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threelonmusketeers to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 7 months ago

Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

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threelonmusketeers to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 7 months ago
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More data will likely reduce the chance of an impact to zero. If not, we have options.
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  • threelonmusketeersOP
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    3•7 months ago

    Listed in the article:

    Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide

    • SpongeBorgCubePants
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      How many giraffes is it tho

      • threelonmusketeersOP
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        3•7 months ago

        !anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de

    • @Comment105@lemm.ee
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      Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.

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