THIS IS VERY SERIOUS - A REALLY DANGEROUS METEOR SHOWER! TAURID METEOR SHOWER
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Meteor showers usually pose no risk to our planet, usually... But in the case of the Taurid meteor shower, there is a real risk to our planet, and scientists are not sure if we could have a dangerous collision in the future, or even at any time.
It is no wonder that the Taurid meteor shower produces many super bright meteors - the bolides. This shows that it is already known for having larger fragments in its debris cloud. But it does not stop there...
It is believed that the comet Encke, responsible for the debris trail of the Taurid meteor shower, was about 100 km in diameter before it fragmented into several pieces. However, a recent study has been somewhat reassuring to us: we may have "only" about 9 to 14 large, threatening rocks that could endanger the planet. These rocks would be camouflaged among the debris trail left by Encke in the past. Furthermore, it is believed that comet 2P/Encke continues to fragment, creating new, larger debris along the way.
Every year, between the months of October, November and December, the Earth passes through the debris trail of comet Encke - a time when the famous Taurid meteor shower is at its peak.
For the southern hemisphere, the best time to observe the Taurid shower is in the early morning hours between November 4 and 5, while for observers in the northern hemisphere this happens a week later, between November 11 and 12.
The Taurid meteor shower usually produces about 5 meteors per hour during its peak, but these meteors are quite different from most meteors - they are much brighter.
And it’s not just recent studies that have left observers wondering about the risk of a large space rock colliding with Earth.
What is believed to be the oldest observatory in the world, known as the Göbekli Tepe Sanctuary in Turkey, may hold a warning about the risk of a collision in the future.
According to historians, Göbekli Tepe, built 12,000 years ago, contains revealing information about a collision of a large comet with Earth that occurred 13,000 years ago. The pillars of Göbekli Tepe appear to depict the collision of a celestial object from the constellation Taurus (precisely where the Taurid meteor shower originates). This collision would have caused floods that are also depicted in this ancient sanctuary, ancient. In addition, the date of the collision also coincides with the Taurid meteor shower. Could Gobekli Tepe have been built as a warning to humanity that such a collision could happen again?! Recent studies show that this is indeed possible.
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