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

submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sigh. Why can't it be 109%

This place sucks.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 3 points 2 weeks ago

Eh, Paradise and Silo got me ready for the future.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Can we speed that up a bit?

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] uxia@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

Is there any way to get it here sooner?

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -2 points 1 week ago

Fucking finally goddamn

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