The new system lets you proactively assess the impact from the asteroid
Astronomers and NASA programmers have created early warning system “asteroid attack”, which can detect an asteroid five days before its approach to Earth, according to Universe Today.
As notes the edition, five days can seem excessively short period, however, before scientists could detect the asteroid only a few hours before his fall to the Ground. Thus, thanks to the new system in advance it is possible to assess the impact from a fall and to take measures to rescue people in the area where it falls.
In 2018 NASA will orbit the NEA Scout microsatellites, which will help to study asteroids like the Chelyabinsk. When such an object will approach the Earth, one of the probes will fly up to it, will make detailed images of its surface. In addition, he “felt” it to investigate the structure of mineral resources and chemical composition.
