Asteroids

No. There is no comet or asteroid or meteor going to hit the Earth. Most of it is superstition.

Both meteoroid's and comets are made out of rock and burn up when getting into earths atmosphere.

Asteroids formed from left over materials from when our solar system formed that never formed into a planet.

An asteroid is space debris made up of rock and metal and can range drastically in size. When an asteroid makes a collision course for Earth, it is called a meteor. A meteor that manages to hit the Earth is called a meteorite.

In a massive galactic collision, the stars much further apart than the water droplets in a rain cloud; the odds that any two stars would collide would be astronomical. However, the number of stars IS "astronomical", in the trillions for a big galaxy like the Milky Way and Andromeda, which WILL collide in about 4 billion years. So it's very possible that at least two such stars will collide, with catastrophic results; in all likelihood, the two stars would start to merge and promptly go nova, destroying them.

But as a general rule, stars don't collide.

Even though the planet Earth is very large in comparison to the people who live on it, it is very small in comparison to outer space. It is effectively a small target for comets to hit. And even though the gravitational attraction of the Earth does tend to pull objects such as comets toward it, in most cases the comet (or other object) will still miss, and will then fly past the Earth.

The latest thinking on this subject is as follows: Not all small and sundry asteroids can be stopped from hitting the earth. Those asteroids whose paths and trajectory are fairly known along with their periodicity can be nudged from a collision course to earth by sending a rocket or spacecraft. The proximity of the rocket or spacecraft itself is expected to change the trajectory of the asteroid (in a controlled and calculated manner.) In years to come, science may come up with other additions to this basic concept to successfully deviate the asteroid from its collision course to the earth.

Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun and are commonly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Occasionally, asteroids can come close to Earth as they travel through our solar system. If an asteroid were to impact Earth, it could have devastating effects depending on its size and composition. Scientists actively track and monitor asteroids to predict any potential impacts and develop strategies to mitigate any potential threats.

There is no "impact asteroid". An asteroid impact however is when an asteroid hits a planet or moon.

i believe in superstition because it helps us to be learn more but i think with scientific basis......

The Torino Scale measures the potential threat posed by near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. It categorizes the impact hazard based on the predicted impact probability and the kinetic energy of the object. This scale helps to communicate the level of danger associated with an incoming NEO.

They don't think so, but it will be very close in 2029. There is more concern about the next time it comes by, but that's really not that far off, it will be in 2036.

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When Apophis comes close to Earth (and it will be VERY close on an astronomical scale - below the altitude of geosynchronous satellites!) on Friday, April 13, 2029, it WILL MISS. However, we cannot accurately predict PRECISELY how close it will come, and how the orbit of Apophis will be altered by the Earth's gravity.

And when Apophis returns to near-Earth space, on Friday, April 13, 3036, there is a very small chance that it will strike the Earth. However, during the close pass in 2029, we will plant telemetry sensors and radar reflectors which will enable us to track it with perfect accuracy. And if we're smart - and nobody ever accused NASA of being smart! - we will also plant two very large nuclear weapons on Apophis.

Then, several months later, when we've had time to calculate its orbit to see exactly where it will be in 2036, we can determine whether one or both of the weapons should be detonated to nudge Apophis into a safer orbit. And if it turns out that Apophis is not going to hit the Earth in 2036, then we can ignore them and watch the pretty asteroid scoot by. And in 2050 or so, we ought to be able to capture the asteroid and move it into a parking orbit, perhaps in the L4 or L5 points on the Moon's orbit.

Just think; if this all works out, your grandchildren may live in the Apophis Station!

Well some people say that the world might end in 2039 by an asteroid called apophis. If it hits in the Pacific Ocean then there will be monsunes that are up to 52 feet tall and will flood Hawaii, California, through Alaska. If the asteroid hits the Atlantic Ocean then the lands that are close to the alantic ocean are going to be flooded.

Mars And Jupiter $

Yes. It has happened countless times.

Yes, just like all celestial body with a closed orbit.

If you want to be specific, the orbit of the moon is spiral, since it is moving away from us at a pace of 3 cm per year.

They believe the asteroid that killed off the dinosaur was 30 miles in diameter and impacting the earth at more than 250,000 miles per hour.

Yes, meteors (meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere) do not have tails. However, when a meteoroid vaporizes upon entry, it can create a glowing trail of light behind it known as a meteor train, which can appear as a temporary tail.

The Hoba meteorite is located in the farm known as "Hoba West". This is in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia.

Asteroids are technicaly small planets. That in they orbit the sun. An asteroid can become a moon when it is caught by the gravitational pull of a planet and goes into orbit around that planet. Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos are likely candidates for this along with the moons of gas giants Jupiter, Saturn & Uranus as they have no real matter that could have been ejected into space to create a moon like earths moon (Theorised a large mars sized object hit our planet when it was still molten ejecting a blob that became our moon).

So to re-cap asteroids orbit the sun, Moons orbit planets.

It all depends on how big the rock is. If it is a small one, it will burn up in the atmosphere. If it is larger than a small suitcase, it may hit the earth, or burn up, depending on how fast it is traveling.

But really big rocks, 100 meters or more in diameter, will usually impact the planet, causing local devastation, and leaving a crater. A rock 2 kilometers in diameter could cause so much disturbance to the planet's atmosphere that large numbers of animals and plants could die off.

The mass extinction of the dinosaurs is believed to have resulted from an impact by an asteroid or comet about 2 kilometers in diameter.