Thousands of meteors hit the Earth in 2012

Space agency NASA and its predicts his dangers of space junk falling to Earth due to stacked satellite or other objects that are not used in the sky will occur in 2012, the year it will most likely be more and more garbage from the sky into the Earth .

Thomas Djamaluddin, Chief Utilization Center for Atmospheric and Climate Science Lapan said, "At that time, the Earth's atmosphere will become more dense due to the influence of solar irradiation on the current activity cycle peaked. With increasingly dense, there are barriers to the satellite in motion. Speed ​​becomes lower and eventually lose gravity and height so it will easily fall. "

He continued with another statement, it could be in the estimate in 2012 of space junk that will fall to the earth increases in intensity, in the estimate will occur rain every day waste from unused objects in space. It was beyond the normal condition that usually only an average of two satellites or pieces falling per week. The amount of space junk could reach 13,000 in size more than 1 centimeter.

But he told people not to panic, according to his chances of space junk to the people or objects that people have very little. He added, "Overall, it's wide earth. The majority like the ocean, desert, and uninhabited forest. Thus, small chances, "Well, though not great odds on man but still it needs to be aware, it might be something like a meteor crashed in Jakarta yesterday repeated in rainfall and waste of this space, because the possibility of going there alone.

He also gave examples, such as Indonesia alone in the sky a broken satellite that is above the heavens Indonesia have the same opportunities to be falling in Indonesia or Saudi Arabia in the distance range, which is 1,000 kilometers. According to him its incidence fell from the sky objects that can not be predicted to fall at any location, because the meteors fell even NASA can not predict it. "Hence, it is difficult to predict which will fall in," he said.

For a real example of this we can look to several years ago precisely in 2003 in which the time of the peak of solar activity, at that time in Indonesia rained debris from space. The object had crashed to earth and touched the ground, as in Bengkulu with a size of 80 x 120 cm. Satellite Berposax also briefly flashed in Indonesia in May 2003. Fractions of the largest, human-sized, ie residual Soyus and Cosmos rocket occurred in March 1981 in Bengkulu.

Waw is pretty much going on in Indonesia well, even according to the info from Sri Kaloka, Head of Space Science Utilization Center, there are no reported incidents of cattle, gas stations hit by objects from space are but not in Indonesia.

Although the precise fitting opportunity to fall in residential population on earth can say little but still, it is necessary to be aware of, let's hope the scientists in the world could find a way to forecast the peak rainfall from space junk in 2012 did not happen and if anything happens do not to fall on the populated settlements, please just was falling in the ocean or desert. (Compass)

Found, 3 Unique Planets and Mysterious Object

A number of interesting findings were announced by astronomers from Penn State University, Pennsylvania, United States. When the discovery of exoplanets has become a common finding, astronomers discovered three planets are unique and amysterious object in space.


What is unique about these three planets is that they are orbiting a red star, which is old and dying. These stars are usually located in the final stages of his life and generally will suck the planets that are too close to him.


Third planet named HD 240237, BD 48 738, and HD 96 127. BD 48 738 even had a mysterious objects surrounding them. Object could be another planet, a low-massstars or brown dwarfs, objects that its mass is between cool stars and a giantplanet.


"We will continue to monitor these strange objects and hopes to reveal his identity inthe next few years," said Alex Wolszczan, lead researcher, as quoted by UniverseToday, October 31, 2011. Wolszczan was the first astronomer who discoveredexoplanets, ie three small planets orbiting a pulsar, a neutron star, in 1992.


The sun is expected to be a dying star or red giant stars in 5 billion years into the future. Although not good news for humanity, fortunately it's still pretty long. In addition, before the Earth, planets like Mercury and Venus in advance will be eatenby the sun when it swells in size.


Recent findings about planets orbiting a dying star itself will be the focus of PlanetsAround Stellar Remnants conference which will take place in Puerto Rico, January.Konfernsi held by the Center for exoplanets and habitable Worlds, Penn State thatwill coincide with the 20 years since Wolszczan discovered the first exoplanet.
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