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

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

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

Sigh. Why can't it be 109%

This place sucks.

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

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

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

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

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

Can we speed that up a bit?

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

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

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Is there any way to get it here sooner?

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

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

Fucking finally goddamn

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