Earth hit by man-made objects? by Martina Harvanova

I bet all of you have ever seen fictions about how the space objects may possibly hit the Earth and what impact it may cause. Although most of them predict a devastating end of the humans, the reality is a bit different. So how do these meteorites behave and do they mirror an eventual danger for us? And are they the only objects that can hit the Earth from the space? It is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earth's surface and that's how he is able to hit the Earth. Meteorites aren't likely to be predicted, at least not with a certainty. So far they have been recovered on the basis of eye-witness accounts of the fireball or the actual impact of the object on the ground. The concentration of the meteorite falls tends to be more probable in areas with high human population densities such as Europe, Japan, and northern India. The possible danger arises when the size of it reaches high numbers and the impact of the hit could be overwhelming because of the likelihood of crater creation. The behavior of the meteorites cannot be foretold and that is why people in endangered areas can't prepare for the hit. However, meteorites mostly don't reach such intensity and fortunately, the majority of them ends up as a harmless space object worth to discover. A small number of meteorite falls have been observed with automated cameras. The first of these was the Pribram meteorite, which fell in Czech Republic in 1959. It was followed by the 1977 meteorite in Canada and recently in Neuschwanstein, the German discovery in 2002. Those were just the most famous ones, but in fact to this day, few stony meteorites are reported each year that can be considered to be "accidental" finds. There are now over 30,000 meteorites finds in the world's collections. As mentioned, most of them are just small innocent space treasures. What is more, the latest news advises us there is a possibility we will get hit also by another objects & a human-made ones. To be accurate, a deadly spy satellite is going to fall from the space. The sat lost its power and it is predicted to be seen again on Earth's surface between February and March. The bizarre story is likely to attract movie producers, because the danger is quite high. The specialists can't determine the spot where the sat should fall to. Hopefully, the end of the issue will be happy as it tends to be in movies with similar plot.

related story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=auk00jDKCNA0

by Martina Harvanova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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