The Asteroid will Come near to the Earth

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - NASA estimates that in the near future there will be a 18-meter long asteroid approaching Earth. Had feared that this stone will hit the Earth, but NASA ensure that the asteroid will not threaten the security of citizens of the earth or the thousands of satellites revolving around it.

Berbatuan was expected to be passed over New Zealand, and is considered by NASA as a golden opportunity to learn to do the asteroid.

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Although fly close to Earth, but the asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye. Had to use a telescope to see it. RC was first discovered in 2014 when it passed the orbit above Arizona August 31 last by the Catalina Sky Survey.

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NASA's Near Earth Object Program estimates there are thousands of asteroids that could threaten Earth. But experts say there is the potential to hit the Earth in the near future.

NASA also said sometimes there are some asteroids that escaped the radar. On February 15, 2013, a meteorite with a diameter reaching 18 meters crashed into the Earth's atmosphere and exploded over Russia with a force equivalent to 30 nuclear bombs. This pristiwa injuring about 1,500 people.

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The asteroid was not detected before the townspeople Chelyabinsk, Russia saw a huge rock streaking across the sky. This asteroid exploded when NASA was monitoring other asteroids that pass on the earth.

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Currently NASA is developing a method to deflect the extraterrestrial rocks that will hit the earth. In addition, research on how to track fast-threatening asteroid is also being conducted.