*Happy International Asteroid Day! ~ Do You Believe A Big Astrroid Hit Will Happen In Your Lifetime?

Happy International Asteroid Day!

Do You Believe A Big Astrroid Hit Will Happen In Your Lifetime?

International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat.

Background

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) represent potentially catastrophic threats to our planet.

NEO is an asteroid or comet, which passes close to the Earth's orbit.

According to NASA’s Center for NEO Studies, there are over 16 000 Near Earth Asteroids discovered.

The Tunguska asteroid event in Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, was the Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history.

On 15 February 2013, a large fireball (technically, called a "superbolide"), traveling at a velocity of 18.6 kilometers per second, entered the atmosphere and disintegrated in the skies over Chelyabinsk.

According to NASA, the approximate effective diameter of the asteroid was estimated at 18 meters and its mass at 11,000 tons.

The approximate total impact energy of the Chelyabinsk Fireball, in kilotons of TNT explosives (the energy parameter usually quoted for a fireball), was 440 kilotons.

The Chelyabinsk event was an extraordinarily large fireball, the most energetic impact event recognized since the 1908 Tunguska blast in Russian Siberia.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has worked on NEOs for many years, recognising a NEO impact hazard as a global issue demanding an international response.

Addressing such a hazard, including the identification of those objects that pose a threat of impact and planning a corresponding mitigation campaign, requires cooperative action in the interest of public safety on the part of the global community.

Building on recommendations for an international response to a near-Earth Object impact threat, endorsed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 2013, the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) were established in 2014.

The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) uses well-defined communication plans and protocols to assist Governments in the analysis of possible consequences of an asteroid impact and to support the planning of mitigation responses.

The Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) is an inter-space agency forum that identifies technologies needed for near-Earth Object deflection, and aims to build consensus on recommendations for planetary defense measures.

Sources:

https://iawn.net/

https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-day

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Happy International Asteroid Day! Do You Believe A Big Astrroid Hit Will Happen In Your Lifetime? International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat. Background Near-Earth objects (NEOs) represent potentially catastrophic threats to our planet. NEO is an asteroid or comet, which passes close to the Earth's orbit. According to NASA’s Center for NEO Studies, there are over 16 000 Near Earth Asteroids discovered. The Tunguska asteroid event in Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, was the Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history. On 15 February 2013, a large fireball (technically, called a "superbolide"), traveling at a velocity of 18.6 kilometers per second, entered the atmosphere and disintegrated in the skies over Chelyabinsk. According to NASA, the approximate effective diameter of the asteroid was estimated at 18 meters and its mass at 11,000 tons. The approximate total impact energy of the Chelyabinsk Fireball, in kilotons of TNT explosives (the energy parameter usually quoted for a fireball), was 440 kilotons. The Chelyabinsk event was an extraordinarily large fireball, the most energetic impact event recognized since the 1908 Tunguska blast in Russian Siberia. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has worked on NEOs for many years, recognising a NEO impact hazard as a global issue demanding an international response. Addressing such a hazard, including the identification of those objects that pose a threat of impact and planning a corresponding mitigation campaign, requires cooperative action in the interest of public safety on the part of the global community. Building on recommendations for an international response to a near-Earth Object impact threat, endorsed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 2013, the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) were established in 2014. The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) uses well-defined communication plans and protocols to assist Governments in the analysis of possible consequences of an asteroid impact and to support the planning of mitigation responses. The Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) is an inter-space agency forum that identifies technologies needed for near-Earth Object deflection, and aims to build consensus on recommendations for planetary defense measures. -- Sources: https://iawn.net/ https://www.un.org/en/observances/asteroid-day -- Let's Make The World A Better Place For Everyone! We Can Do It! --

Rainbow_Pink_Lover

NASA predicted that few asteroids will hit like after few years. So i think I might be able to see at least one asteroid hit with naked eyes.

Tuck_Fheory

Our Planet's atmosphere does a wonderful job of breaking up these asteroids, but sometimes they slip thru the net! (I remember seeing the one in 2013 all over the news. Scary stuff)

..but I do think we're safe from the 'Planet killers'....Space is gargantuan, mostly empty, and expanding even further into nothingness & it's becoming easier to track objects in our solar system

Our Planet's atmosphere does a wonderful job of breaking up these asteroids, but sometimes they slip thru the net! (I remember seeing the one in 2013 all over the news. Scary stuff) ..but I do think we're safe from the 'Planet killers'....Space is gargantuan, mostly empty, and expanding even further into nothingness & it's becoming easier to track objects in our solar system

Oportunist

İ wont be able to see asteroid with naked eyes unfortunatly cause i use glasses

JASKIRATSINGH

then
I will pray to Apophis

then I will pray to Apophis

vellarco

nuke em

JASKIRATSINGH

what about planting a atom bomb on moon?

Oportunist

İts cool as long as u dont explode it

CSKA_Moscou

@Black-Swan-22 said in #1:

Happy International Asteroid Day!

Do You Believe A Big Astrroid Hit Will Happen In Your Lifetime?

I only hope for that! an asteroid not too big, but enough that there will be debris falling so I can run and look for it with a metal detector

@Black-Swan-22 said in #1: > Happy International Asteroid Day! > > Do You Believe A Big Astrroid Hit Will Happen In Your Lifetime? I only hope for that! an asteroid not too big, but enough that there will be debris falling so I can run and look for it with a metal detector

s2numbuq35i

Hopefully not our planet, but judging from the craters, the other planets are constantly hit. Observing a big hit on one of our neighbors could be relatively safe and would provide beautiful photos and probably a lot of interesting data concerning our own history, and perhaps the debris could even cause years of meteor showers on earth.

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