Large comet to ram into Mars in 2014
Astronomers predict a large-scale
disaster on the Red Planet in October 2014, when a comet may ram into
Mars, creating a 500-kilometer crater, the website of the Russian
observatory ISON-NM said.
According to scientists, a catastrophe
of global scale may occur on Mars. The trajectory of comet C/2013 A1,
which Australian astronomers discovered in early 2013, will supposedly
intersect with Mars. If it happens, the impact will produce an
explosion, the power of which will be equivalent to 20 billion megatons
of TNT.
The forecast is based on current
measurements and will be updated as new data arrive. It was said that
the comet was moving in the direction opposite to the planets of the
solar system. Therefore, the speed in the possible impact will be very
high - about 56 kilometers per second. The core of the comet is 50
kilometers large. A crater with the diameter of 500 kilometers may thus
be formed on the crash site.
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