06-30-2015, 05:37 AM
Thank you TomK for the video I enjoyed that.
We think there are over 1 million asteroids heading towards Earth right now. We only know of about 1% and track about 10,000 of them. Earth is living on borrowed time as it's not a question of if but a question of when.
On Jan. 26th 2015 a huge asteroid about 1800' wide went whizzing by the Earth within 750,000 miles. In cosmic terms this was considered a very close call! You could actually see it with binoculars and it was incredible looking. If it had hit the Earth the consequences would have been catastrophic. All you have to do is notice the impact craters on the Moon to know it will happen here at some point in the future.
Asteroids arrive by the thousands every day and actually have the ability to wipe us out completely if they manage to score a direct hit. Currently we have the technology to prevent such a thing but we need to find and monitor these asteroids before they arrive to have a chance to deflect them. Hence the movement today to raise awareness. If you get a chance please sign the petition on http://www.asteroidday.org/
Thank you!
We think there are over 1 million asteroids heading towards Earth right now. We only know of about 1% and track about 10,000 of them. Earth is living on borrowed time as it's not a question of if but a question of when.
On Jan. 26th 2015 a huge asteroid about 1800' wide went whizzing by the Earth within 750,000 miles. In cosmic terms this was considered a very close call! You could actually see it with binoculars and it was incredible looking. If it had hit the Earth the consequences would have been catastrophic. All you have to do is notice the impact craters on the Moon to know it will happen here at some point in the future.
Asteroids arrive by the thousands every day and actually have the ability to wipe us out completely if they manage to score a direct hit. Currently we have the technology to prevent such a thing but we need to find and monitor these asteroids before they arrive to have a chance to deflect them. Hence the movement today to raise awareness. If you get a chance please sign the petition on http://www.asteroidday.org/
Thank you!