Meteors will 'visit' the earth every 100 years

While Russian divers scavenge for a meteorite's debris that plunges into Earth and causes a massive explosion, NASA experts warn of a meteorite every 100 years. Visit ' Earth like this.

The meteorite weighing about 10,000 tons flew through the sky in the Ural region in the early morning hours on Friday when the world was holding its breath in anticipation of close contact with another meteorite. The meteorite explosion has prompted some Russian officials to call for a global scale meteorite defense system.

The sudden meteor attack caused the industrial city transport Chelyabinsk to stop working as residents flocked to the street to see the 'performance' of light created by meteors. Some others ran to seek shelter by the shockwave from the meteorite explosion that broke the glass panels and made the car alarm loudly. Broken glass pieces are a major cause of injury.

"We have a special team working . and will assess the seismic stability of the buildings," Emergency Minister Vladimir Puchkov told the people when he checked the damage in the city. city. "We will be especially careful when turning on the gas again."

A fragment of a meteorite that plunged into the frozen Lake Chebarkul is located in Chelyabinsk province.

The meteorite explosion seems to be the most shocking cosmic phenomenon in Russia since the Tunguska 1908 explosion, thought to have occurred when a meteorite plunged into Siberia.

Clear up the rubble due to the impact of the blast from the meteorite explosion. (Photo: AFP)

Scientists at the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) estimate the energy generated by a meteorite explosion from the atmosphere has been 30 times stronger than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in the World War. Monday.

"We should be prepared to receive an event of this size that happens on average once every 100 years," said Paul Chodas of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office. "When a big explosion of this size appears, we should expect a large number of meteorites to reach the Earth's surface and in this situation, we can find some large pieces."

The incident in Russia occurred only hours before a large meteorite named 2012 DA 14 flew over the Earth at a very close distance of about 27,000km - an event that is unprecedented.

This distance makes it even closer to Earth than some geostationary satellites and has led some Russian leaders to call for the creation of a global meteorite defense system.

"Instead of fighting on Earth, one should create a common meteorite defense system , " wrote the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Russian Parliament Alexei Pushkov on the Twitter account. "Instead of creating a space defense system in Europe, the United States should join us and China in creating AADS - an anti-meteorite defense system."

NASA says the 2012 DA 14 meteorite crossed Earth is the most anticipated contact between a large-scale meteor like this and the Earth.

NASA estimates a meteorite of 2012 DA 14 will fly close to Earth after every 40 years although it can only hit Earth after every 1,200 years. Astronomers have discovered about 9,500 celestial bodies of different sizes that fly near Earth.