The “killer of the city” may hit the moon instead of the ground!

According to RCO News Agency, A large enough asteroid to kill a city is likely to hit our planet one by one. But according to new calculations, it may be less likely to hit the moon instead of us.

According to Space, on February 7, NASA scientists announced the possibility of a YR3 asteroid collision with Earth on December 5, and increased the percentage of the likelihood from 0.5 to 4.3.

This potentially dangerous asteroid is 2 feet (2 meters) and travels at a speed of about 2,000 miles per hour (4,000 kilometers per hour). Although the YR2 is very small to end human civilization, it can still destroy a large city and release about 2 megatons of energy, which is more than 5 times the energy released by the atomic bomb, which the Japanese Hiroshima. It destroyed. But what if it hit the moon instead?

David Rankin, an operational engineer for the Catalina Sky Sky at the University of Arizona, says the asteroid also has a 2.5 % chance of dealing with our natural moon. The effects of this collision are probably visible from our planet, though we will probably not be affected.

“It is likely that it will throw the material that can hit the ground, but I am very doubted that it will pose a big threat,” Rankin added.

This does not mean that we will not see it. According to current estimates, dealing with the moon can release more energy than the Hiroshima bombs. “It is likely to be visible from the earth,” he said.

However, Gareth Collins, a professor of planetary science at Imperial College in London, says: “We will be safe on earth.” He added that any material that is thrown at the collision probably burns in the atmosphere.

The moon has been bombed by numerous asteroids throughout its life, as can be seen from its crater surface. However, if the asteroid collides with the moon, it will remain a crater of 1.5 miles (two kilometers).

The possibility of a space stone or the moon is still very low, and the international team from scientists has been allowed to use emergency use of the James Webb space telescope (JWST) to find out more about the size and route of the space stone before the Earth’s vision Leit the next few years.

So far, astronomers have observed only 4 YR2 using telescopes on Earth and estimated its size by measuring the amount of light reflected from the asteroid. But this is a relatively inaccurate estimate. Instead, James Webmas measures the heat emitted from the asteroid itself, which creates a much clearer image than the size and composition of the asteroid surface.

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