About 20 years ago, a mysterious object made a close approach to Earth that some believe was indicative of a controlled encounter. In 2017, the object is due to swing pass Earth again. Ross Jones reports.
IT CAN BE a depressing world. ISIS, earthquakes, species extinction, the Liberal Party.
Let’s, just for a moment, take a break and amuse ourselves with a little light mystery,
Mysterious object is known as 1991 VG and it was first spotted in November 1991 by astronomer James Scotti at the University of Arizona. Today, many conspiracy theorists think that this is a genuine “alien probe”, which is deliberately set to fly near Earth in 2017.
“One possibility would be that it is ejecta from a lunar impact. Another possibility is that the Yarkovsky force, caused by the thermal emissions of a rotating object, systematically pushed the object around over long times. It’s still a puzzle.”
Source of last Spotting : http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news005.html
Source : Sci-techuniverse
IT CAN BE a depressing world. ISIS, earthquakes, species extinction, the Liberal Party.
Let’s, just for a moment, take a break and amuse ourselves with a little light mystery,
Mysterious object is known as 1991 VG and it was first spotted in November 1991 by astronomer James Scotti at the University of Arizona. Today, many conspiracy theorists think that this is a genuine “alien probe”, which is deliberately set to fly near Earth in 2017.
The
object has confused astronomers ever since it was first spotted, mainly because
of its strange rotation and longevity in space. Some people think that this is
a section of the Apollo 12 rocket, but according to Scotti it is probably
something else:
According
to other people, the strange object may also be a secret Soviet rocket from the
Space Race era. It is a fact that the Soviets had equally powerful rockets as
the American ones and it is quite possible that they launched one to get to the
moon and covered it up if things went badly.
“We
looked into all the possibilities for it being man-made. There were a few
possible spacecraft and rocket bodies that might be 1991 VG. But, when we
looked into each, we were able to eliminate each of them”
When
1991 VG was first spotted, it was around 10 metres in diameter, passing 280,000
miles from Earth – around 50,000 miles further than the Earth and the moon. The
object showed a rapid rate of rotation and its brightness fluctuated. At that
time, this kind of behaviour was not observed at any asteroid of similar size.
The object’s orbit was also similar to Earth’s orbit.
After
gathering more information about 1991 VG, Scotti realised that this object had
passed Earth one more time in March 1975. Again this is something that is not
characteristic for an asteroid. They don’t tend to pass twice in the same spot
Duncan
Steel, an astronomer at University of Adelaide, suggested it might be an “alien
probe observed in the vicinity of our planet.” He only mentioned this theory in
order to disprove it. In further interviews, he has stated that he isn’t
convinced that VG 1991 is of extraterrestrial origin.
This
hasn’t stopped conspiracy theorists from continuing to spread the idea of an
extraterrestrial origin of the object. They still keep citing Steele’s work as
their main source.
When
it does fly past Earth sometime in the summer of 2017, it will only be seen in
the southern hemisphere. Since Scotti first spotted VG 1991, astronomers have
discovered that asteroids under 100 metres have remarkably fast rotations. As a
result of this knowledge, Scotti says we can’t rule out the possibility that VG
1991 is a natural space rock. Scotti stated:
“One possibility would be that it is ejecta from a lunar impact. Another possibility is that the Yarkovsky force, caused by the thermal emissions of a rotating object, systematically pushed the object around over long times. It’s still a puzzle.”
lets wait and watch ................................
Source : Sci-techuniverse
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