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【地球衝突の可能性は0%という、巨大隕石『TU24』が1月29日に最接近するらしい】

Asteroid To Make Rare Close Flyby Of Earth January 29

ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2008) — Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, with its closest distance being about 537,500 kilometers (334,000 miles) at 12:33 a.m. Pacific time (3:33 a.m. Eastern time). It should be observable that night by amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes.

      

昨年の10月11日にNASAがスポンサーするCatalina Sky Surveyによって発見された隕石『2007 TU24』が、1月29日に地球のそばを掠めて通過する。

隕石の大きさは150mから610mで、最接近する時の地球との距離は約53万7500kmに成ると予測されている。

NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid (JPL/NASA)

JPLのthe Near Earth Object Program Officeによれば、「これは地球と月の間の距離の約1.4倍だから全く心配する必要はない。」という。

"With these first radar observations finished, we can guarantee that  next week's 1.4-lunar-distance approach is the closest until at least  the end of the next century," said Steve Ostro, JPL astronomer and principal investigator for the project. "It is also the asteroid's closest Earth approach for more than 2,000 years."

Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL have determined that there is no possibility of an impact with Earth in the foreseeable future.

ただ、そうはいっても世の中には「ついにその日が来たか!」と心配している人が居るらしく、下記のサイトのように、『TU24』が地球を取り巻く電磁界に影響を与える可能性を指摘して警戒を呼びかけている。

What is TU24?

Although the chances of a direct impact are nearly non-existent, there is a much greater chance that there will be a degree of electromagnetic interference as TU24 traverses Earth's magnetosphere in the manner of Tunguska 100 years ago.

例によってNET上のハルマゲドン論者を惹きつけてはいるようだけど、Y2Kの時ほどは盛り上がってはいないようだ。

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