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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2012/01/325_103632.html
Scientists are trying to find a way to protect Earth from the giant rocks which travel around the Milky Way. Run out of Berlin with funds from the EU, the NEOShield project, which will look for a way to protect earth from the space rocks, is expected to take three years to complete, the Daily Mail reported on Jan. 27 Some of the ideas being tossed around at the moment include repelling asteroids with projectiles or explosives or using gravity to change its course. The project though is a little late as a chunk of rock 400 times the City of London is set to hurtle closer than a rock of its size has in a very long time. The asteroid labeled ‘(433) Eros’ measures 19 by 8 by 8 miles and is set to pass by next week. Despite its massive size, the cosmic rock shouldn’t be too cause too much of a threat as it is on a circular path far outside the moon's orbit. A smaller bus-sized asteroid is also set to pass extremely close to Earth today. The asteroid 2012 BX34, will pass within 36,750 miles of Earth at about 3:30 p.m. Friday, tweeted astronomers with NASA's Asteroid Watch program. Even though this is more than five times closer than the moon, at 11 meters wide, it won’t be any threat to earth. ‘It wouldn't get through our atmosphere intact even if it dared to try,’ Asteroid Watch scientists tweeted. Nevertheless, with NASA estimating that there are almost one thousand asteroids over one kilometer in length and 19,500 over 100-meters, scientists at the Institute of Planetary Research are trying to find a way to protect Earth. The project though is a little late as a chunk of rock 400 times the City of London is set to hurtle closer than a rock of its size has in a very long time. |
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