The Administration of National Aeronautics and Space (NASA) has warned about the ‘spinning sun debris’ which is likely to hit the earth on December 11. NASA has said that this coronal mass ejection (CME) has been shot from the sun earlier this week and also forecasts to strike the Earth on Saturday. According to the report by Express, CME is thrown to the planet on Monday when a large filament is removed from the middle of the sun, which is now competing towards the earth. According to the US Space Prediction Center (SWPC), CMES can be separated from the sun with a speed between 560,000 MPH to more than 6.7 million mph. At this speed, the fastest CMES can reach Earth in just 15 to 18 hours.
According to Express, Dr. Tamitha Skov, a family weather physicist warned that the filament eruption recently from the sun would give a blow to the south of the planet, causing a mild disturbance. Before we enter the depth, it is important to know what the coronal mass (CME) ejection is. According to NASA, coronal mass ejection, or CME, is a large cloud of solar plasma and embedded magnetic fields released into space after sun eruption. CMES develops when they sweep the space, often millions of miles, and can collide with the planet magnetic field.
When directed at Earth, CME can produce geomagnetic disorders that turn on bright Aurora, short-hanging satellites, and electricity networks on earth, or on the worst astronauts, even harmful in orbit.
Big CME can contain one billion tons of material that can be accelerated to several million miles per hour in a spectacular explosion. Solar material flows through interplanetary media, impacting planets or spacecraft on its track. CMES is sometimes associated with flares but can occur independently.
Dr. Tamitha Skov said, “Expect a mild disturbance, but Aurora is possible on high latitude with sporadic & gps amateur radio problems at night,” as quoted by Express.
According to astronomers behind spaceweather.com, “Ribut-circling” caused by the explosion of the sun will “barely miss the earth”. According to their predictions, debris will fly south of the planet.