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threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works

21h ago

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

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

More data will likely reduce the chance of an impact to zero. If not, we have options.

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Okay so how big is this meteor then
- Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke
- It's around 1000 millimeteors
- Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?
  
  Is it meteoric?
  
  The meteorest.
- Listed in the article:
  Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide
  
  Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.
  
  How many giraffes is it tho
  
  !anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
- 130 - 400 meters

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