UNIVERSITY of astronomy and the Corporation "Comet" develop a telescope to search for threats to Earth asteroids. the 1st step in the research was funded by the EMERCOM of Russia.
Information-analytical system will be engaged in the detection and monitoring of dangerous celestial bodies that threaten the Earth. Planned inter alia, to take measures against cosmic danger. That first step has funded the emergencies Ministry, said the Director of the Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Shustov.
"We expect the Federal space Agency and space Council. RAS among other things, will support the development of works on creation of the Russian system of counter space threats" - the words Shustov TASS. The project involves the creation of further space Observatory "Firmament", which will be able to find threatening the planet asteroids larger than 50 meters at distances of the order of 1 astronomical unit (the distance from the earth to the Sun).
Earlier Days.Ru wrote that NASA scientists presented a map of the falling asteroids in the Earth's atmosphere. The map shows the period from 1994 to 2013. The largest was the meteor in Chelyabinsk". Research on monitoring of outer space held in the framework of the project Near Earth Object ("near Earth object"), which exists to detect potentially dangerous celestial bodies that threaten the Earth. The project scientists presented a map on which over a period of 19 years is shown 556 asteroids caught in the Earth's atmosphere.
Most asteroids burn up in the atmosphere, but some achieve surface. The largest meteorite (an asteroid that fell to Earth) was "Chelyabinsk". He collapsed on February 13, 2013 in Chelyabinsk region, where it was found about 50 of his pieces.