Russia will prevent meteorites from crashing into the earth

The Russian Space Agency can launch a spacecraft to space to deflect the orbit of a large meteorite capable of colliding with the globe.

Mr. Anatoly Perminov. Photo: daylife.com .

Speaking on radio station Golos Rossii, Anatoly Perminov, director of the Russian Federal Space Agency, announced that the agency will hold a meeting to discuss the launch of a spacecraft to Apophis asteroid.

AP said, Apophis meteorite (also known as 99942 Apophis asteroid) is in the solar system, has a diameter of 270 m and was discovered in 2004. Its trajectory approaches the Earth orbit twice year, with a cycle of 323.59 days. According to astronomers, this is one of the celestial bodies capable of crashing into the earth. They believe that the probability of a collision is 1/37 in 2029.

However, some recent studies show that Apophis will be about 29,450 km away from the globe in 2029, but it does exclude the possibility of it colliding with the earth. The American Aerospace Agency calculates that Apophis can plunge into the earth in 2036 with a probability of 1 / 250,000. Then two bodies may collide in 2068 with a probability of 1 / 330,000.

Apophis asteroid weighs 27 million tons. Photo: doom2036.com.

With a diameter of nearly three large football fields and weighing 27 million tons, Apophis became the biggest concern of the world from 2004 to the present. If it hits the earth, it can cause catastrophic destruction.

Perminov said the Russian Federal Space Agency would invite US, European and Chinese aerospace agencies to join the mission.

"People 's lives are at stake. Instead of waiting for disaster to happen, we should spend hundreds of millions of dollars and build a system capable of preventing collisions between Apophis and the earth , " AP quoted. Mr. Perminov in the speech.

Scientists have come up with many solutions to deflect the flight of celestial bodies capable of hitting the earth. Some suggest launching a satellite into space and allowing it to fly around the celestial body to change its trajectory. Many others say that we should launch a spacecraft so that it collides with the celestial body and changes its flight direction, or fires a nuclear missile at the celestial body.

Although he did not publish details of the plan to launch the asteroid Apophis, Mr Perminov said the plan would not use the power of nuclear energy.