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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 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@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 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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      Provided it enters in a similarly uninhabited location.

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      Sarcasm?

      Idk about you but if it levels 1287 km² of forest, I don’t think that would exactly be good news for a populated area. On the upper range, it could be equivalent to a 40 megatonne bomb.

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