NASA will warn the earthlings about the meteor end of the world – Moscow Komsomolets

System 5 days notice approaching Earth meteorites

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NASA Experts have created a system of early warning “asteroid Apocalypse.” The system is able in 5 days to warn earthlings of the approach of any celestial body. This is particularly important when approaching large meteorites, capable of causing serious damage or even the disasters of the planetary scale.

As noted in the publication Universe Today, it is well known, to the death of the dinosaurs on Earth brought the fall of a large asteroid. Therefore, the experts believe that it is important to create a system for predicting possible asteroid impact and the creation of a catalogue of such asteroids that can approach Earth.

for this purpose, the latest NASA instrument in the fight against asteroids, which has been called Scout. The system is designed to detect asteroids approaching the Earth. The system passed an important test and is able to issue a notice 5 days before the approaching asteroid.

the report States that the system uses auto-telescope PAN-STARRS, and that recently, the system was able to detect the asteroid 2016 UR36, calculate its diameter to determine the distance to which it approaches.

Scientists say that this system is very important, as, for example, even a large meteorite like Chelyabinsk, fell to the Ground in February 2013 and was not opened until the fall, despite ground-based telescopes and infrared space Observatory WISE.

the publication said that the five days, of course, may be too small a period to, for example, to send a space mission to destroy a celestial body. But on the other hand, in 5 days you can take steps to save the people of the zone in which it is assumed the asteroid.

in 2018 “Scout” will help several microsatellites NEA Scout, which will be launched into orbit.