floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down110cross-posted to: globalnews@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.cafloofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoThat’s for changing the trajectory of the 2032 encounter by a few thousand km, not changing the 2028 encounter by 8 million km. And if we’re changing the 2032 encounter we can smack it as it goes by in 2028 instead of playing catch-up before then.
That’s for changing the trajectory of the 2032 encounter by a few thousand km, not changing the 2028 encounter by 8 million km. And if we’re changing the 2032 encounter we can smack it as it goes by in 2028 instead of playing catch-up before then.