Odeh added, speaking to"Sky News Arabia"that the defense method available to humans in the event of an asteroid threatening the Earth by colliding with it, is to prepare a probe whose mission is to change the path of the dangerous asteroid on Earth, because the detonation of the asteroid will lead to its fragmentation and the spread of its fragments in several directions, especially that most of them will fall to the ground, and this makes control of the This asteroid is very difficult.
He said that the probe, launched by NASA, began its journey towards this asteroid about ten months ago, as it was launched in November 2021, and arrived before yesterday, and this probe fell on the asteroid to try to change its course. Will this technique work or not?
Odeh indicated that this asteroid has a story, explaining that it was a large asteroid orbiting a smaller asteroid, so the choice fell on the young one, and he was chosen and the collision succeeded, but to know whether the collision succeeded in changing the path of the asteroid or not, this answer needs to wait several days or Weeks, and now ground-based observatories will monitor this small asteroid to know the period of its rotation around its large counterpart, whether it differs or not, as it was 11 hours and 55 minutes before the collision.
Dr. Muhammad Shawkat Odeh also said that there is a scientific trend to cause a small explosion for these asteroids in the future, so that their course will only change, considering that this experiment is the beginning, as there are other solutions such as the solar sail that rides on satellites to distort the path of the planets.
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NASA has not yet announced whether the impact actually diverted the asteroid’s path. If it occurs, the success of the first mission of its kind in history to divert an asteroid will be confirmed by hitting it with a man-made vehicle.
Scientists have long aspired to create a defensive line for the world, in the face of flying asteroids in the universe, one of which may collide with the Earth, and experts have repeatedly warned whether the Earth will be subject to a catastrophe after a possible asteroid impact.
However, the films suggested a simple answer, although it requires high technical development, which requires sending heroes into space to blow up the asteroid before it reaches Earth, or sending a spacecraft to change the asteroid’s path far.
There are at least 5 asteroids close to Earth this year, two of which have passed and moved away from Earth safely without any collisions.
preemptive strike
The Director of the International Astronomy Center, Dr. Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, said that the number of asteroids in our solar system is in the millions, so what if we discover that one of these asteroids will collide with the Earth, as the dinosaurs and more than 80% of living organisms became extinct due to the collision of an asteroid approximately 25 km in diameter with the Earth, which led to the annihilation of the Earth. life in that period.
Odeh added, in his speech to “Sky News Arabia”, that the defense method available to humans in the event of discovering an asteroid that threatens the Earth by colliding with it, is to prepare a probe whose mission is to change the path of the dangerous asteroid on Earth, because the explosion of the asteroid will lead to its fragmentation and the spread of its fragments in several directions, Especially that most of them will fall to Earth, and this makes controlling this asteroid very difficult.
He said that the probe, launched by NASA, began its journey towards this asteroid about ten months ago, as it was launched in November 2021, and arrived before yesterday, and this probe fell on the asteroid to try to change its course. Will this technique work or not?
Odeh indicated that this asteroid has a story, explaining that it was a large asteroid orbiting a smaller asteroid, so the choice fell on the young one, and he was chosen and the collision succeeded, but to know whether the collision succeeded in changing the path of the asteroid or not, this answer needs to wait several days or Weeks, and now ground-based observatories will monitor this small asteroid to know the period of its rotation around its large counterpart, whether it differs or not, as it was 11 hours and 55 minutes before the collision.
Dr. Muhammad Shawkat Odeh also said that there is a scientific trend to cause a small explosion for these asteroids in the future, so that their course will only change, considering that this experiment is the beginning, as there are other solutions such as the solar sail that rides on satellites to distort the path of the planets.