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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] parpol@programming.dev 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

To people having panic attacks, it is not large enough to destroy the earth, and we would have plenty of time to evacuate the impact location. Though let's hope it isn't anywhere with permafrost.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You mean populate the impact zone because I'm going to watch

[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my dogs will be gone by then so I would absolutely set up a tent close enough to catch it. I'd even bring a baseball glove for shits and giggles.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Aw, you think we'll still have permafrost by then.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

It'll be an equatorial impact.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

Well that’s disappointing