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Shocking Number Of Asteroids That Could Hit Earth That NASA Knows About
THIS shocking image shows the huge number of “known” potentially-hazardous asteroids which are orbiting the Earth and could one day hit the planet and wipe us out.
Every line on this image is the path of a known asteroid that could hit Earth
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The sorbing diagram was revealed after Slooh astronomers tracked a 1km space rock called Icarus which “brushed” past Earth this week.
Every single line of the picture is the orbit of an asteroid that could potentially strike Earth, according to Slooh astronomer Bob Berman.
And NASA admits there are many other asteroids not shown on the graphic with “close orbits” that is not yet aware of or tracking.
Eric Edelman, producer of the Slooh telescope live internet channel said: “This is a startling image. These are the potentially hazardous asteroids that surround us and we are keeping an eye on to make sure they do not hit us. This is a really amazing figure to see that many lines that we are keeping our eye on.”
Mr Berman said: “Absolutely, I wish we could see it in 3D as we can’t see how many of them cross our path in each dimension, but if it is in this diagram it means they can cross our path and can hit us and that is a lot of them. If a half mile object like icarus hit it would be a very band day for Earth indeed.”
He also said the orbits were unpredictable, adding: “They do not have nice round orbit like our own planet, some go in then come out.”
Icarus, which has been monitored by NASA since 1949, could one day hit us at around 70,000mph and has the potential to wipe out a hemisphere, according to Mr Berman.
