Have you ever wondered what would happen if a huge meteorite falls on Earth? Most people will say that there will be devastation. The bigger the asteroid, the greater the destruction. No one has seen it till date. But you can see it in a video going viral on social media. Scientist have prepared a model, which tells what would happen if the largest known meteorite present in space comes flying and collides with the Earth? What kind of consequences will there be? What will be the condition of the earth? The video is scary.
It has been shared on social media platform X with the account @Rainmaker1973. According to scientists, if a meteorite the size of a 20-storey building hits the Earth, it will cause an explosion equal to the largest nuclear bomb ever made. Energy equivalent to 25 to 50 megatons will be released. If a mile-wide meteorite hits the Earth at a speed of 30,000 miles per hour, it will release the energy equivalent of a million-megaton bomb. This will be so much that many countries will turn into ashes. Scientists have estimated that if a 60 mile wide meteorite falls, all life on Earth will be destroyed. The earth will be transformed into a huge mass of dust. The energy coming from the Sun will stop because the temperature on Earth will be higher than that.
This classic video shows what would happen if a large asteroid (diameter ~ 500 km) hit the Earth somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 3, 2024
Destruction started within a moment
In the video you can see that the largest known meteorite so far comes from space and hits the Earth. After this a ball of fire arises. And destruction begins like a nuclear bomb. This fire, which comes out like the flame of the sun, engulfs all the animals, plants and houses in its embrace. Everything turns into ashes in a moment. Thousands of kilometers of land turns into dust in a short time. That means nothing is left here. The video has been viewed approximately 5 lakh times so far. People are surprised to see this.
What is the probability of doomsday?
Scientists of The Planetary Society believe that the possibility of a huge asteroid hitting the Earth is minimal. A total of 18 meteorites hit the Earth in the 20th and 21st centuries. It was believed that there would be huge devastation, but the impact was seen to be very less. The only reason for this was that all of them were very small in size. Smaller asteroids are more common and generally cause very little damage. If we were unlucky enough to have a giant asteroid hit Earth, it would have to be 60 miles wide to kill everyone. In the research so far, its possibility appears to be negligible.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 4, 2024, 13:13 IST