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| Astronomers Say 'Second Moon' Won't Approach Earth |
| 2024-09-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Imagine the hassle: "Moonlight Sonatas" or "Fly me to the Moons on Gossamer Wings", etc [Regnum] Asteroid 2024 RT5 will change its orbit under the influence of Earth's gravity, but will not become a "second Moon," that is, a new satellite. This is the response given by scientists to media reports about an asteroid allegedly approaching the planet, which will temporarily become a new satellite of the planet, revolving around it in orbit. “It will not be able to become any kind of ‘second Moon’,” RIA Novosti experts said unequivocally. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered in August by astronomers from the University of Madrid. According to their calculations, the asteroid is about 10-11 meters in diameter. Under the influence of Earth's gravity, it will change its orbit, but will never become a satellite of the Earth, explained Faina Rubleva, scientific director of the Moscow Planetarium. It is noted that people will not be able to observe the approach of the asteroid, since it is too small to be seen with the naked eye. Astronomers believe that the Earth managed to slow down the asteroid, but this happened outside the sphere of its gravitational influence, and the asteroid was eventually “pulled” by the Sun. As reported by IA Regnum, the potentially dangerous asteroid 2024 MK passed Earth at a distance of about 300 thousand km on June 30. The asteroid is a relatively large celestial rock of the Apollo group. On June 27, asteroid 2011 UL21 approached Earth at a distance of approximately 6.4 million km, which was the closest distance for this celestial body in more than 100 years. The asteroid was nicknamed the "planet killer" for its ability to cause large-scale damage and throw a significant amount of "debris" into the atmosphere upon impact, which could trigger global climate change. The size of the celestial body is larger than the dimensions of 99% of objects that pass close to Earth. Scientists from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences have reported on invisible asteroids capable of causing an earthquake. Thus, particles of light dark matter, invisible to any telescope, are capable of forming asteroid-like objects that will cause an earthquake when passing through the Earth. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 "That's no moon" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-30 09:08 |
| #1 Measure the "What If" Impact results. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-09-30 07:20 |