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

Reading this headline instantly brought a huge smile to my face 😁

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

Can we speed that up a bit?

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

Great video, the probability will keep going up till it goes way down. Unless it doesn’t.

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

I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.

floquant,

Worry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.

Zacryon,
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Right now.

Zetta,

Forever, humanity could only ever conceivably expand so far due to the expansion of the universe, so as far as we know a still insignificant portion of the universe we could colonize.

Zacryon,
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Until we make some scientific breakthrough which might solve that problem. If there is any possible of course. There is so much we still don’t know.

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

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  • Xavienth,

    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.

    threelonmusketeers,

    Provided it enters in a similarly uninhabited location.

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

    Okay so how big is this meteor then

    everett,

    Exactly one meteor wide. Do you need the height as well?

    dellish,

    Is it meteoric?

    everett,

    The meteorest.

    Norgoroth,
    @Norgoroth@lemmy.world avatar

    130 - 400 meters

    GooberEar,

    It’s around 1000 millimeteors

    threelonmusketeers,

    Listed in the article:

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

    spongeborgcubepants,

    How many giraffes is it tho

    threelonmusketeers,
    Comment105,

    Fuck, I was hoping for a 10-15 km wide one.

    psud,

    Were it to hit it would hit like a large nuke

    Yawweee877h444, w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

    Sigh. Why can’t it be 109%

    This place sucks.

    psud,

    It’s not big enough to fix anything. If it hits, it won’t hit America or Europe

    It’s in the big nuke scale of energy, enough to do a lot of damage to a small area. Were it to hit a city, the city would need a lot of rebuilding. Were it to hit, few people would be in danger as we will have years of warning. The only people in the impact area would be “storm chasers” travelling to see the impact

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

    Can we launch a satellite at it, perhaps detonate a huge nuke on it to make that chance higher?

    Wait, we could just detonate all those huge nukes here right now. Show that stupid asteroid.

    rickyrigatoni,

    Nuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.

    threelonmusketeers,

    Wouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?

    rickyrigatoni,

    all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts

    Krik,

    all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts boosters

    Fixed it for you.

    rickyrigatoni,

    Alas, without the struts, the boosters shall return unto The Lord, leaving thine kerbalnauts Kerbinbound.

    Comment105,

    You think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?

    Rivalarrival,
    @Rivalarrival@lemmy.today avatar

    Tell me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program without telling me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program.

    SARGE,
    @SARGE@startrek.website avatar

    Project Sundial can still make a comeback.

    Majorllama, w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
    @Majorllama@lemmy.world avatar

    Which direction do I need to fart to up those numbers?

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

    Those are rookie numbers. Gotta pump those numbers up.

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

    I’m team asteroid.

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

    I wonder if the “important” people know the chances are higher, so they’re going for broke in order to build their escape ship.

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

    To people having panic attacks, it is not large enough to destroy the earth, and we would have plenty of time to evacuate the impact location. Though let’s hope it isn’t anywhere with permafrost.

    Jimmycakes,

    You mean populate the impact zone because I’m going to watch

    hungprocess,
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    SARGE,
    @SARGE@startrek.website avatar

    Yeah, my dogs will be gone by then so I would absolutely set up a tent close enough to catch it. I’d even bring a baseball glove for shits and giggles.

    taiyang,

    Aw, you think we’ll still have permafrost by then.

    photonic_sorcerer,
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    It’ll be an equatorial impact.

    SuperSaiyanSwag,

    Well that’s disappointing

    shadowedcross, w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
    @shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works avatar
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