• Singletona082
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    81 month ago

    Hey can this thing swing by and grab Apophis and hurry the fuck up?

    • @bss03@infosec.pub
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      21 month ago

      Apophis missed the keyhole, so no chance of impact this century, sorry. It would be a much bigger event, too, about 10-30 times the energy.

      But, this noise does remind me of 2004.

      • Singletona082
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        21 month ago

        Huh didn’t think the keyhole event was til 2028 swingby. Neat. Wonder if Esa or Jacsa can get probes up in time for its next approach.

        • @bss03@infosec.pub
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          21 month ago

          Yeah, I misspoke. I meant “will miss”, we’ve got enough observations that we know the “keyhole event” that was a possibility is no longer a possibility.

          • Singletona082
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            11 month ago

            Fair. All jokes and nihilism aside. Someone should take advantage of the flyby to send something up to study it.