A team of astronomers from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has recently published their research discovery about the possible collision of giant comets with planet Earth. Their scientifically-rooted findings revealed that the collision will pose danger to all living organisms, particularly the human race.
The researchers, who came from Armagh Observatory and the University of Buckingham, estimate that these giant comets can collide with Earth once every 40,000 to 100,000 years. The phenomenon is believed to be capable of breaking up the planet when it occurs.
Giant comets are scientifically known as centaurs. They are minor planets with semi-major axis between those of outer planets that have unstable orbits. Centaurs have the characteristics of both comets and asteroids.
They have changing and unstable orbits because they are not protected by orbital resonances. They can also be ejected into interstellar space after a close approach to one of the planets, resulting to cometary debris that can create an impact.
"If we are right, then these distant comets could be a serious hazard, and it's time to understand them better," said University of Buckingham professor Bill Napier.
Taking the researchers' calculations into consideration, people have to understand how the asteroids and other celestial bodies are working. If not, the anticipated collision, according to experts, can catastrophically trigger the end of human species.
Napier further explained: "In the last three decades we have invested a lot of effort in tracking and analysing the risk of collision between Earth and an asteroid. Our work suggests we need to look beyond our immediate neighborhood, too, and look out beyond the orbit of Jupiter, to find centaurs."
The speculation that giant comets will collide with Earth will be the doomsday of the human species as well as all living organisms on this planet. The astronomers warned that this collision can be a bigger threat than what the movie "Armageddon" showed.
