"Jeddah Astronomy" refutes claims of asteroid collision on Earth in December 2019

The president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society, the engineer Majid Abu Zahra, denied what had been broadcast on social networking sites, the news of the collision of an asteroid on Earth next December, pointing out that the news was false.

The president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society said in some of his websites and social media that incorrect information attributed to the US Space Agency (NASA) was listed on the company's web page on the social networking site "Facebook", indicating that the asteroid (2010) GD37The 1,26 kilometer diameter will reach the ground in December.

Engineer Abu Zahra confirmed that NASA had issued no warning and that the asteroid (2010) GD37(Torino) at the risk of collision between asteroids and comets at the zero level, and to be a danger to the asteroid at level (V) is a concern for the Earth.

"The best orbital data indicates that the asteroid will be out of the orbit of Mars or slightly inside of it in December, but it will be at the opposite of the Earth on this date, and if we assume that it will hit the ground, all the telescopes of the world will be the asteroid now has a new alert system that gives a delay. alert one year before a collision of asteroids of a diameter equal to or greater than one kilometer with a resolution of up to 100%, so that there is no danger of collision between this asteroid and Earth, likely to be stable for millions of years.In the future.

"Every year, many asteroids are on the list of potential dangers," Abu Zahra said. "Currently, there are 39 asteroids in 2019, the smallest is the asteroid (EK68 2008) With a diameter of four meters, the largest (2010) GD37), Which measures 1.26 kilometers in diameter, which may sound scary, but in reality, it's different: asteroids are at zero, which means that their collision probability is too low to be zero.

The astronauts on the list of "potential dangers" are regularly removed from the list after a later observation. More than 2,000 asteroids have already been removed, so the most likely scenario is the removal of 39 asteroids. This list too.

"From time to time, a very small asteroid can be tracked and predicted when it will reach the Earth's atmosphere," Abu Zahra said. "It's only a bright fireball in the sky, and it's already happened many times, but some are as surprising as they were in it." Russia in 2013. "

He added that it was known that 95% of asteroids had a diameter equal to or greater than one kilometer and that most of them did not pose a threat to the Earth. However, there is an asteroid of this size called (DA 1950) An opportunity of 0.012% colliding with the Earth in 2880, more than eight and a half centuries later, noting that it was highly unlikely that the asteroids of the remaining 5% of this size would have a chance to collide with our planet during this century, know their orbits well.

Abu Zahra confirmed that to date, there is no real threat, except that meteorites constantly fall in the form of annual or random shaheds, which are not harmful, in addition to the burning of small asteroids. in the air. Since the time of the Neanderthal man 400,000 years ago, the history of the collision of the asteroid (2010 GD37On Earth, in December is an extension of previous rumors about celestial objects, especially asteroids, giving it an exaggeratedly exaggerated color.