U.N Meets with Space Experts for Contingency Plan on Asteroid Strikes
October 30, 2013
News of the asteroid 2013 TV135 hitting Earth by 2036 broke out a week ago. This caused people to worry especially those in Russia who had experienced the impact of an asteroid after a 50-foot wide Asteroid 2012 DA14 hit in Chelyabinsk, Russia in Feb. 15 injuring 1,200 people. The force released by the explosion was measured to be equal to a 300-kiloton bomb.
The asteroid predicted to hit Earth on April 13, 2036 is believed to be 1,300-foot. Dr. Paul Abell of NASA’s Johnson Space Center said that the possibility of the asteroid hitting the planet is one out of 48,000 but it seems that the U.N wouldn’t want to take a risk.
In a report, the U.N met with six astronauts and cosmonauts on Friday to discuss a contingency plan on asteroid strikes. The conference was held at the American Museum of Natural History and hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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