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Russia warns of asteroid threat
Moscow (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 Russia's top space official said international cooperation is needed to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision with the Earth. Anatoly Perminov told the Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda the threat is real and needs to be solved "through broad international cooperation" within the framework of the United Nations, RIA Novosti reported Friday. A Moscow scientific conference has identified the 99942 Apophis, or Asteroid 2004 MN4, as the largest threat to Earth. The asteroid will be 22,400 miles from Earth in 2029 and there is concern it could end up on a collision course with planet in 2036, creating an explosion larger than the 1908 Tunguska explosion that felled more than 80 million trees in a 830-square-mile region of Siberia, RIA Novosti said. While some researchers say the asteroids should be exploded before they reach Earth, other suggest a better method is to deflect the asteroids from their collision path. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Tunguska Catastrophe: Evidence Of Acid Rain Supports Meteorite Theory
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 18, 2008The Tunguska catastrophe in 1908 evidently led to high levels of acid rain. This is the conclusion reached by Russian, Italian and German researchers based on the results of analyses of peat profiles taken from the disaster region. |
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