Asteroids can save Earth by moving it from orbit! Scientist reveals how

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Can asteroids save Earth from global warming? a scientist has come up with a bizarre method! He has claimed that a sure-fire way of saving Earth from global warming is very much there and all it takes is for it to get hit by an asteroid. This will alter its orbit around the Sun. The controversial theory suggests that astronomical communities should come together to plant special rockets on asteroids to change their direction and make them pass close to Earth which can hypothetically push the planet farther away from the Sun and reduce global temperatures.

Astrophysicist Dr. Sohrab Rahvar, working at the Sharif University of Technology in Iran has published a paper online where he claims using asteroids to save planet Earth is a viable strategy. In his four-pager abstract titled ‘Gravity-Assist as a Solution to Save Earth from Global Warming’, he has outlined how his hypothetical strategy will pan out.

Naming the strategy ‘Gravitational Billiards’, Rahvar explained that the entire process will take place in three steps. The first step will be identifying large asteroids in the asteroid belt of our solar system present between the orbits of planet Mars and Jupiter. In the second step, solar sails will be strapped onto the identified asteroids. In the final step, these solar sails will be used to propel the asteroids in the direction of the Earth. For the uninitiated, solar sails are reflective sheets which are propelled by using the Sun’s radiation and act as thrusters to push an astronomical body in the desired direction. This, according to Rahvar will solve the global warming crisis.

Speaking to The Sun, Rahvar said, “We need a series of asteroids to [pass close to] Earth to have effective temperature loss.”

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