The Turkish Space Agency made a statement about an asteroid that is said to hit the Earth on December 27. Stating that the news served do not reflect the truth, the institution announced that the asteroid named 2018 AH will pass at a distance of 4.5 million kilometers.
President Erdogan at an event held in February National Space Programintroduced that we are now in this sector. had announced. According to the statements made, Turkey’s space studies would be carried out through the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), which was officially established in 2018. TUA now, on the agenda to make assessments started.
One of the issues that have been talked about on social media lately is that a giant is approaching the Earth. asteroid it was. Allegedly, this giant meteorite, It will hit our planet on December 27. The Turkish Space Agency, which conducts investigations on the issue, made a statement on its social media account, stating that these allegations does not reflect reality announced. The agency also gave information about the meteorite, which is said to hit the Earth.
Here is that statement from TUA
“Hazardous asteroids capable of causing a global catastrophe are extremely rare. The threshold size of asteroids in this definition is between half a kilometer and 1 kilometer It is accepted. These objects affect the Earth on average only once every 1,000 centuries.”
mentioned in the news 2018 AH The asteroid named is not expected to hit the Earth. This asteroid is about It will pass within 4.5 million km.. This distance is almost 12 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
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