These Potentially Dangerous Asteroids ARE A HUGE RISK to all life on Earth! NASA Share List
A small percentage of Potentially Dangerous Asteroids could put all life on Earth at risk! Know all the asteroids listed by NASA.
Earth is surrounded by several neighboring celestial bodies in the ascending system and then nasty celestial objects call in, threatening to destroy everything in their path! These are called Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), which include comet and small planet travel close to Earth. Not at all small planet or comets approach our planet less than 1.3 times the distance from Earth to Sun can be considered a NEO. However, the amazing fact is that most NEOs pose no danger at all. It is only a small percentage of Potentially Dangerous Asteroids that can place them all life on Earth is in danger.
But what nasty asteroids are heading toward Earth with the potential to trigger a global Armageddon? NASA defines these asteroids as pieces of rock left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Sometimes, the orbits of asteroids are affected by the gravity of the planets, which can alter their paths. Remember that asteroid that crashed straight into Earth and ended the age of dinosaurs? This is one of the examples in history.
However, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is always monitoring all near-Earth objects in space to detect any possible harm from these objects in advance. The space agency identifies a potentially dangerous asteroid based on several parameters for the threat of asteroids approaching Earth. There are still several types of asteroids that threaten to come The earth and mankind. Based on perihelion distances (q), perihelion distances (Q), and their semi-major axes (a), NASA has divided near-Earth asteroids into several groups. Here’s what NASA shared.
List of potentially dangerous asteroids
- Amors: Near-Earth asteroids that approach Earth with orbits beyond Earth but inside Mars. They are named after the asteroid 1221 Amor.
- Apollos: Named after the asteroid 1862 Apollo, these near-Earth asteroids cross Earth with larger semi-major axes than Earth.
- Atens: Asteroid that passes through Earth with a semi-major axis smaller than Earth’s. They are named after the asteroid 2062 Aten.
- Atiras: Near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies entirely within Earth’s orbit.
