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We have previously discussed a very dangerous asteroid named
Apophis that could strike Earth and cause the end of the world.
Apophis will make it closes approach to our planet in 2029 and return in the year 2036.
Named after the ancient Egyptian god of evil, astronomers estimate that Apophis has 1 in 45,000 chance of colliding with Earth and it is essential
that we closely monitor its course.
One way of keeping track of the celestial body and assessing the risks it poses, is by placing a radio beacon on the
300-metre-wide asteroid.
It is the Russia's space agency, Roscosmos that wants to place this doomsday device on Apophis. The Russian agency is already planning a robotic mission
to the asteroid.
A doomsday device, such as a radio beacon can track Apophis.
The plan is "to land a module on the surface of Apophis and set up a radio beacon there, which will work after the spaceship's lifetime expires," chief Vladimir
Popovkin said at the at the Space Research Institute in Moscow.
The beacon signal will allow astronomers to better calculate Apophis' movement and the effect of the 2029 Earth flyby. The mission would not be launched before
2020.
Will Russia save the world from Apophis and a potential doomsday scenario?
Astronomers have on several occasions lost track of hazardous NEOs like for example
asteroid 2008SE85 and the mysterious space object
named 2201 Oljato.
These object were later re-discovered. Unfortunately, we cannot afford ourselves to lose track of Apophis. If things go wrong, it can be too late
when we find it again.
So it does sound like good idea to place a doomsday device on Apophis and monitor it closely.
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Scientists have been trying to determine the origin of gigantic troughs on asteroid Vesta since their discovery just last year.
A new analysis supports the notion that the troughs are faults that formed when a fellow asteroid smacked into Vesta's South Pole...
This strange object was discovered by an American astronomer, H.L. Giclas in 1947.
It was lost and later recovered again in 1979.
Its name is 2201 Oljato. It is in a highly elliptical Earth-crossing orbit and has a unique spectrum that does not resemble that of any other...
It has long has been a state secret known only to a few trusted people.
Formed millions of years ago by an asteroid falling to the ground these extraterrestrial diamonds could turn world markets "upside down"...
If one asteroid is detected at a short notice time, it could pose a potential danger on a world-wide scale.
Scientists are now working on a new supercomputer that can prevent an asteroid with Earth.
The idea is to blast the asteroid into space dust using an atomic bomb.
