Dark comets: the cosmic catastrophic threat to earth

Authors

  • M. Khalil

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • M. Said

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • H. Osman

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • N. Younis

    Department of English and American studies, University of Vienna, Austria

  • N. Khaled

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • Y. Amr

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • N. A. Mohamed

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

  • A. Ibrahim

    Faculty of Engineering, MSA university, Giza, Egypt

Received date: May 13, 2020

Accepted date: July 17, 2020

Published date: July 25, 2020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v8i1.30740

Keywords:

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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How to Cite

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.v8i1.30740

Received date: May 13, 2020

Accepted date: July 17, 2020

Published date: July 25, 2020