Dark comets: the cosmic catastrophic threat to earth
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Received date: May 13, 2020
Accepted date: July 17, 2020
Published date: July 25, 2020
https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v8i1.30740
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Dark Comets, Unseen Interstellar Objects, Comets Detection. -
Abstract
Dark Comets are catastrophic hazardous objects that could hit Earth without warning. There are thousands of such unseen comets buzzing around. Very few of which are known. An overview of the dark comets deadly threat is presented in this paper. Moreover, detection techniques of these invisible objects are discussed.
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Khalil, M., Said, M., Osman, H., Younis, N., Khaled, N., Amr, Y., A. Mohamed, N., & Ibrahim, A. (2020). Dark comets: the cosmic catastrophic threat to earth. International Journal of Advanced Astronomy, 8(1), 27-28. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v8i1.30740Received date: May 13, 2020
Accepted date: July 17, 2020
Published date: July 25, 2020