What would happen if another asteroid exploded on the Earth?
Few month ago, an enormous rock blasted in the skies near Chelyabinsk, Russia. It
had a massive impact that even with the shock waves, buildings were damaged and
thousands of people died from the small practical that spread when the
explosion happened. Surprisingly, NASA announced that these extremely menacing
asteroid had been found, ranging in size from 5 to 200 meters across. However,
it is very rare that these asteroid will hit our Earth because of the gravitational
pull of the planets that will eschew into different way.
When I first read the title of the article, I was startled
that Russian meteor might have siblings in tow. Author used personification in
the heading to attract readers which was an agreeable idea. Indeed, I read this
article because it sounded interesting and felt it was appropriate to know about
the fact of rare consequences that we might face. Also, author gave an event
that happened in the past few month to add the detail parts of what it will be
like if another meteor exploded on the Earth. Furthermore, author mentioned the
important facts that I never heard before, for example, “…NASA round about 20
asteroid.. (McKee)” and even with the shock wave, it can damage properties.
Although, I am not a science person, after reading this
article it gave me a compelling thoughts about how a slight change of the asteroid
can save millions of people. Therefore, I think the author did a good job on
attracting the readers and conveying them with an interesting article.
I am surprised to hear about this since, as you said in your commentary, it is pretty rare for an asteroid to hit Earth. I would like to advise you to reread your commentary because I found a several grammatical and punctuation errors. You were able to speak out your opinions on this case; however, I think you might need to elaborate more because this is a rare case and, if thousands of people died, you should have ("dramatically") strong feelings towards this situation. Overall, you were able to discuss this article through your commentary and chose an interesting topic (possibly an indication of the future) to write about.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was a very interesting article to read. I never really gave a thought to an asteriod hitting Earth idea. After readin this article, though, it gave a whole new perspective. Your commentary about it was decent. It was a nice set up with summary in the first paragraph and your point of view in subsequent paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteNice choice in article! Space is really interesting, and it's always cool when a scientist can predict so much about possible collisions (which is also a little strange since we know more about space than our own oceans). I remember reading about the meteor in Russia, and if another meteoroid were to really hit Earth it would be devastating.
ReplyDeleteI like how you commented on the use of figurative language in the title (the siblings part). It would not have been something most people would have caught (so congratulations). Good use of proper citing as well. I agree with Janice that there are minor grammatical mistakes, but none of them stood out that much.
Anyways, good job! It was an interesting blog!