (19 metres)-wide meteor heading straight for us?
The answer, according to experts, is that it was hidden by the glare of our sun.
The Mail Online reports: Worst still, it will not be the only one, as they warn that an ‘unknown’ number of space rocks could be heading for Earth undetected.
‘Asteroids the size of the Chelyabinsk meteor strike Earth roughly every 50-100 years,’ warned Richard Moissl, the European Space Agency’s head of planetary defence.
‘Injuries caused by airbursts or similar events could be prevented if people are informed of an oncoming impact and its predicted effects.
‘With advance warning, local authorities would be able to advise the public to keep well away from windows and glass.’
So just how can astronomers spot these ‘invisible’ asteroids lurking in the sun’s glare?
Well, the European Space Agency is set to launch its NEOMIR (Near Earth Object Mission in the Infra-red) orbiting observatory later this decade, which will act as an early warning system to detect and monitor any asteroid coming towards Earth from the sun’s direction.
NEOMIR will be located at the ‘L1’ Lagrange point between Earth and the sun.
Undisturbed by Earth’s atmosphere, its infrared telescope will be able to spot asteroids 65ft (20 metres) and larger currently lurking in the sunlight.
Moissl added: ‘ESA’s upcoming NEOMIR mission will detect asteroids like Chelyabinsk coming from the same region in the sky as the sun, filling a vital gap in our current abilities to predict and plan for hazardous impacts.’
The space agency admits that there is a possibility that an asteroid even bigger than what NEOMIR will be able to detect could impact Earth from the dayside, but such a scenario is less likely.
This is because the larger the asteroid, the fewer there are in the Solar System and the easier they are to detect.
So much so that almost all asteroids larger than half a mile wide (one km) have already been discovered.
Scott Sheppard, from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC, has previously said that the discoveries of near-Earth objects (NEOs) are only just beginning, in part because of the history of our observatories.
Most telescopes tend to look away from our planet so they can avoid the glare of the sun.
However, new surveys are beginning to peer in the other direction and revealing more NEOs – including never-before-seen asteroids.
Niamh Harris
They burn up in the van Allen belt cause they aren’t made of aluminum like space ships that travel to the moon and back And anyway the space ships slide through sneakily. It’s rocket science.
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we are hit with rocks daily. more fear porn for the idiots.
We need to quickly tax the hell out of everyone with an asteroid footprint offset to avoid this cat ass trophy.
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Sure…and we landed on the moon, and vaccines are safe & effective, and the oceans are boiling despite snow falling in So CA the other day…and on and on. More lies & fear porn from the NWO cabal. “Control the narrative to control the people.”
93.4% of Americans believe every thing they’re told by the corporate prostitute media. (Keeping in mind that 63.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.)
They have to get through the space JUNK first-we live under a junk yard full of garbage turds&leftovers
In recent years something with a mass large enough to disturb the orbit of outer planets has been passing in towards the sun, yet it is so dark as to reflect no light, what could it be?
It’s that Planet X that’s just around the corner just ready to hit earth (and has been for the last fifteen years or so). Another thing to put on my “to worry about” list. *****Yawwwwwwnnnn*****
Gosh, I didn’t know. I will start getting ready right now.
Come on man, don’t we have enough fear porn out there already.
A really fat one, please!
And Iran could nuke the world with imaginary atom bombs. I guess I’m not going to worry too much about either one.
LOL LOL so no radar etc can detect in the “glare of the sun”. sounds like BS. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b21dfd8777d5ffdedd59c5e9ceeb3a3b03a613abbf4ec7f43a14febaf3c9589b.png
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Dinosaurs fought among themselves instead of learning to protect their planet from extinction sized space debris. Perhaps it is a test for species for them to be able to evolve into space faring species. Looks like we are also failing that test.
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