floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down110
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkOdds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new highglobalnews.cafloofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoHaving seen Scott Manley’s video on the topic, it seems well within the realm of possible.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 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.
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.