floofloof@lemmy.ca to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down110
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.cafloofloof@lemmy.ca to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square92linkfedilink
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months 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.