“Eerie” asteroids that earthlings are expected on Halloween can be a comet – REGNUM

Washington, October 23, 2015, 10:30 – REGNUM Large asteroid collision with which the inhabitants of the Earth have intimidated some of the media, in fact, could be a comet. The object, called 2015 TB145, having 400 meters in diameter, has already received from some scientists nicknamed “Spooky”. But despite the fact that he will sweep past our planet on October 31 a distance of only 1.3 times the average distance from the Earth to the Moon, no danger to the third planet of the solar system, or to its natural satellite in 2015 TB145 is not, say scientists Laboratory NASA.

According to the portal Spase, Halloween astronomers a lot of work. The scientists plan to send a beam of radio waves flying object with a special transmitter radio observatory of the Goldstone Deep Space Network ( Deep Space Network) NASA. The reflected signals will observatories West Virginia and Puerto Rico.

Analysis of the data will help scientists get detailed information about size, shape, surface features and other characteristics of the object. So could it turns out that it really is a heavenly body is not an asteroid and a comet. According to a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Lance Benner, the asteroid’s orbit is very stretched and under a very large angle to the plane in which the address of the planet of the solar system.

«This unique orbit, along with high speed – about 35 kilometers per second – allows you to raise the issue that a celestial body could be a comet, “- says Benner.

The visibility of the asteroid is too small to see with the naked eye, but all lovers of astronomy offered the opportunity to observe its movement through the service “virtual telescope.” Broadcast is scheduled for 00:00 GMT, October 31.

Well, all pending doomsday scientists recommend not relax. Indeed, in August 2027 the asteroid will fly wide of 800 meters at a distance of 385,000 kilometers from Earth. This object is potentially dangerous, because the average distance from the Earth to the Moon is just 384.4 thousand km.

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