ABC | Madrid, España.- They are called NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) and theoretically have the ability to destroy almost all life on Earth. Asteroids may have a size of only a few kilometers, but traveling at such tremendous speeds, if collide with our planet, would release enough energy to cause a devastating explosion, raising a cloud of dust and ash can clog sunlight or even move the axis of rotation of the planet.
Believing that no one wonders if a asterodie collide with Earth, but you need to ask when, a group of scientists and artists launched the movement to occur Asteroid Day (Asteroid Day), an initiative to draw attention to the threat of these dangerous objects and encourage investment in defenses against them.
“There are millions of asteroids in our solar system that have the potential ability to hit the Earth and destroy a city, and yet discovered less than 10,000 (just one percent). But we have the technology to change the situation, “declared the leaders of the initiative on the website of” Asteroid Day “.
Therefore, this group has designed a petition, called Asteroid Day’s 100X Declaration, which those interested can sign “Change.org” to promote the use of current technology to detect NEOs and the Day Asteroid to increase alertness and futoros efforts to avoid impacts.
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“The more we learn about the impacts of asteroids, clear is that human beings are living on borrowed time, “said Brian May, formerly of Queen and sponsor of the initiative, he said,” it is a way to help people to be aware that we suffer impact at any time. A city could be wiped out now just because we do not know enough about what happens out there. “
The date chosen is on 30 June, in commemoration of the Tunguska event, which in 1908 razed, allegedly because of the impact of an asteroid, 2000 square kilometers of Siberian forest. Among the promoters of this initiative, there are members of several astronomical associations, artists (like Bryan May, Queen), comedians, etc.
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