As we all know, an asteroid is a body of small rocks orbiting the sun. They are mostly found between the planets, Mars and Jupiter.
Dangerous Planetoids
Some researches have been carried out concerning some asteroids that may be aiming towards the Earth to destroy it in a near time to come. MIT has come up with various ways as to which these asteroids may be deflected away from planet earth.
Ways of Saving Earth from dangerous asteroid
Researchers have different ways of how they may prevent this asteroid from hitting Earth. The creation of a nuclear weapon may be one of the ways. By doing so, they have created a nuke that will explode when close to the rock. By doing so, will result in a substantial mass loss, which will eventually make the asteroid change its course.
They are not sure about the internal structure of this asteroid hence cannot risk the impact that might be caused.
Laser heating is also one of the ways of destroying this dangerous ‘planet killer.’ Through this, a large mass might be lost. Due to light weight it may change its path. A catapult-like device that collects rocks and throws them into space may be one of the many created options that will help in deflecting this asteroid.
The Master Tech
Masters in Tech have also built a rocket engine machine. This is likely to turn these perilous space rocks into spaceships that will move far away from the Earth’s face.
A spacecraft recognized as a Kinetic Impactor is designed in a way that hits itself against the asteroid, redirecting it away.
A mind-blowing method was that of ‘painting’ the rock. By painting it a dark color in the space causes it to break out due to the high levels of heat.
Apophis and Bennu With Possible Solution Missions
After the thorough evaluation of methods. It comes down to 3 types of missions that can be prepared early if such an asteroid is to be seen.
A task of choosing a better mission came about. This was based on the factors of time between the beginning of a selected purpose. An asteroid reaching a given keyhole, and the challenge of deflecting it.
99942Apophis is seen as having a probability of 2.7% on knocking the Earth on April 13, 2029.101955Bennu is one of the killer asteroids that was found by the LINEAR Project on September 11, 1999.
The Complex Calculations
Complex calculations were carried out concerning these missions that were summarized as the available options as per now. It was seen that mission type 2 as the best option to be chosen when it comes to turning Bennu aside only when sufficient time is allocated. For Apophis, considering the limitations of time, mission. Type 1 was considered a better alternative. Because information is easily gathered, and a quick response is taken to target the impact.
A discovery was made that if the available time was extremely little. No mission will apply in helping to change the rocks’ paths.
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