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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high (globalnews.ca)
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[โ€“] knightly@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Having seen Scott Manley's video on the topic, it seems well within the realm of possible.

[โ€“] LostXOR@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

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.