EROS arrives

1996/11/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Astronomia

EROS, the god of love, has become news these days. In fact, while EROS was studying the trajectory of the asteroid called EROS 466, Italian astronomer Paolo Farinella announces a clash against the Earth. We can, however, be calm because, according to Farinella, the shock will not occur immediately: Asteroid EROS 466 will take about 1 billion years to reach us.

EROS 466 turns between the Earth and the orbits of Jupiter. Farinella believes that the gravitational force of Mars will worsen his career. As mentioned above, the asteroid will not quickly deviate and Jupiter or Earth itself may eventually recover.