If the 2014-YB35 asteroid hit Earth it could wipe out a country!
Near miss: Asterid 2014-YB35 is due to skim earth on friday (27th March 2015)
A HUGE mammoth asteroid measuring 1,000-metre wide in on course to narrowly miss Earth within days, NASA has predicted.
The object which is called ‘2014-YB35’ is predicted to skim the Earth on Friday travelling at more than 23,000 mph through space.
It is not at all unusual for smaller meteorites to pass close by, however one of this size is a very rare occurrence and poses a very real threat to Planet Earth, an expert told the Express Newspaper!
Any impact would most definitely trigger “devastating” changes in the climate, earthquakes and tsunamis etc.
Bill Napier, professor of astronomy at the University of Buckinghamshire, told the Express there is a “very real risk” of a comet or damaging asteroid hitting Earth.
He said: “With something like YB35, we are looking at a scale of global destruction, something that would pose a risk to the continuation of the planet.
“These events are however very rare, it is the smaller yet still very damaging impacts which are a very real threat.”
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Experts warn it is only a matter of time before an asteroid capable of “life-altering” damage collides with our planet.
This rock is forecast to pass within 2.8 million miles – a tiny distance in astronomical terms – of Earth on Friday, according to NASA’s Near Earth Object Programme.
It is estimated to be from between 500 metres and 1km wide, with 990 metres the most likely.
The object was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey at the end of last year with astronomers expected to be closely watching its progress this week.
If it hit Earth, plumes of debris would be thrown out into the atmosphere, changing the climate and potentially making the planet inhabitable for all life.
Even smaller impacts are capable of destroying cities!
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It is very unlikely this will hit us, but what we find very concerning about all this is the fact that they keep it all very quiet until the last few days…..perhaps to reduce fears and concerns off the general public maybe ?!
Let’s hope that if one day a big piece of rock/ice is heading our way, the ET’S are on hand to help us….A bit like the Russian meteor Black UFO Incident (worth checking up on YouTube).
If you look at all the possible pieces of rock which could hit us from space it does make a concerning read….but hopefully this piece or Rock doesn’t have Planet Earths name on it.
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