@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down15
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.ca@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaurlinkfedilink5•2 months agoHaving seen Scott Manley’s video on the topic, it seems well within the realm of possible.
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink5•2 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.
Having seen Scott Manley’s video on the topic, it seems well within the realm of possible.
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.