Pedro Bernardelli and Gary Bernstein, two astronomers from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, discovered in mid-June this year, Kite Which is probably the biggest ever recorded in history. Other scientists also spotted the same rocky body in space in 2014, but were unable to confirm that it was a comet based on the data collected.
The star is between 100 and 200 kilometers in diameter and a thousand times more massive than most of the comets studied so far. Halley, for example, is one of the most famous by the general population, with a diameter of about 5.6 kilometers.
According to the US space agency NASA, Comet Bernardelli-Bernstein, as it was called, is in no danger of hitting Earth. However, a potential impact along the planet’s surface could mean anything from climate change to wiping out humanity. The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs would have been 11 kilometers in diameter and a 200-km crater would have formed at the crash site.
The celestial body will have to cross the inner solar system by 2031, the region where Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars orbit and cause a real spectacle for us on Earth, as it will be the first time it will be so close to the Sun. Will come closer in millions of years.
