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Earth in danger

Earth in danger. Understanding the risks for human life. Juraj Vančo 93. p rístav vodných skaut o v a skautiek Tortuga Trenčín Sep 2013. Agenda. Voting  Comets and meteors Observation Expedition for Meteors Kykula 2013 Known meteors in the recent history Solar wind

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Earth in danger

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  1. Earth in danger Understanding the risks for human life Juraj Vančo 93. prístav vodných skautov a skautiek Tortuga Trenčín Sep 2013

  2. Agenda • Voting  • Comets and meteors • Observation Expedition for MeteorsKykula 2013 • Known meteors in the recent history • Solar wind • Impacts(physics)

  3. Comets and meteors • Comet: an object flying in the universe • Known track, ellipsoidal (Kepler’s law) • Solar system: Sun is the mass point • Usually cannot be observed by naked-eye • Known shuffles: Halley, Hale Bopp, Hyakutake • Meteor: an object released from shuffle • Track roughly copies mother’s shuffle track • Predictable • Small size • Can be observed by naked-eye

  4. Observation Expedition for MeteorsKykula 2013 • Perseids • Mother shuffle: Swift- Tuffle • Circuit period: 120 years • Last traversal: 25 years ago • Date: around 10th of August (Vavrinec) • Expedition Conditions: • Moon in last quarter  • No clouds  • After rain 

  5. Observation Expedition for MeteorsKykula 2013 • Central point: Perseus • Where is Perseus? • What does it mean? • Typical properties: fast, long • Another method of observation: radio waves • How does it work?

  6. Known meteors

  7. Known meteors • “meteorit”: meteor fallen on the Earth’s surface • Explosions: one or more • Explosion severity: atom bomb has less power • Past 100 years meteors (http://bolid.es) • Tunguska (Siberia) in 1914 • Čeljabinsk (Siberia) in 2013 • Košice (Slovakia) in 2011

  8. Known meteors • Observed: column of bluish light as bright as the Sun • 10 – 15 Mtons of TNT ~ 1000 x Hiroshima bomb

  9. Known meteors • “meteorit”: meteor fallen on the Earth’s surface • Explosions: one or more • Explosion severity: atom bomb has less power • Past 100 years meteors (http://bolid.es) • Tunguska (Siberia) in 1914 • Čeljabinsk (Siberia) in 2013 • Košice (Slovakia) in 2011

  10. Known meteors • 440 ktons of TNT ~ 20 – 30 x Hiroshima bomb

  11. Known meteors • “meteorit”: meteor fallen on the Earth’s surface • Explosions: one or more • Explosion severity: atom bomb has less power • Past 100 years meteors (http://bolid.es) • Tunguska (Siberia) in 1914 • Čeljabinsk (Siberia) in 2013 • Košice (Slovakia) in 2011

  12. Solar wind • Ionised mass particles released from the Sun’s gravitation • Sun’s activity period • The Sun: eruptions • Effects for the Earth • The most vulnerable systems: satellites, electronics

  13. Solar wind • Ionised mass particles released from the Sun’s gravitation • Sun’s activity period • The Sun: eruptions • Effects for the Earth • The most vulnerable systems: satellites, electronics

  14. Solar wind impacts • Effects for the Earth • 1972: telecom AT&T, USA • 1989: electricity blackout, Canada • 2000: satellites destroyed (short circuit) • 2006: GPS blackout, satellites

  15. NASA new mission: asteroids • So, when? • Voting? • Thanks for watching • Q & A

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