Footage Cosmonautics. Asteroids are attacking. (2014)
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Our planet is attacked daily by thousands of fragments of asteroids and comets.
Small ones, the size of a pea, burn up in the atmosphere before reaching the surface.
Other space guests can also fly to Earth.
Recently, with the help of the Russian robotic telescope network, astrophysicist Vladimir Lipunov discovered the potentially dangerous asteroid 2014 UR116, its size is larger than the asteroid Apophis already known to earthlings, however, there is no answer yet how seriously this asteroid threatens the Earth.
Today, scientists around the world are working on creating a system for monitoring space objects that threaten the Earth.
The plot starred Boris Shustov, Alexander Bagrov, Vladimir Lyapunov, Stanislav Korotky.
Personnel:
Shustov B.M. - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INASAN). Bagrov A.V. - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, astronomer, researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, author of scientific papers, inventor. Lipunov V.M. - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, science fiction writer, head of the MASTER Global Robotic Net project. Korotkiy S.A. is an amateur astronomer, scientific director of the private Ka-Dar Observatory.
Calendar: 12.06.2014