The Final Thread: Countdown to the Asteroid Apocalypse 2032

[grateful]

NASA said last week that there is currently a 2.3% (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While still tiny, that probability nearly doubled from the agency’s initial estimate of 1.2% in late January.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-says-yes-asteroid-buzzing-2032-hit-earth-rcna191951

[hutch]

To me that seems really high!

[grateful]

Its the highest on the official list:

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/

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Its the highest on the official list:

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/

and here I always thought the Palermo scale was for weighing out your pasta alla Norma

[grateful]

This trajectory takes it over eight of the top 100 most populated cities in the world: Bogotá, Abidjan, Lagos, Khartoum, Mumbai, Kolkata and Dhaka.

The urban area of these cities alone have a combined population of more than 110 million, with the destructive potential of Asteroid 2024 YR4 equivalent to 8 million tons of TNT – roughly 500 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-2024-yr4-nasa-risk-corridor-b2699847.html

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I saw a tweet where someone was asking "what is that converted into giraffes"

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/asteroid-the-size-of-football-field-has-chance-of-hitting-earth-in-8-years-7637715

[Cock Van Der Palm]

So we'll be ok in the DMV.  I just hope it doesn't raise egg prices any higher than where they are currently.

This trajectory takes it over eight of the top 100 most populated cities in the world: Bogotá, Abidjan, Lagos, Khartoum, Mumbai, Kolkata and Dhaka.

The urban area of these cities alone have a combined population of more than 110 million, with the destructive potential of Asteroid 2024 YR4 equivalent to 8 million tons of TNT – roughly 500 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-2024-yr4-nasa-risk-corridor-b2699847.html