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B Damm Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 10 Credit: 253,629 RAC: 0 |
From Pravda : Сотрудники американÑкого коÑмичеÑкого агентÑтва NASA заÑвили об угрозе в виде огромного аÑтероида, который может упаÑÑ‚ÑŒ на Землю в феврале 2017 года и вызвать маÑштабное бедÑтвие в виде цунами. Читайте больше на http://www.pravda.ru/news/science/planet/space/27-01-2017/1323426-nasa-0/ Google translate: Employees of the American space agency NASA said the threat of a huge asteroid, which may fall to Earth in February 2017 and to cause a large-scale disaster in the form of tsunami. Read more on http://www.pravda.ru/news/science/planet/space/27-01-2017/1323426-nasa-0/ As usual with Russan media we should consider them unreliable. This kind of stories sometimes also occur in the press here in the west but nothing happens. |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1387 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Pravda used to be an official government newspaper, in the old Soviet Union. Today, it's a sensationalist tabloid. This story is about the object 2016 WF9, probably a large comet with most of its ices depleted , so resembling an asteroid. It will pass Earth at a very safe distance of 51 million kilometers, on February 25th. link to article on this object: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_WF9 |
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