What would happen if Eros hit Earth?
If asteroid Eros were to plunge to Earth, perhaps landing on top of the Statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus, the rim of the resulting crater would stretch out to Cardiff, Manchester and Paris, and the crater as deep as the Channel is wide. This would be the end of life as we know it on planet Earth.
How close does Eros get to Earth?
Eros was 196 million miles (315 million kilometers) from Earth at the time. The spacecraft wasn’t expected to survive the landing but its instruments remained operational, leading to yet another milestone.
Will 433 Eros hit Earth?
In a paper published today in the journal Nature, mathematicians at the University of Pisa in Italy and the Observatory of the Cote d’Azur in France report that within a million or so years, there is a 50 percent chance that 433 Eros will be nudged into an Earth-crossing orbit.
What is Eros of the Earth?
Eros is a near-Earth asteroid (NEA). It’s about 21 miles (34 km) wide. It was discovered in 1898 by astronomers Carl Gustav Witt in Berlin and Auguste Charlois in Nice. Eros also made history in 2000, when NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker probe approached it, went into orbit around it and even made a soft landing on its surface.
How much is 433 Eros worth?
There are 29,167 troy ounces per short ton for a total 656,250,000,000,000 troy ounces. At today’s price, that is $492,187,500,000,000,000 (~1/2 quintillion dollars).
How big was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
Folks in the asteroid camp think the impactor was about 6.2 miles (10 km) in diameter. Asteroid or comet fragment, the space rock was big enough to spur one of Earth’s six known mass extinctions.
How big is Eris?
722.65 mi
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Is Eros Thanos brother?
Created by Jim Starlin and first appearing in 1973’s Invincible Iron Man #55, Eros is Thanos’ younger brother. With good looks and the power of controlling other people’s emotions, Eros is both the superhero called Starfox and a massive fuckboi.
Is there gold on Eros?
Data from the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft collected on Eros in December 1998 suggests that it could contain 20 billion tonnes of aluminum and similar amounts of metals that are rare on Earth, such as gold and platinum.
Are there 10 planets?
The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible Planet Nine. If you insist on including Pluto, it would come after Neptune on the list.
When will Eros hit the Earth?
A shift in Eroses orbit gets closer to earth gradually. With current detection Eros will hit earth in 30 years. The public is warned about this event and fairly rich people start building bunkers. The government devises a plan to destroy Eros but it will take a lot of nukes.
What type of asteroid is Eros?
Eros is an S-type asteroid, the most common type in the inner asteroid belt. It’s a typical member of the Amors group of NEAs, which cross Mars’ orbit but do not quite reach that of Earth. Unlike the much more numerous main-belt asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, NEAs are thought to be dead comets or fragments from main-belt asteroid collisions.
Will an asteroid ever hit Earth?
There are no known impact threats, but tiny meteoroids disintegrate in Earth’s atmosphere all the time. Dr. Kelly Fast, planetary defense expert and a manager in NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office tells us more. We Asked a NASA Scientist: Will an Asteroid Ever Hit Earth?
When did near move into orbit around asteroid Eros?
After several trajectory adjustments, NEAR finally moved into orbit around Eros on Valentine’s Day (befitting an asteroid named for the Greek god of love), Feb. 14, 2000. A 3D model of asteroid Eros. Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) › Download Options