The tragic fate of Earth's

We can all breathe a sigh of relief: comet killer Elenin has swept close to the Earth but does not cause earthquakes or tsunamis as some predictions.

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Many astronomers have made catastrophic predictions about the Elenin comet 's approach to Earth. Some even argue that Elenin is not a comet, but it is the bad planet Nibiru , who will bring destruction to our planet.

However, no prophecy comes true. Elenin moved to the point about 35.4 million kilometers from Earth and then disappeared into the deep universe.

Comet Elenin is now shattered by "daring" near the Sun - (Photo: NASA)

According to experts, the comet has started to break when it was hit by the solar storm in August, and moving too close to the Sun on September 10 has barely retained its original shape. . Therefore, the object that moved close to Earth at the end of the week was nothing more than a formless rubble.

'It is just a small particle cloud moving along the original comet of Elenin and then going away from the solar system. We will no longer see any of its molecules for at least the next 12 millennia , 'Space quoted astronomer Don Yeomans, of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office.

Comet Elenin was discovered in December 2010 by the Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin. The comet body is 3 to 5 km across before it is burned and decayed by the Sun.

About 2% of newly discovered comets are decomposed when approaching the Sun, says Yeomans.

When the worry about the comet Elenin subsided, the day after the comet disappeared, the Earth had to welcome another new one. The small asteroid named 2009 TM8 is closer to Earth than Elenin.

The space-sized boulder is only 341,000km from Earth, meaning it is within the Moon's orbit. Like Elenin, the 2009 Asteroid TM8 will not threaten Earth, at least for the moment.