Will this Asteroid DESTROY Earth in 2038? | Dhruv Rathee
In this video, we debunk the news about NASA's simulated asteroid impact scenario and explain its truth. We explore how asteroids, comets, and meteoroids work, discuss past asteroid events, and detail NASA's current plans for planetary defense. Learn about the various methods we have to predict and prevent asteroid impacts, including kinetic, slow-push-pull, and nuclear techniques. Plus, we dive into the recent exercise by NASA and other agencies to improve our readiness for such scenarios and highlight the gaps that still need to be addressed.
In this video, we debunk the news about NASA's simulated asteroid impact scenario and explain its truth. We explore how asteroids, comets, and meteoroids work, discuss past asteroid events, and detail NASA's current plans for planetary defense. Learn about the various methods we have to predict and prevent asteroid impacts, including kinetic, slow-push-pull, and nuclear techniques. Plus, we dive into the recent exercise by NASA and other agencies to improve our readiness for such scenarios and highlight the gaps that still need to be addressed.
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00:00Namaskar Friends!
00:01On 13th April, 2029,
00:03an asteroid apophis bigger than 1000 feet
00:06will pass very very close to the earth.
00:14If it collides with the earth,
00:16then such devastation will be seen
00:18that has never been seen in the history of humans.
00:20The bomb dropped on Hiroshima
00:22will release 1 million times more energy.
00:26100 meters high waves of tsunami will rise
00:30and the entire city will be cleansed.
00:33But not only this,
00:34on 12th July, 2038,
00:36another asteroid can collide with the earth.
00:38And look at this post,
00:39there is a 72% chance of it colliding.
00:42NASA has already issued an alert
00:44and has started its planetary defense exercise.
00:47Look at this post ahead,
00:49it's only a few weeks old.
00:50After NASA's chief,
00:51now ISRO's chief has given a warning
00:53that we can all go extinct.
00:55Oh my God!
00:56An earth-destroying asteroid
00:57is rapidly approaching the earth.
01:00ISRO chief says
01:01it is an option to migrate to Mars
01:03and all global space agencies are working on it.
01:07After all, how much truth is in these news?
01:09Which are the most dangerous asteroids for the earth?
01:13And what is NASA's plan here?
01:15Let's understand all these things
01:17in today's video.
01:23Asteroids
01:27Asteroids are also called planetoids.
01:30Because they are like small planets.
01:32They are basically some big stones
01:34that are orbiting in space.
01:35They can be 10-20 meters in size
01:37and can also be 100-200 kilometers.
01:40The smallest asteroid that exists
01:42is only 2 meters wide.
01:44And the largest is called Ceres.
01:46940 kilometers in diameter.
01:48Most of the asteroids in our solar system
01:51are found in the asteroid belt
01:53between Mars and Jupiter.
01:54Where there are millions of asteroids.
01:57The drawing of the asteroid belt
01:59in our textbooks is done like this.
02:02And by looking at it,
02:03you might think that
02:04there are so many asteroids
02:05orbiting around each other.
02:06But in reality,
02:07the average distance between
02:09any two asteroids
02:10is more than 1 million kilometers.
02:13Now what happens is
02:14many times these asteroids
02:15move away from this belt
02:17and come close to the earth.
02:19In such cases,
02:20we call them near-earth objects.
02:22In short, they are called NEOs.
02:25NEOs are not just asteroids.
02:27They can also be comets,
02:28meteors, meteorites,
02:30and meteoroids.
02:32You might ask,
02:33what is the difference between them?
02:34Friends,
02:35they are all pieces of stone
02:37flying in space.
02:38But the way we define them,
02:40there is a difference.
02:41For example,
02:42asteroids are made of stone and metal.
02:44Comets are made of
02:45ice, stone, and dust.
02:47They are also called dirty snowballs.
02:49Asteroids are found
02:50between Mars and Jupiter
02:51in the Asteroid Belt.
02:52Comets are found
02:53in the Kuiper Belt.
02:54This belt is in front of Neptune
02:56and is far away in the solar system.
02:57When comets fly in space,
02:59they have a tail
03:01which is not seen in asteroids.
03:02Typically,
03:03the size of the comet
03:04can be very large.
03:05It can be 1 to 10 kilometers.
03:06And whenever a comet
03:07passes near the earth,
03:09it can be easily seen
03:10with the naked eye.
03:11But to see asteroids,
03:12telescopes are needed
03:14in most cases.
03:15For us,
03:16in case of danger,
03:17a comet is much more
03:18dangerous than an asteroid.
03:19Because,
03:20firstly,
03:21the speed of a comet
03:22is twice that of an asteroid.
03:23And secondly,
03:24the warning time is less.
03:25Unfortunately,
03:26we won't know
03:27when a comet will suddenly
03:28impact the earth.
03:29Unfortunately,
03:30we won't know
03:31much earlier.
03:32This was also shown
03:33in the film,
03:34Don't Look Up.
03:35In this film,
03:36it is shown
03:37that a comet
03:38will impact the earth
03:39after 6 months.
03:40And how the government
03:41and space agencies
03:42react to this.
03:44A meteorite is
03:45a small piece
03:46of an asteroid or comet.
03:47When a meteorite
03:48comes close to the earth
03:49and enters our atmosphere,
03:51we call it a meteor.
03:53When it happens,
03:54it burns very fast
03:56and we see
03:57a streak of light.
03:58It is also called
03:59a shooting star
04:00if you have ever
04:01seen it in the sky.
04:02When it happens
04:03in large numbers,
04:04it is called
04:05a meteor shower.
04:06And if a meteor
04:07crosses the atmosphere
04:08and falls on the earth,
04:10it is called
04:11a meteorite.
04:13That's the difference.
04:14The important thing
04:15for us here
04:16is NEOs.
04:17Asteroids and comets
04:18that are passing
04:19close to the earth.
04:20Because of which
04:21we are in danger
04:22that they will
04:23crash on the earth
04:24and the world
04:25will end.
04:26This danger is
04:27justified because
04:28this has happened
04:2966 million years ago
04:30with dinosaurs.
04:38If they can be extinct,
04:39so can we.
04:40But before measuring
04:41this danger,
04:42before moving ahead,
04:43I would like to say
04:44one thing.
04:45If you take your news
04:46from such accounts
04:47on Instagram
04:48and Facebook,
04:49it would be better
04:50if you stop
04:51following the news.
04:52Because this news
04:53about the 2038
04:54asteroid strike
04:55is completely
04:56fake news.
04:59If you want to follow
05:00some pages on Instagram
05:01for news,
05:02then there are
05:03The Hindu,
05:04Indian Express,
05:05Scroll.in,
05:06The Wire,
05:07News Laundry,
05:08there are many options.
05:09Even our
05:10mainstream news websites,
05:11but lies of this level
05:12are not spread there
05:13at least.
05:14Because see,
05:15Times of India
05:16has also written
05:17an article on this.
05:18In the headline,
05:19it is written that
05:20NASA warns that
05:21a planet-sized asteroid
05:22has a 72% chance
05:23of impacting earth.
05:24This headline is wrong.
05:25It is a click-baity
05:26headline.
05:27But if you read
05:28the first line
05:29of the article,
05:30it has been
05:31cleared there.
05:32NASA recently
05:33conducted a
05:34hypothetical exercise
05:35to assess planet's
05:36preparedness against
05:37an asteroid impact.
05:38Actually,
05:39this 72% chance
05:40is not a finding
05:41or a result.
05:42This is a hypothetical
05:43imaginary scenario
05:44created by NASA
05:45itself.
05:46They were doing
05:47an exercise.
05:48If we get to know
05:49that an asteroid
05:50is going to
05:51hit the earth
05:52in July 2038,
05:53then what can
05:54we do?
05:55This was a
05:56mock test
05:57in which more than
05:58100 experts participated
05:59from different
06:00organizations.
06:01NASA,
06:02European Space Agency,
06:03UK Space Agency,
06:04United Nations
06:05Office of Outer Space
06:06Affairs.
06:07Everyone discussed
06:08that if an
06:09asteroid hits the
06:10earth 14 years
06:11after today,
06:12then what steps
06:13will we take
06:14to stop it?
06:15On June 20,
06:162024,
06:17NASA released
06:18this report
06:19to the public
06:20in which some
06:21very interesting
06:22things were
06:23told.
06:24We will talk about
06:25them later in the
06:26video.
06:27But before that,
06:28I would like to
06:29tell you that
06:30the date of
06:312029,
06:32which I talked
06:33about in the
06:34beginning of
06:35the video,
06:36that date is
06:37not hypothetical.
06:38The asteroid will
06:39pass very close
06:40to the earth.
06:41Only 30,000 km
06:42away.
06:43It is less than
06:44many geostationary
06:45satellites.
06:46NASA released
06:47a video in which
06:48the exact path
06:49of this Apophis
06:50asteroid has been
06:51shown.
06:52The day after
06:535 years,
06:54the day this
06:55asteroid will
06:56pass by the
06:57earth,
06:58you will not
06:59even need a
07:00telescope to
07:01see it.
07:02You will be
07:03able to see
07:04it directly
07:05with your eyes
07:06at night.
07:08In 2004,
07:09when this asteroid
07:10was discovered
07:11for the first time
07:12by humans,
07:13there was a
07:14commotion all
07:15over the world.
07:16Because the
07:17first observations
07:18that were done
07:19said that
07:20there is a
07:212.7% chance
07:22that the
07:23asteroid will
07:24hit the
07:25earth in
07:262029.
07:27Now,
07:282.7% chance
07:29is not that
07:30big.
07:31It means
07:32there is a
07:3397% chance
07:34that it
07:35will not
07:36hit the
07:37earth in
07:382029.
07:39The
07:40first observation
07:41of this
07:42asteroid was
07:43called
07:44Apophis.
07:45Apophis is
07:46a big snake
07:47in Egyptian
07:48mythology who
07:49destroys everything.
07:50It is also
07:51called the
07:52God of
07:53Chaos.
07:54But the
07:55good news
07:56is that when
07:57scientists
07:58did more
07:59observations
08:00of this
08:01asteroid,
08:02they found
08:03out that
08:04there is
08:05no
08:06chance
08:07that it
08:08will
08:09hit the
08:10earth in
08:112029.
08:12When
08:13it will
08:14pass very
08:15close to
08:16the earth,
08:17it will
08:18pass through
08:19a keyhole
08:20area.
08:21In
08:22space,
08:23keyholes
08:24are those
08:25places which
08:26are so
08:27close to
08:28the earth
08:29that the
08:30gravitational
08:31force of
08:32the earth
08:33is affected
08:34by it.
08:35Scientists
08:36have said
08:37confidently that
08:38this asteroid
08:39will never
08:40hit the
08:41earth in
08:42the next
08:43100 years.
08:44For this
08:45reason,
08:46it has been
08:47removed from
08:48the risk
08:49list of
08:50near-earth
08:51objects.
08:52You
08:53might
08:54ask,
08:55what is
08:56this?
08:57This
08:58is a
08:59risk
09:00list.
09:01Space
09:02agencies
09:03have
09:04written
09:05maximum
09:06probability
09:07of
09:08colliding
09:09with
09:10this
09:11asteroid.
09:12The
09:13diameter of
09:14this asteroid
09:15is written
09:16in the
09:17back
09:18section.
09:19This
09:20is the
09:21wonder
09:22of data
09:23science that
09:24we can
09:25accurately
09:26predict the
09:27paths of
09:28asteroids.
09:29But
09:30not only
09:31space
09:32scientists
09:33have
09:34written
09:35this
09:36risk
09:37list
09:38in
09:39the
09:40back
09:41section.
09:42This
09:43is a
09:44risk
09:45list
09:46that
09:47we
09:48can
09:49accurately
09:50predict the
09:51paths of
09:52asteroids.
09:53This
09:54is a
09:55risk
09:56list
09:57that
09:58we
09:59can
10:00accurately
10:01predict
10:02the
10:03paths
10:04of
10:05asteroids.
10:06This
10:07is a
10:08risk
10:09list
10:10that
10:11we
10:12can
10:13accurately
10:14predict
10:15the
10:16paths
10:17of
10:18asteroids.
10:19This
10:20is a
10:21risk
10:22list
10:23that
10:24we
10:25can
10:26accurately
10:27predict
10:28the
10:29paths
10:30of
10:31asteroids.
10:32This
10:33is a
10:34risk
10:35list
10:36that
10:37we
10:38can
10:39accurately
10:40predict
10:41the
10:42paths
10:43of
10:44asteroids.
10:45This
10:46is a
10:47risk
10:48list
10:49that
10:50we
10:51can
10:52accurately
10:53predict
10:54the
10:55paths
10:56of
10:57asteroids.
10:58This
10:59is a
11:00risk
11:01list
11:02that
11:03we
11:04can
11:05accurately
11:06predict
11:07the
11:08paths
11:09of
11:10asteroids.
11:11This
11:12is a
11:13risk
11:14list
11:15that
11:16we
11:17can
11:18accurately
11:19predict
11:20the
11:21paths
11:22of
11:23asteroids.
11:24This
11:25is a
11:26risk
11:27list
11:28that
11:29we
11:30can
11:31accurately
11:32predict
11:33the
11:34paths
11:35of
11:36asteroids.
11:37This
11:38is a
11:39risk
11:40list
11:41that
11:42we
11:43can
11:44accurately
11:45predict
11:46the
11:47paths
11:48of
11:49asteroids.
11:50This
11:51is a
11:52risk
11:53list
11:54that
11:55we
11:56can
11:57accurately
11:58predict
11:59the
12:00paths
12:01of
12:02asteroids.
12:03This
12:04is a
12:05risk
12:06list
12:07that
12:08we
12:09can
12:10accurately
12:11predict
12:12the
12:13paths
12:14of
12:15asteroids.
12:16This
12:17is a
12:18risk
12:19list
12:20that
12:21we
12:22can
12:23accurately
12:24predict
12:25the
12:26paths
12:27of
12:28asteroids.
12:29This
12:30is a
12:31risk
12:32list
12:33that
12:34we
12:35can
12:36accurately
12:37predict
12:38the
12:39paths
12:40of
12:41asteroids.
12:42This
12:43is a
12:44risk
12:45list
12:46that
12:47we
12:48can
12:49accurately
12:50predict
12:51the
12:52paths
12:53of
12:54asteroids.
12:55This
12:56is a
12:57risk
12:58list
12:59that
13:00we
13:01can
13:02accurately
13:03predict
13:04the
13:05paths
13:06of
13:07asteroids.
13:08This
13:09is a
13:10risk
13:11list
13:12that
13:13we
13:14can
13:15accurately
13:16predict
13:17the
13:18paths
13:19of
13:20asteroids.
13:21This
13:22is a
13:23risk
13:24list
13:25that
13:26we
13:27can
13:28accurately
13:29predict
13:30the
13:31paths
13:32of
13:33asteroids.
13:34This
13:35is a
13:36risk
13:37list
13:38that
13:39we
13:40can
13:41accurately
13:42predict
13:43the
13:44paths
13:45of
13:46asteroids.
13:47This
13:48is a
13:49risk
13:50list
13:51that
13:52we
13:53can
13:54accurately
13:55predict
13:56the
13:57paths
13:58of
13:59asteroids.
14:00This
14:01is a
14:02risk
14:03list
14:04that
14:05we
14:06can
14:07accurately
14:08predict
14:09the
14:10paths
14:11of
14:12asteroids.
14:13This
14:14is a
14:15risk
14:16list
14:17that
14:18we
14:19can
14:20accurately
14:21predict
14:22the
14:23paths
14:24of
14:25asteroids.
14:26This
14:27is a
14:28risk
14:29list
14:30that
14:31we
14:32can
14:33accurately
14:34predict
14:35the
14:36paths
14:37of
14:38asteroids.
14:39This
14:40is a
14:41risk
14:42list
14:43that
14:44we
14:45can
14:46accurately
14:47predict
14:48the
14:49paths
14:50of
14:51asteroids.
14:52This
14:53is a
14:54risk
14:55list
14:56that
14:57we
14:58can
14:59accurately
15:00predict
15:01the
15:02paths
15:03of
15:04asteroids.
15:05This
15:06is a
15:07risk
15:08list
15:09that
15:10we
15:11can
15:12accurately
15:13predict
15:14the
15:15paths
15:16of
15:17asteroids.
15:18This
15:19is a
15:20risk
15:21list
15:22that
15:23we
15:24can
15:25accurately
15:26predict
15:27the
15:28paths
15:29of
15:30asteroids.
15:31This
15:32is a
15:33risk
15:34list
15:35that
15:36we
15:37can
15:38accurately
15:39predict
15:40the
15:41paths
15:42of
15:43asteroids.
15:44This
15:45is a
15:46risk
15:47list
15:48that
15:49we
15:50can
15:51accurately
15:52predict
15:53the
15:54paths
15:55of
15:56asteroids.
15:57This
15:58is a
15:59risk
16:00list
16:01that
16:02we
16:03can
16:04accurately
16:05predict
16:06the
16:07paths
16:08of
16:09asteroids.
16:10This
16:11is a
16:12risk
16:13list
16:14that
16:15we
16:16can
16:17accurately
16:18predict
16:19the
16:20paths
16:21of
16:22asteroids.
16:23This
16:24is a
16:25risk
16:26list
16:27that
16:28we
16:29can
16:30accurately
16:31predict
16:32the
16:33paths
16:34of
16:35asteroids.
16:36This
16:37is a
16:38risk
16:39list
16:40that
16:41we
16:42can
16:43accurately
16:44predict
16:45the
16:46paths
16:47of
16:48asteroids.
16:49This
16:50is a
16:51risk
16:52list
16:53that
16:54we
16:55can
16:56accurately
16:57predict
16:58the
16:59paths
17:00of
17:01asteroids.
17:02This
17:03is a
17:04risk
17:05list
17:06that
17:07we
17:08can
17:09accurately
17:10predict
17:11the
17:12paths
17:13of
17:14asteroids.
17:15This
17:16is a
17:17risk
17:18list
17:19that
17:20we
17:21can
17:22accurately
17:23predict
17:24the
17:25paths
17:26of
17:27asteroids.
17:28This
17:29is a
17:30risk
17:31list
17:32that
17:33we
17:34can
17:35accurately
17:36predict
17:37the
17:38paths
17:39of
17:40asteroids.
17:41This
17:42is a
17:43risk
17:44list
17:45that
17:46we
17:47can
17:48accurately
17:49predict
17:50the
17:51paths
17:52of
17:53asteroids.
17:54This
17:55is a
17:56risk
17:57list
17:58that
17:59we
18:00can
18:01accurately
18:02predict
18:03the
18:04paths
18:05of
18:06asteroids.
18:07This
18:08is a
18:09risk
18:10list
18:11that
18:12we
18:13can
18:14accurately
18:15predict
18:16the
18:17paths
18:18of
18:19asteroids.
18:20This
18:21is a
18:22risk
18:23list
18:24that
18:25we
18:26can
18:27accurately
18:28predict
18:29the
18:30paths
18:31of
18:32asteroids.
18:33This
18:34is a
18:35risk
18:36list
18:37that
18:38we
18:39can
18:40accurately
18:41predict
18:42the
18:43paths
18:44of
18:45asteroids.
18:46This
18:47is a
18:48risk
18:49list
18:50that
18:51we
18:52can
18:53accurately
18:54predict
18:55the
18:56paths
18:57of
18:58asteroids.
18:59This
19:00is a
19:01risk
19:02list
19:03that
19:04we
19:05can
19:06accurately
19:07predict
19:08the
19:09paths
19:10of
19:11asteroids.
19:12This
19:13is a
19:14risk
19:15list
19:16that
19:17we
19:18can
19:19accurately
19:20predict
19:21the
19:22paths
19:23of
19:24asteroids.
19:25This
19:26is a
19:27risk
19:28list
19:29that
19:30we
19:31can
19:32accurately
19:33predict
19:34the
19:35paths
19:36of
19:37asteroids.
19:38This
19:39is a
19:40risk
19:41list
19:42that
19:43we
19:44can
19:45accurately
19:46predict
19:47the
19:48paths
19:49of
19:50asteroids.
19:51This
19:52is a
19:53risk
19:54list
19:55that
19:56we
19:57can
19:58accurately
19:59predict
20:00the
20:01paths
20:02of
20:03asteroids.
20:04This
20:05is a
20:06risk
20:07list
20:08that
20:09we
20:10can
20:11accurately
20:12predict
20:13the
20:14paths
20:15of
20:16asteroids.
20:40This
20:41is a
20:42risk
20:43list
20:44that
20:45we
20:46can
20:47accurately
20:48predict
20:49the
20:50paths
20:51of
20:52asteroids.
20:53This
20:54is a
20:55risk
20:56list
20:57that
20:58we
20:59can
21:00accurately
21:01predict
21:02the
21:03paths
21:04of
21:05asteroids.
21:06This
21:07is a
21:08risk