When the spacecraft is mistaken for a meteorite near Earth

According to the Daily Mail daily (UK) on November 15, astronomers have been blushed because of a disastrous mistake. The story is after discovering an unidentified object rushing through the universe and being able to approach Earth, Minor Planet Center space experts in the US - specializing in finding and identifying meteorites with The ability to harm humanity - prepare to broadcast a worldwide warning message about a disaster that is waiting. It is a meteorite that is about to glide through our planet at a distance of only 5,600 km and is at risk of crashing into Earth.

However, all of the e-mails and emergency information were put up in time after the Russian scientist Denis Denisenko recognized the mysterious giant object as Rosetta - the spacecraft that the European Space Agency (ESA) launched in 2004 in a mission to collect data on comet Churyumov Gerasimenko. The size of 2 cars 16

Rosetta spacecraft is mistaken as a " killer " from space. (Photo: AFP)

seat and wingspan of 32 m, Rosetta is estimated to fly across the Earth at a very close distance in the middle of November.

Scientists have long believed that the cause of dinosaurs killing 65 million years ago was caused by a giant meteorite that hit Earth (?!). In 1908, a small meteorite exploded in the air about 10 km from the ground, destroying a wasteland more than 2,000 km ² in Sibérie (Russia). According to estimates of scientists, a meteorite with a diameter of 3.2 km if accidentally hit Earth will cause a terrible disaster and can erase all humanity.

Currently, an extremely sensitive telescope system is scanning the sky to look for signs of dangerous meteorites or objects near Earth (NEO). Reportedly, the US National Aeronautics Agency and ESA are studying options to deflect meteorites using the technique of using atomic bombs or spacecraft to push meteorites out of reach of Earth. .

DONG NGUYEN